Ever wondered what people search for most on eBay? Thanks to eBay pulse, you can find out! eBay Pulse is a daily snapshot of current trends on eBay. You can view the overall most popular, or you can select a specific category. Today we’ll look at both the most popular all around and then we’ll take a look at some of the categories that might interest you like computers, cameras, and more.
Overall Most Popular Searches
- iPhone
- iPod
- Wii
- Car insurance (huh? people search for car insurance on eBay?)
- Xbox 360
Most Popular Searches in Computers and Networking
- Laptop
- Dell
- Apple
- Desktop
- HP
It’s amazing to me that the most popular search is simply “laptop.” You’d think people would go to eBay with a particular model in mind having researched it first before buying.
Most Popular Searches in Cell Phones & PDAs
- iPhone
- Verizon
- Nokia
- Cingular
- Blackberry
Most Popular Searches in Cameras & Photo
- Digital Camera
- Canon
- Nikon
- Leica
- Sony
Apparently Canon is the most popular brand of cameras on eBay?
Most Popular Searches in Consumer Electronics
- Macintosh
- iPod
- Marantz
- Krell
- Rotel
Weird, not as interesting as I thought though.
Not surprising Canon is first in cameras – they are the best selling in digital. Funny thing is, a recent customer satisfaction survey put Nikon first and Canon something like third or fourth (behind Sony and maybe one other).
While some of them may not have been interesting, I thought the Consumer Eletronics section was simply because I haven’t heard of three out of the five!