Terapeak has compiled a list of the hottest search terms on eBay in the hottest categories, along with key pieces of data about each item, including average selling price and success rate. Terapeak is an eBay certified service provider that provides eBay marketplace data and research services.

To compile the hot-items list, Terapeak took the current 2,500 top searches from eBay Keywords (buy.ebay.com), a list of highly popular terms that people search for on eBay, and tested it against all 22,000 eBay categories. There were 2.5 million search-term to category matches, which where then cut down to the 58 matches shown below that had a minimum of 500 Successful Listings (listings that ended with a sale) and an 80% sell-through rate.

Terapeak's Hot-Item list, presented below, provides the following information: search term; category number; revenue; average price; number of listings; number of successful listings (some contain multiple items); number of bids; total number of items sold; success rate (also called sell-through rate). Data is from the week of July 3 - 9, 2005.

Some search terms are listed more than once because they appear in more than one category on eBay. A list of eBay categories with category numbers can be found at http://digbig.com/4eamk.

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Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
Coupons	82228	$11,457.90	$8.65	1375	1322	6403	1324	96
etopps	25561	$4,655.81	$8.43	578	552	2031	552	96
etopps	25559	$5,242.02	$8.87	641	591	2423	591	92
Patch	98019	$60,618.49	$101.20	653	599	5783	599	92
etopps	11235	$10,082.95	$6.35	1748	1587	6050	1587	91
Free Shipping	20475	$548.91	$0.30	1351	1224	1053	1843	91
Disney	16071	$169,995.61	$153.56	615	552	9036	1107	90
Hot	2611	$1,495.33	$2.84	584	527	2049	527	90
Memory	103409	$54,975.89	$73.11	573	515	5341	752	90
Auto	98019	$112,896.93	$94.87	1341	1190	10030	1190	89
Can	37628	$29,673.93	$52.99	599	526	3869	560	88
Die	71228	$12,207.50	$20.11	597	523	2851	607	88
Case	12522	$32,106.86	$57.03	583	510	4546	563	87
Auto	98018	$74,998.37	$57.43	1524	1305	8815	1306	86
Auto	98015	$44,287.70	$27.70	1858	1594	9128	1599	86
Free Shipping	31411	$104,788.53	$92.00	1105	951	6436	1139	86
Home	31411	$64,244.82	$37.75	1149	989	5170	1702	86
Photograph	14433	$10,725.75	$20.31	612	528	3218	528	86
Auto	98020	$54,753.00	$87.05	734	622	4961	629	85
Card	103409	$81,150.35	$64.97	986	839	8680	1249	85
Lego	19001	$6,782.72	$9.23	723	615	3397	735	85
Memory	43477	$20,679.46	$34.81	587	500	4448	594	85
Nos	31411	$38,120.24	$42.17	823	703	4404	904	85
San	62053	$21,780.36	$25.62	877	743	5686	850	85
Tags	32772	$8,586.96	$16.67	607	515	2458	515	85
Dual	18953	$126,190.22	$217.95	673	564	7018	579	84
RC	98019	$18,847.42	$36.60	614	515	3040	515	84
Auto	55952	$32,290.21	$28.25	1371	1139	6306	1143	83
Boys	62054	$63,443.78	$45.41	1612	1344	14426	1397	83
Card	31411	$288,789.51	$80.55	3570	2950	21311	3585	83
Engine	34055	$54,481.49	$85.13	769	636	5418	640	83
Game Boy	62054	$63,234.62	$45.49	1603	1337	14402	1390	83
Park	16071	$161,719.69	$150.30	675	560	8389	1076	83
Auto	98014	$53,639.74	$27.48	2370	1951	10838	1952	82
Creative	33977	$19,236.86	$32.11	712	584	5202	599	82
Creative Memories	33977	$19,102.79	$32.16	702	579	5169	594	82
Jersey	44903	$9,202.10	$8.77	1281	1049	4341	1049	82
Psa 8	55917	$62,283.95	$114.49	660	544	3393	544	82
Stampin Up	3124	$33,245.25	$12.20	3233	2650	15481	2726	82
USB	99247	$57,168.82	$71.37	795	648	5703	801	82
Vintage	50281	$26,315.94	$46.74	686	563	3611	563	82
Auto	55890	$15,200.63	$17.16	1090	885	4026	886	81
Autograph	55956	$15,976.13	$19.00	1037	841	4329	841	81
Dual	98015	$8,952.63	$17.32	639	517	2628	517	81
Mb	103408	$24,891.57	$29.81	973	788	7168	835	81
Mb	50525	$19,529.84	$19.24	1132	916	7012	1015	81
Memory	103408	$22,485.99	$29.66	883	714	6829	758	81
Retired	3124	$13,317.44	$12.65	1301	1048	6138	1053	81
Stars	50281	$22,285.82	$36.18	763	616	3964	616	81
Ud	98019	$48,195.78	$66.48	890	725	4949	725	81
Wars	50281	$22,286.81	$36.12	764	617	3965	617	81
Auto	55956	$29,217.28	$29.10	1240	996	5459	1004	80
Auto	655	$12,926.04	$14.98	1072	855	3904	863	80
Autograph	98015	$19,458.69	$18.91	1280	1026	4788	1029	80
Dual	98014	$10,754.10	$21.05	641	511	2679	511	80
PSA	55922	$110,897.52	$50.25	2763	2206	9468	2207	80
Topps	55922	$102,446.23	$50.57	2544	2025	8698	2026	80
Topps PSA	55922	$101,043.11	$50.85	2494	1986	8454	1987	80

*Some listings contain multiple items.

Source: Terapeak www.terapeak.com