You can find us at BOOTH 529 at this year’s eBay Live! in Chicago. The team attending is really looking forward to another great eBay event and meeting up with all of the fabulous Terapeak users out there.

Please stop in and say hello if you’re at the event next week! We’ll be updating live from the event, which for some of us starts Monday at the eBay Developer’s Conference.

See you in Chicago!

As the big budget film Iron Man hits theatres this week, demand for Silver age Iron Man comics has soared as well.
According to results found using Terapeak’s Hot Categories research tool, Iron man comics from between 1956 and 1969 are super hot on eBay this week.

This trend chart shows the last two years of activity in category #32735:

As you can see, listings and sales are both way up. Last week over 600 listings were posted in this category, generating $27K in sales.
That’s impressive activity for 40-50 year old collectibles. Notable listings this month:
IRON MAN & SUB-MARINER # 1 (1968) sold for $4650.00, making it the highest priced listing in this category in April.
The INVINCIBLE IRON MAN Complete Collection DVD ROM was the most frequently listed title in April. Digital formats for comic books are a growing industry.
Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, opens in theatres across North America on May 2nd, 2008.

We had a great time at the AfterBuy.com BBQ a few weeks ago.  We had the chance to speak with many eBay sellers in Germany and learn from their experience how research can be applied to their online businesses.  Terapeak’s full focus on research has helped us be able to listen to online merchant’s feedback on how research can truly help their businesses succeed. 

You can see some pictures of the event, our booth, and of our presentation in our flicker page.

 Also, congradulations AfterBuy.com for the successful acquisition by eBay.de.  We wish you all the best and look forward to our continued partnership!

 Andrew

Terapeak recently presented at the E-Commerce Paris 2007 Event. Our team at www.terapeak.fr had the opportunity to share the benefits of eBay research with merchants in France. We have two 30 second video clips of our presentation (french). In general, it was an excellent event for both us and the attendees.