This could be a mobile-tastic year for eBay, with the company predicting it will do $8 billion in mobile gross merchandise volume and $7 billion in mobile total payment volume in 2012.

EBay confirmed that 2011 will be its largest mobile shopping season to date with an expected $5 billion in mobile sales, driven in part by the holidays.

During its earnings conference call Oct. 21, eBay’s CEO John J. Donahoe said that mobile commerce is one of the key areas the company is focusing on in terms of driving innovation.

PayPal and Billing Revolution have formed a mobile commerce partnership to let merchants conduct mobile credit card transactions using their existing PayPal Payflow Pro gateway accounts.

LAS VEGAS – EBay President/CEO John Donahoe said mobile is one of the key areas that the company is focusing on since devices will surely impact the way that consumers shop.