As the coronavirus pandemic intensifies, more and more cases of price gouging are emerging: hand sanitiser for five times its normal price, floor cleaner for six times its recommended price and a 12-roll pack of toilet paper for $35.

However, online marketplaces, including eBay and Amazon, are now racing to crack down on people stockpiling sanitary and hygiene products and selling them online at grossly inflated prices.

Dettol hand sanitiser selling for $15 on eBay this week. Credit:eBay

EBay Australia said listings for toilet paper, face masks and hand sanitiser at exorbitant prices would be taken down from Thursday.

"Our teams in Australia and globally are working around the clock to manually pull down hundreds of thousands of inflated listings, but are struggling to keep up," an eBay spokeswoman said.