The heart and soul of eBay are the tens of millions of people that sell on our platform. They are a diverse, dedicated and endlessly passionate group of individuals. Some have faced adversity or doubt and overcome odds with eBay’s help, others have walked away from traditional careers to pursue their dream of becoming successful business owners. Come explore the stories that breathe color into our marketplace.
Olga Lavrenko
Style-Rus, Russia
Driven by her dream of introducing Russian jewelry to the rest of the world, Olga Lavrenko opened her shop on eBay.
Oleg Rodnin
Oberton-pro, Russia
Started by Oleg Rodnin as a hobby, his online shop Oberton-pro specializes in Vargans, a historical musical instrument. His store now unites Vargan fans from every corner of the globe.
Mikhail Syrnichenko, Ayrat Haidarov
mv-tuning, Russia
Widest sales geography Award winner at The eBay Exporter of the Year 2021 Ceremony
Ayrat Khaidarov is a Sales Director at MV-Tuning. Sixteen years ago, MV-Tuning was a small tuning studio, and now it’s a large online store with its own production of car tuning parts and customers around the world. Today 70% of the company's sales are international, their products go to more than 140 countries.