IMers, One of the Best Ways To Capture The Holiday Shopping Market
In most Internet Marketing circles, the Christmas holiday season isn’t the hottest time of year for sales. Most parents don’t surf the net to buy their kids an ebook on how to use Web 2.0 tools to increase traffic to your sites, right?
I was reflecting on this last year and found an interesting report about selling toys on eBay. An internet marketer selling toys? I thought the same until I re-read the report and studied the market quickly.
[Side Bar: Did you know more buyers will use eBay for their holiday shopping this year than any other online site, including heavyweight Amazon.com? ]
In fact, I was so intrigued that before I finished the second read I had already found half a dozen potential deals, located shops near my home that carried in-demand toys I found and started setting up auctions.
Anyway, before I get ahead of myself I need to tell you that if you don’t like to shop or ship, this may not be for you. You will need to drive to a few stores and then ship your winning auctions when they finish. But for this little work you’ll be very well rewarded.
One of the more intriguing things I found in the report was that even if I bought an in-demand toy at retail price, I could still make a profit. Why? This was the interesting part I never realized. You see, a hot toy that is available in your area may not be available in another part of the country. And when you find something in demand, the retail price doesn’t matter, the price often goes way over retail price because the buyer has no other way of getting that item! And often price sensitivity goes out the window during the holidays when anxious parents and grandparents shop for their children.
This is only one section of the report, Jenni, the author, also shows exactly what toys are hot and upcoming. Literally a list of predicted hot sellers. This made the process so easy, just pick a toy and start looking. She also includes updates as you get closer to Christmas day.
The gift buying season has just started. If you’re looking for a way to help others get what they’re looking for and get paid well for your efforts, I highly recommend Jenni’s Toy Guide.
To the start of a happy (and profitable) holiday season!
Mark
P.S. Jenni has offered this report during previous Christmas seasons and they were right on and very profitable to many. Jenni’s eBay Toy Guide.