What GameStop sees in eBay

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[upbeat music] Hello, folks. You're tuned into Finshots Daily. In today's episode, we talk about why GameStop believes eBay could help reinvent its business model. Before we begin, here's a quick word from Team Ditto. Life has a way of surprising us, and not always in a good way. Sometimes it's a sudden illness or an unexpected hospital visit that can shake up everything. In India, families still pay about thirty-nine percent of medical expenses directly from their own pockets, and just one hospital stay can wipe out years of savings. The easiest way to protect yourself is by getting a good health insurance plan. It's way cheaper than footing one huge bill. And if you're unaware where to start, book a free call with Ditto. No spam. Just honest jargon-free guidance. Trusted by over eight lakh people for their health and term insurance needs. The link is in the description. Now back to the story. What happens when one of Wall Street's most chaotic companies tries to buy one of the internet's oldest marketplaces? Well, that's essentially what's happening with GameStop and eBay. GameStop is a video games and gaming merchandise retailer and is best known today for the meme stock frenzy of twenty twenty one. A meme stock is a stock that suddenly becomes popular among retail investors because of social media hype rather than changes in the company's actual business. We spoke about this earlier. eBay, meanwhile, is a global online marketplace that still generates billions of dollars in revenue every year and effectively four times GameStop's size. So the obvious question