v3.10.0.1

Segments (Details) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) segment | Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Number of operating segments | segment |  |  | 1 |
Number of reportable segments | segment |  |  | 1 |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total net transaction revenues | $ 2,089 | $ 1,968 | $ 6,189 | $ 5,691
Total marketing services and other revenues | 560 | 530 | 1,680 | 1,529
Total net revenues | 2,649 | 2,498 | 7,869 | 7,220
Marketplace |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total net transaction revenues | 1,803 | 1,698 | 5,432 | 4,986
Total marketing services and other revenues | 301 | 293 | 909 | 859
StubHub |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total net transaction revenues | 286 | 270 | 757 | 705
Classifieds |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total marketing services and other revenues | 254 | 235 | 759 | 653
StubHub, Corporate and other |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total marketing services and other revenues | 5 | 2 | 12 | 17
U.S. |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total net revenues | 1,084 | 1,047 | 3,213 | 3,042
Germany |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total net revenues | 381 | 370 | 1,180 | 1,054
Germany |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total net revenues | 363 | 344 | 1,088 | 984
South Korea |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total net revenues | 290 | 272 | 877 | 786
Rest of world |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total net revenues | $ 531 | $ 465 | $ 1,511 | $ 1,354

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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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