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 10 - 16, 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
Free Ship	82228	$5,004.24	$9.91	512	505	2611	505	99%
Coupons	82228	$14,159.73	$9.05	1632	1559	7794	1564	96%
etopps	25559	$6,966.94	$7.68	946	907	3242	907	96%
etopps	11235	$11,117.74	$6.49	1811	1714	6416	1714	95%
Football Cards	47103	$26,009.12	$24.84	662	628	720	1047	95%
NCAA	47103	$26,009.12	$24.84	663	628	720	1047	95%
Football	47103	$26,027.09	$24.79	668	629	720	1050	94%
Memory	47103	$24,740.10	$25.07	638	594	666	987	93%
Disney	16071	$176,705.44	$151.94	713	649	11402	1163	91%
Home	31411	$70,349.47	$20.91	2003	1818	6137	3365	91%
Card	47103	$26,210.83	$23.51	739	657	744	1115	89%
Gold	39484	$33,204.36	$53.13	574	509	4496	625	89%
Memory	103409	$51,271.38	$60.32	631	563	5535	850	89%
Can	37628	$32,330.77	$46.99	725	640	4761	688	88%
Dell	31411	$4,148.44	$1.94	1280	1128	1221	2140	88%
Free Shipping	31411	$107,390.89	$82.35	1367	1189	7841	1304	87%
Memory	43477	$29,553.29	$38.23	732	629	5833	773	86%
San	62053	$29,042.83	$27.85	1086	935	7499	1043	86%
Vintage	50281	$19,296.95	$32.99	684	585	3652	585	86%
Auto	98020	$47,264.67	$70.02	783	663	5506	675	85%
Card	31411	$319,226.89	$79.37	3961	3379	23131	4022	85%
Creative Memories	33977	$18,870.43	$33.52	650	551	5360	563	85%
Free Shipping	20475	$1,280.25	$0.41	1004	852	606	3099	85%
Park	16071	$169,313.45	$151.99	762	647	10229	1114	85%
Retired	3124	$17,250.18	$13.34	1521	1292	7965	1293	85%
Stampin Up	3124	$40,006.82	$12.81	3624	3069	18248	3124	85%
Auto	98019	$57,021.75	$66.30	1023	860	6285	860	84%
Auto	55952	$50,144.38	$31.54	1845	1543	8667	1590	84%
Creative	33977	$18,893.42	$33.50	655	552	5361	564	84%
Star Wars	50281	$23,624.27	$37.50	749	630	4019	630	84%
Auto	98015	$35,333.86	$22.77	1867	1548	8287	1552	83%
Card	103409	$85,090.29	$59.67	1038	864	8148	1426	83%
Creative	71229	$9,324.67	$15.41	686	566	3535	605	83%
Creative Memories	71229	$9,118.27	$15.40	667	556	3519	592	83%
Dog	46302	$66,105.40	$35.09	1034	862	3574	1884	83%
Dual	18953	$136,842.40	$214.82	747	621	8412	637	83%
Memory	103408	$30,542.23	$29.71	1087	902	8608	1028	83%
Topps	55917	$100,095.86	$78.26	1544	1279	7306	1279	83%
Topps PSA	55917	$97,239.09	$77.73	1508	1251	7075	1251	83%
Apple	75459	$93,847.80	$166.40	623	512	11609	564	82%
Apple iPod	75459	$93,582.80	$166.52	621	510	11554	562	82%
Auto	55956	$31,174.73	$30.87	1229	1010	5635	1010	82%
Franklin Mint	13803	$59,453.67	$36.79	1982	1616	10935	1616	82%
Memory	71229	$9,163.67	$15.32	684	562	3529	598	82%
No Reserve	64355	$87,483.16	$97.64	1089	890	11814	896	82%
Silver	84084	$136,104.21	$162.03	762	627	13464	840	82%
Stampin Up	11795	$10,755.24	$16.22	800	652	3718	663	82%
Topps	60480	$12,374.29	$23.13	654	535	2410	535	82%
USB	99247	$60,237.51	$64.70	848	695	6400	931	82%
Wireless	71501	$18,627.72	$33.68	651	533	4084	553	82%
Apple	84084	$154,191.37	$160.12	901	730	15854	963	81%
Apple iPod	84084	$154,008.87	$160.09	900	729	15831	962	81%
Auto	98018	$57,174.23	$43.68	1609	1309	8226	1309	81%
Auto	98014	$43,344.35	$21.78	2428	1976	10739	1990	81%
Franklin	13803	$59,460.92	$36.77	1991	1617	10938	1617	81%
Game Boy	62054	$67,286.59	$49.01	1639	1321	15100	1373	81%
Harry Potter	377	$40,886.89	$23.17	1418	1153	7065	1765	81%
Memory	50525	$42,909.92	$27.74	1706	1378	11580	1547	81%
Memory	33977	$19,378.10	$32.03	736	593	5458	605	81%
PSA	55917	$138,387.11	$82.82	2057	1671	9397	1671	81%
Reel	36163	$42,378.71	$44.85	872	705	5775	945	81%
Router	71501	$18,302.74	$33.10	655	533	4119	553	81%
Seven	3063	$23,611.83	$41.57	698	563	3602	568	81%
Seven Jeans	3063	$23,380.33	$41.60	690	557	3569	562	81%
Stampin Up	75574	$24,240.18	$14.78	1998	1623	9744	1640	81%
Autograph	98014	$14,853.73	$14.81	1253	1003	4506	1003	80%
Autograph	55956	$12,938.62	$17.16	936	749	3691	754	80%
Boys	62054	$67,715.09	$48.96	1654	1331	15190	1383	80%
Coins	41113	$58,395.67	$50.69	1085	867	6437	1152	80%
Coupons	31411	$42,371.72	$5.37	6067	4825	16156	7892	80%
Game Used	98014	$5,395.99	$10.05	669	537	1833	537	80%
Lego	19001	$7,768.83	$9.85	835	671	3216	789	80%
LG	64355	$290,837.64	$81.76	3940	3165	32873	3557	80%
Origins	71011	$4,970.94	$5.53	1119	898	1992	899	80%
pictures	43477	$43,150.79	$48.43	781	626	5092	891	80%
Tickets	16071	$265,680.21	$97.03	1993	1596	19250	2738	80%
Topps	55922	$115,835.13	$52.39	2771	2210	11264	2211	80%
Topps PSA	55922	$114,482.37	$52.71	2701	2171	11041	2172	80%
Used	98014	$5,549.37	$10.18	683	545	1871	545	80%

• Some listings contain multiple items.

Source: Terapeak www.terapeak.com