Gary Briggs

The final scores have all been tabulated, and I'm proud to award the title of #1 eBay Community in America to...drumroll, please...Lumberton, New Jersey!

Communities all over the country earned points by doing various types of eBay activities, such as buying, selling, participating in our Community forums, and using eBay Giving Works to sell and buy for charity. After using ZIP Codes to define local communities, and adjusting all the scores on a per capita basis, Zip Code 08048 in Lumberton took the winning spot with 234,580 points. They narrowly edged out the people in Zip Code 37201 in Nashville, Tennessee, who had 217,969 points.

We'll be heading to Lumberton in person to celebrate their accomplishment with them sometime over the next several months. Lumberton will also receive a $10,000 donation to an approved charity of their choice on behalf of eBay, Inc. What’s more, our number two community of Nashville, TN will receive a $2,500 donation, and each of the 8 runners up will receive a $1,000 donation!

Here are the top 10 communities (based on ZIP Code):

1. Lumberton, NJ 08048
2. Nashville, TN 37201
3. Henderson, NV 89011
4. Las Vegas, NV 89141
5. Talpa, TX 76882
6. Graton, CA 95444
7. Farmington, KY 42040
8. Coaldale, CO 81222
9. Indian Trail, NC 28079
10. Walnut, IA 51577

As mentioned previously, in December, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly will begin his journey to document the people who live in these most active eBay communities. Kennerly is a veteran photographer who has captured poignant moments in history for four decades, including portraits of every American president since Richard Nixon. Kennerly's photos of eBay members, and a collection of corresponding essays, will be donated to the Center of American History at the University of Texas.

If you are registered on eBay.com in one of these communities, you'll be able to vote for the charity to receive the donation soon at www.ebaycommunitycounts.com. You can also check this site to see where your community finished, and to learn more fun facts about Community Counts.

Sincerely,

Gary Briggs
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
eBay North America