The Internet has really opened up a lot of horizons for individuals and businesses.

Nowadays, you can stay connected with relatives and friends even across borders. Strangers become your good friends through the chat rooms, email exchanges, and forums. Networking has never been this massive and that is good for business too. Did you know that you can now promote your eBay listings in your Facebook site?

Facebook has grown to over 64 million from January 2007. On the average, there are about 250,000 new registrants every day. This is simply amazing since the large quantity of members has grown really fast in just a short time.

Of course, eBay is the biggest thing online in terms of retailing. It is only natural that eBay will take notice of an opportunity in this social networking site The connection is still in its infancy stage so better things are yet to come. But so far, the results are promising for those who buy and sell at eBay and have a Facebook account at the same time.

If you have a Facebook account and you’re also busy with your eBay selling or shopping, you can now share your eBay activities with your friends in many ways:

• Through the News Feeds

The News Feed section shows you a lot of information about the people connected to you. If they post any new blog, photo, or add a new friend, you have access to the information. You know what’s going on and you know what activities they are into.

The Status Update option has a similar function, but this you can write yourself. So, if you have anything listed at eBay that you want your network to know about then you can write the link here and broadcast.

• Through the Widget Feature

Like other blog application sites, Facebook employs widgets. These are mini programs that could be functional or entertaining to the user. Now there is an eBay marketplace widget or application that allows you to broadcast to your connections, whatever you are selling on eBay. A link will be provided and they can easily gain access to the product page.

• Through the Groups option

In a social networking site, people with similar interests stay together. If you are an active eBay user, you may already by a member of any one of those eBay groups at Facebook.

Yes, there is strength in numbers so, people with similar interests often bond together physically or virtually. If you are a seller and you are interested in joining one, you should choose the group that is related to the product that you are mostly selling. This way, you will have targeted the right market for you and your chances for a sale gets even bigger.

• Through Ads on Facebook pages

If you’re still hungry for more exposure, you can also choose to post using the pay-per-click ads are offered as their social ads program. Facebook’s ad marketplace is a great resource for sellers too since there are options to bid on keywords. We all know that the right keywords in our advertisements will bring in more people to the auction site so this is a great benefit.