If you are selling on eBay or affiliate marketing with eBay you need to know what products are in demand. There are unique and trendy items that are in demand and they change everyday.
It does not matter if the item is extremely popular and you think you have too much competition. It is popular because it is in demand and therefore you will have a lot of subniches to go along with it.
For an example if an item sells well on eBay you can search for a subniche that corresponds with the hot product. If the hottest item you find in Health and Beauty is eyeshadow there are probably other ways to profit from this. Take a look at the name brands and find other products with that name brand to sell. If it was mineral makeup you could sell the brushes that they will need to apply it.
The old method of finding niches on eBay was by using the eBay popular products part of eBay. It only gives you a small amount of hot products and it does not let you search by terms. The best free tool gives you the most watched items with the amount of watchers and bids. You also need to be able to search by keyword to get the best result.
Whether you are actually selling on eBay, affiliate marketing with eBay, or selling your products elsewhere, eBay is the leading marketplace on the internet. By looking at what sells well on eBay you can be sure it sells well with other merchants.
Research is so important when you are selling online. A popular place for moms to sell now is etsy and anyone selling on etsy can also benefit by researching what products are in demand on eBay.
You should not have to pay to find out what the hottest selling items on eBay are. The free eBay niche tool will give you the information you need about the hot items on eBay. This is a free service that is available to anyone.
The hot trends on eBay correspond to the trends on all keyword tools also. Google gives you top searched keywords but unfortunately most of those keywords are blocked because they do not allow adwords users to bid on brand names.