E-commerce internet site owner EBay Inc. forecasts a rise of 7.4 percent of its fourth quarter sales on the German trade market.

Within this quarter, the amount of sales lies at a sum of $2.39 billion to $2.49 billion which results in a profit of 45 cents to 48 cents a share. This exceeds the prediction of a Bloomberg survey in which analysts expected a $2.41 billion revenue and profits of 44 cents a share.

As more and more consumers seek to make cheap purchases online, the campaign of EBay to make the website use easier seemed to have paid off.

Another valuable component represents PayPal, EBay’s online payment service which can be held responsible for 37 percent of EBay’s revenue. Up to now, PayPal has estimated 90 million active accounts around the globe.

Sandeep Aggarwal, an analyst at Caris & Co. points out: “There is a lot of positivity here. This is clearly an indication that the EBay turnaround is becoming more compelling.”

Although the company is on a successful path, CEO of EBay, Donahoe is not overoptimistic by stating: “We still have an enormous amount of work to do. Today was just another positive step forward in what’s a marathon.”