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As the company expanded product categories beyond collectibles into almost any salable item, business grew quickly.[6] In February 2002, the company purchased IBazar, a similar European auction web site founded in 1995 and then bought PayPal on October 14, 2002.

In early 2008, the company had expanded worldwide, counted hundreds of millions of registered users, 15,000+ employees and revenues of almost $7.7 billion.[9] After nearly ten years at eBay, Whitman made the decision to enter politics. On January 23, 2008 the company announced that Whitman would step down on March 31, 2008 and John Donahoe was selected to became President and CEO.[12] Whitman remained on the Board of Directors and continued to advise Donahoe through 2008.