Terapeak has compiled a list of the hottest 20 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 20 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 August 21-27, 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.

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
texas	50581	$92,298	$86.50	667	640	8,020	1,067	96%

Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop > Cards > etopps > etopps Football

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
etopps	25559	$14,297	$8.85	1,689	1,621	7,085	1,621	96%

Collectibles > Autographs > Other Autographs

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
photograph	14433	$21,555	$32.46	692	664	4,683	664	96%

Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop > Cards > etopps > etopps Baseball

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
etopps	11235	$7,377	$6.30	1,254	1,166	4,785	1,171	93%

Jewelry & Watches > Ethnic, Tribal Jewelry > Asian, East Indian > Other

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
indian	11313	$3,528	$4.26	893	830	3,507	830	93%

Jewelry & Watches > Loose Beads > Lampwork, Crystal & Glass > Fused

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
silver	34067	$3,843	$7.31	581	528	2,749	528	91%

Consumer Electronics > Gadgets & Other Electronics > Calculators > Graphing Calculators > Texas Instruments > TI-83 Plus

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
texas	41391	$68,197	$63.03	1,099	1,000	13,065	1,082	91%

Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop > Cards > Baseball-MLB > Rookies (2000-Now) > Non-Graded > 2005 & Later

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
auto	98012	$27,292	$26.24	1,199	1,043	5,436	1,043	87%

Baby > Feeding > Formula > Enfamil, Nutramigen

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
can	37628	$32,079	$46.63	769	669	5,235	688	87%

Crafts > Stamping > Stamps > Mounted > Other Themes

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
retired	3124	$15,119	$13.53	1,292	1,111	6,476	1,117	86%

Video Games > Systems

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
boys	62054	$63,321	$46.19	1,572	1,351	13,947	1,371	86%

Books > Audiobooks

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
harry potter	29792	$24,281	$34.15	731	621	3,759	711	85%

Gift Certificates

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
home	31411	$61,468	$29.15	1,584	1,362	5,986	2,108	86%

Gift Certificates

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
card	31411	$302,511	$83.18	3,674	3,122	22,830	3,637	85%

Toys & Hobbies > Trading Card Games > Yu-Gi-Oh > Full Sets

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
egyptian	49203	$7,426	$14.82	592	501	1,057	501	85%

Toys & Hobbies > Trading Card Games > Magic the Gathering > Magic Online

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
magic	49195	$25,814	$32.43	626	532	2,775	796	85%

Computers & Networking > Networking > Wireless Networking, WiFi > Wireless Routers, Access Point > Linksys > 4-port Wireless Router

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
router	71501	$20,047	$33.13	667	568	4,025	605	85%

Computers & Networking > Networking > Wireless Networking, WiFi > Wireless Routers, Access Point > Linksys > 4-port Wireless Router

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
wireless	71501	$20,315	$32.66	667	564	4,092	622	85%

Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop > Cards > Basketball-NBA > Singles (2000-Now) > Non-Graded > 2004-05

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
auto	98019	$56,252	$69.45	970	810	5,692	810	84%

Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop > Cards > Football-NFL > Singles (2000-Now) > Non-Graded > 2005

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
auto	111057	$23,798	$24.38	1,173	973	4,892	976	83%

* Some listings contain multiple items. Source: Terapeak www.terapeak.com