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Commitments and Contingencies - Loss Contingencies (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Users
Sep. 30, 2012
lawsuits
Plaintiffs
Jan. 31, 2013
Plaintiffs
Dec. 31, 2013
Plaintiffs
Litigation and Other Legal Matters        
Approximate number of users, Korean Subsidiary IAC 20,000,000ebay_NumberOfUsersKoreanSubsidiaryIacApproximate      
Approximate number of users sueing Korean Subsidiary IAC 149,000ebay_NumberOfUsersSueingKoreanSubsidiaryIacApproximate      
September 2009, Seoul Korea District Court, Trial [Member]        
Litigation and Other Legal Matters        
Consolation money per user, Korean Court precedent $ 200ebay_ConsolationMoneyKoreanCourtPrecedentPerUser
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_September2009SeoulKoreaDistrictCourtTrialMember
     
January 2010 Seoul District Court [Member]        
Litigation and Other Legal Matters        
Approximate number of users sueing Korean Subsidiary IAC 34,000ebay_NumberOfUsersSueingKoreanSubsidiaryIacApproximate
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_January2010SeoulDistrictCourtMember
     
September 2012, Seoul Korea High Court [Member]        
Litigation and Other Legal Matters        
Approximate number of users sueing Korean Subsidiary IAC   55ebay_NumberOfUsersSueingKoreanSubsidiaryIacApproximate
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_September2012SeoulKoreaHighCourtMember
   
Number of representative suits in trial   3ebay_NumberOfRepresentativeSuitsInTrial
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_September2012SeoulKoreaHighCourtMember
   
January 2013, Seoul High Court [Member]        
Litigation and Other Legal Matters        
Approximate number of users sueing Korean Subsidiary IAC 33,795ebay_NumberOfUsersSueingKoreanSubsidiaryIacApproximate
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_January2013SeoulHighCourtMember
     
Number of representative suits in trial 18ebay_NumberOfRepresentativeSuitsInTrial
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_January2013SeoulHighCourtMember
     
January 2013, Seoul Western District Court [Member]        
Litigation and Other Legal Matters        
Approximate number of users sueing Korean Subsidiary IAC     2,291ebay_NumberOfUsersSueingKoreanSubsidiaryIacApproximate
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_January2013SeoulWesternDistrictCourtMember
 
Litigation in Appeal [Member] | January 2013, Seoul High Court [Member]        
Litigation and Other Legal Matters        
Approximate number of users sueing Korean Subsidiary IAC 10ebay_NumberOfUsersSueingKoreanSubsidiaryIacApproximate
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_January2013SeoulHighCourtMember
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= ebay_LitigationinAppealMember
    33,215ebay_NumberOfUsersSueingKoreanSubsidiaryIacApproximate
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_January2013SeoulHighCourtMember
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= ebay_LitigationinAppealMember
Number of representative suits in trial 2ebay_NumberOfRepresentativeSuitsInTrial
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_January2013SeoulHighCourtMember
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= ebay_LitigationinAppealMember
     
Litigation in Appeal [Member] | Korean Supreme Court [Member]        
Litigation and Other Legal Matters        
Number of Users with Cases in Review 33,218ebay_NumberofUserswithCasesinReview
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_KoreanSupremeCourtMember
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= ebay_LitigationinAppealMember
     
Litigation in Review [Member] | Korean Supreme Court [Member]        
Litigation and Other Legal Matters        
Number of representative suits in trial 11ebay_NumberOfRepresentativeSuitsInTrial
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_KoreanSupremeCourtMember
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= ebay_LitigationinReviewMember
     
Litigation in Review [Member] | January 2013, Seoul Western District Court [Member]        
Litigation and Other Legal Matters        
Approximate number of users sueing Korean Subsidiary IAC     2,284ebay_NumberOfUsersSueingKoreanSubsidiaryIacApproximate
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= ebay_January2013SeoulWesternDistrictCourtMember
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= ebay_LitigationinReviewMember