Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Finding the Hottest Products
Want to keep an eye on what are the hottest products? Here are a few ways.
Amazon Wish Lists
Amazon, as you may know, makes it possible for you to select items that you would like in a wish list and then make your wish list available to your friends and family who, well, might just be thinking of buying you something.
But did you know that they also aggregate everybody's wish lists into a series of pages that show the most popular items on Amazon wish lists
. Talk about a great place to find out what people want!
eBay Hot Category Report
eBay doesn't offer a report on most popular products, but gives you one on most popular categories in its eBay Hot Category Report. This 40+ page report shows the most searched subcategories in each eBay category. Another source of great information.
Shopping.com Consumer Demand Index
Another source of interesting information is Shopping.com's Consumer Demand Index. It shows you up to 100 of the most searched products during the past week, as well as trend information about the terms that are growing in popularity the fastest. And each week it breaks down one popular search category into the most highly searched products in that category.
eBay's Want It Now
This won't necessarily show you the hottest products, but it will show you specific items that people are searching for. Want It Now allows eBay buyers to post a notice that they are looking for a particular item so sellers can see if they can find it for them. As I say, you'll likely find very specific requests in here, but if you pay attention, you can spot some trends in your niche.
Hot Item Finder
This is a third-party service that gathers information from eBay and organizes it to show you the hottest selling items in any category you choose. It kind of takes eBay's Hot Category Report one step further.
Jeff
Want to keep an eye on what are the hottest products? Here are a few ways.
Amazon Wish Lists
Amazon, as you may know, makes it possible for you to select items that you would like in a wish list and then make your wish list available to your friends and family who, well, might just be thinking of buying you something.
But did you know that they also aggregate everybody's wish lists into a series of pages that show the most popular items on Amazon wish lists
. Talk about a great place to find out what people want!eBay Hot Category Report
eBay doesn't offer a report on most popular products, but gives you one on most popular categories in its eBay Hot Category Report. This 40+ page report shows the most searched subcategories in each eBay category. Another source of great information.
Shopping.com Consumer Demand Index
Another source of interesting information is Shopping.com's Consumer Demand Index. It shows you up to 100 of the most searched products during the past week, as well as trend information about the terms that are growing in popularity the fastest. And each week it breaks down one popular search category into the most highly searched products in that category.
eBay's Want It Now
This won't necessarily show you the hottest products, but it will show you specific items that people are searching for. Want It Now allows eBay buyers to post a notice that they are looking for a particular item so sellers can see if they can find it for them. As I say, you'll likely find very specific requests in here, but if you pay attention, you can spot some trends in your niche.
Hot Item Finder
This is a third-party service that gathers information from eBay and organizes it to show you the hottest selling items in any category you choose. It kind of takes eBay's Hot Category Report one step further.
Jeff
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