Summer Watch III: eBay in your backyard!

Well, we’re happy to announce that the sunny weather here in Terapeak-land has held strong since our last  Summer Watch update, and that we’re still as excited as ever about the upcoming season! (We may even have spent part of this morning searching for Adirondack chairs on eBay… there’s ones with free shipping!)

So that got us thinking about polishing up the barbecue, tying off the old hammock, plopping a few new seeds in the veggie patch… As undoubtedly many others have already begun doing!

Which brings us to these latest three categories in our Summer Watch series, all taken from the Yard, Garden & Outdoor Living parent category. As you can see from the following 90-day eBay.com Total Sales trends, there’s much profit to be made from tracking seasonal shifts closely — and we highly recommend you dig around further in other categories, even if just to study trend lines!

First up, a staple, #79685: Gas Grills & Accessories

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Next, a should-be staple (at least wherever we’re hanging out!), #20719: Hammocks

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And finally, an absolutely red-hot category (half a million in daily sales!), #1509: Plants, Seeds & Bulbs

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Summer Sneak Peek: Because we caaan’t waaait…

It feels a bit weird craving summer as badly as we do right now, considering our headquarters on beautiful Vancouver Island, Canada, but this year’s winter has been an especially miserable one — rain, hail, even snow as late as just last week! So, let’s look longingly at a few categories for this upcoming summer, as forward-thinking sellers prepare inventory for the new season.

The following trend-lines show total sales over the past three months:

First up, Category #36145: Freshwater Fishing

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Next up, Category #36117: Tents

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And finally, Category #145993: Kites

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And that’s but a very brief sample of literally thousands of summer markets — many of which will likely continue to climb through April and May. So there you go, if you’re a seller with a vision for summer, you’ve got that many more reasons to look forward to the season!

(Bad rhyme, sorry!)

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