| When I started buying and selling on eBay back in | | | | results and it will take you to a list of currently selling |
| 2004 I sold mostly stuff from around the house or | | | | products. To see what has sold in that category just |
| purchased from garage sales in the area. Which is the | | | | do a "completed listings" search on the Advanced |
| way most of the books told you to do to get started. | | | | Search page (see below). |
| But since then my eBay business has evolved | | | | Checking What the Buyers Want |
| somewhat to finding hot items and then finding a | | | | To find out what is actually Selling on eBay go to the |
| wholesaler or a dropshipper to provide those items. | | | | eBay home page at At the top on the right side of |
| This is the method that I use to find what is hot right | | | | search box is the link to "advanced search". Click on it |
| now on eBay. | | | | to go to the next page. |
| Search the Categories | | | | Enter your keyword (your product you are |
| Go to eBay's home page at and on the left side | | | | researching) in the box and check off the "completed |
| where it says "Shop Your Favorite Categories" scroll | | | | listing "box under the "Search Included" category. Next |
| to the bottom and click on "view all categories". | | | | make the default search for "exact words"in the box |
| Scroll all the way to the bottom of that page and click | | | | next to the one you enter the keyword into. There are |
| on "See Item Counts" on the right. It will automatically | | | | ways to further narrow down your results, but I |
| change to show you all the categories and sub | | | | suggest you not do that for the first search. Later you |
| categories with the amount of current listings in them. | | | | can narrow it down if the results are too general to |
| This will give you information on how popular it is with | | | | find what you are looking for. You never can tell what |
| the sellers. Hold on and I'll explain later about how to | | | | other niches you may discover if you leave it as a |
| find out how popular it is with the buyers.eBay Pulse | | | | general search first. The results will show you whether |
| Next you will want to go to pulse.eBay.com/ to check | | | | it sold or not - price in green means sold, price in red |
| the search "Pulse" of popular products. | | | | means it didn't sell. It will also tell you how many bids it |
| Once you get there it will tell you the 10 most popular | | | | received and when it sold. Generally speaking you |
| items on all of eBay, but you can narrow the products | | | | want to see at least a 50% sell rate. From this result |
| down by category by looking right above the header | | | | page you can also click on any of the listing and see |
| where it says "Popular Searches" and it says | | | | the exact listing they used to sell with. |
| "Categories". Click on the drop down menu and | | | | This is all great information for you to sift through and |
| choose a category that interests you. Once you go to | | | | determine if this is a niche or product you want to |
| the next page it lists the 10 most popular searched for | | | | pursue. At least it can tell you what is hot on eBay |
| products for that category. Click on any of those | | | | right now. |