Your Participation Needed: What Are You Selling?

[jules43035]

This is an area I would suggest we use to identify selling trends. Similar to Kovels Top Searches, this discussion can help us share selling information so we can identify trends. It sounds like most of us have a lot of inventory and, in many cases, we aren't listing it all because of time constraints. If people share "hot" items, we can make better use of our time and increase our sales!

You may ask, why would I provide information to my competitors? As a small online seller, we face competition that far outweighs any competition posed by another small seller (think eBay) so we only benefit from sharing this information. Our collective insights are what will make us successful so please share...

Note that I will also post Kovel and eBay Hot Category information here.

[jules43035]

Interestingly, I received the Tias newsletter today and it including the top searched keywords for 2008. Following is the list:

Here are the 30 most requested online search terms for 2008.

1. Cookie Jar - No change since 2007
2. Stamps - Up from #4 in 2007
3. Teapots - Up from #5 in 2007
4. Avon - Down from #2 in 2007
5. Fenton - Down from #3 in 2007
6. Carnival Glass - Up from #8 in 2007
7. Pyrex - Up f rom #12 in 2007
8. Roseville - Down from #7 in 2007
9. Transferware - New to list
10. Dolls - Up from #18 in 2007
11. Crocks - Up from #16 in 2007
12. Bird (related collectibles) - New to list
13. Limoges - Up from #28 in 2007
14. McCoy - Down from #9 in 2007
15. Hutschenreuther - New to list
16. Milk Glass - Down from #6 in 2007
17. Brass (collectibles) - New to list
18. Lamps - New to list
19. Fire King - Down from #11 in 2007
20. Perfume (bottles & related) - up from #24 in 2007
21. Lefton - Up from #26 in 2007
22. Nippon - Down from #17 in 2007
23. Pitchers - Down from #19 in 2007
24. Figurines - New to list
25. Westmoreland - New to list
26. Bakelite - New to list
27. Depression Glass - Down from #15 in 2007
28. Plates - New to list
29. Paperweight - New to list
30. Blenko - Down from #13 in 2007

In this year's list, there are 10 new searches in the top 30, that were not listed in the top 30 last year. To view last year's list, go to: http://tinyurl.com/2hztj8