This statistic displays results of a survey about C2C e-commerce which took place in France from the 28th of August to the 11th of September 2017. It reveals that books where the most common type of product to be purchased from private individuals. Indeed, over one third of respondents declared that they had already purchased a book from a private online seller in 2017. Clothes are the second sales category that had remained stable over the years, with a fall to 19 percent in 2015 but overall staying at around 25 percent.
During the last twelve months, which products have you purchased from private individuals online?
people who purchased online in the last twelve months
Method of interview
Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)
Supplementary notes
Some data were not available in the 2015, 2016 and 2017 document.
The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
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Rakuten (Priceminister). (November 10, 2017). During the last twelve months, which products have you purchased from private individuals online? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/427289/c2c-online-purchasing-penetration-product-type-france/
Rakuten (Priceminister). "During the last twelve months, which products have you purchased from private individuals online?." Chart. November 10, 2017. Statista. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/427289/c2c-online-purchasing-penetration-product-type-france/
Rakuten (Priceminister). (2017). During the last twelve months, which products have you purchased from private individuals online?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/427289/c2c-online-purchasing-penetration-product-type-france/
Rakuten (Priceminister). "During The Last Twelve Months, Which Products Have You Purchased from Private Individuals Online?." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/427289/c2c-online-purchasing-penetration-product-type-france/
Rakuten (Priceminister), During the last twelve months, which products have you purchased from private individuals online? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/427289/c2c-online-purchasing-penetration-product-type-france/ (last visited January 07, 2025)
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