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 September 2 - 8, 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
lcd	114197	$78,001	$104.28	655	644	9,784	748	98%

Computers & Networking > Monitors & Projectors > LCD/Flat Panel > 15-inch & Smaller > HP, Compaq

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
monitor	114197	$71,382	$104.67	589	578	8,687	682	98%

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	$13,512	$8.75	1,625	1,544	6,363	1,544	95%

Entertainment Memorabilia > Autographs-Original > Movies > Photos

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
personalized	32988	$13,073	$16.74	820	781	5,288	781	95%

Consumer Electronics > Gadgets & Other Electronics > Calculators > Graphing Calculators > Texas Instruments > TI-89

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
texas	50581	$59,499	$89.88	631	601	7,059	662	95%

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	$7,152	$5.82	1,310	1,230	4,569	1,230	94%

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	$10,977	$18.51	631	593	3,089	593	94%

Consumer Electronics > MP3 Players & Accessories > MP3 Players > Apple iPod > iPod Mini, 4GB (1,000 songs) > Pink

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
ipod	75462	$94,740	$163.06	571	518	6,965	581	91%

Toys & Hobbies > TV, Movie, Character Toys > Pokemon > Trading Cards > Singles > Other

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
hot	2611	$1,771	$2.88	679	614	2,853	614	90%

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	$63,930	$64.12	1,069	956	13,285	997	89%

Gift Certificates

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
free shipping	31411	$92,400	$79.65	1,198	1,040	7,158	1,160	87%

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	$2,528	$3.55	831	713	2,572	713	86%

Consumer Electronics > MP3 Players & Accessories > MP3 Players > Apple iPod > iPod Mini, 4GB (1,000 songs) > Silver

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
silver	84084	$95,784	$168.63	637	549	9,713	568	86%

Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop > Cards > Baseball-MLB > Singles (2000-Now) > Inserts > 2005

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
auto	98015	$51,205	$27.46	2,204	1,865	10,299	1,865	85%

Entertainment Memorabilia > Autographs-Original > Movies > Photos

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
pic	32988	$26,867	$17.40	1,822	1,542	10,276	1,544	85%

Consumer Electronics > MP3 Players & Accessories > MP3 Players > Apple iPod > iPod Mini, 4GB (1,000 songs) > Silver

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
apple	84084	$108,445	$166.07	714	603	10,858	653	84%

Consumer Electronics > MP3 Players & Accessories > MP3 Players > Apple iPod > iPod Mini, 4GB (1,000 songs) > Silver

Search Term	Category Number	Revenue	Average Price	Number Listings	Number Successful Listings*	Number Bids	Total Number Items Sold	Success Rate
apple ipod	84084	$107,973	$166.11	711	600	10,809	650	84%

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	$51,542	$75.69	811	681	5,577	681	84%

Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop > Cards > Basketball-NBA > Rookies (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	98018	$30,945	$44.98	821	686	4,249	688	84%

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	$19,794	$22.29	1,052	887	4,316	888	84%

Note: Some listings contain multiple items.

Source: Terapeak www.terapeak.com