Growing numbers of people online are selling something

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We may be entering the height of the online buying season, but people are doing a lot of selling online, too, according to a new survey.

One in six American adults online has sold something through an Internet classified ad or auction site, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. On any given day, 2 percent of Internet users are selling online.

The data confirms what Internet watchers have long known -- that the Internet has evolved into a global bazaar, where people buy and trade a wide array of collectibles, knickknacks, furniture, clothes and other used items.

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