EcommerceBytes-NewsFlash, Number 1214 - February 10, 2006 
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Terapeak's eBay Marketplace Research Trends
By Ina Steiner
Terapeak has analyzed a variety of goods in 10 categories on eBay.com for the week of Jan 22nd - 28th, 2006. These searches serve as a basket of goods which statistically represents eBay as a whole. Week over week change is provided to allow you to understand how eBay is performing. This is only a statistical sample. Terapeak is an eBay certified service provider that provides eBay Marketplace Research and data services.
+/-% = Week over week change for the column to the left
| Keyword | Category | Items | +/-% | Avg. Price | +/-% | Sellthrough | +/-% | Bids | +/-% |
| "Dvd" | DVDs & Movies | 215,793 | -1.93% | $13.97 | -0.50% | 31.41% | +9.40% | 529,828 | -0.21% |
| "Laptop" | Computers & Net. | 29,151 | +2.98% | $157.33 | +2.24% | 50.15% | +2.08% | 183,808 | +5.27% |
| "Tickets" | Tickets | 22,239 | -1.23% | $295.90 | +6.43% | 49.09% | -5.92% | 149,088 | -15.99% |
| "Ring" | Jewelry & Watches | 61,206 | +2.66% | $59.41 | -2.03% | 32.68% | +8.68% | 256,745 | -0.07% |
| "Book" | Books | 41,391 | +4.33% | $13.23 | -4.13% | 16.86% | -41.92% | 95,242 | +6.31% |
| "Golf" | Sporting Goods | 26,929 | +0.52% | $54.43 | -0.78% | 45.40% | -0.15% | 111,494 | +0.56% |
| "Tool" | Home & Garden | 5,312 | -5.24% | $50.74 | +5.55% | 47.35% | -2.93% | 21,336 | -6.04% |
| "Audio" | Consumer Electronics | 11,193 | +3.26% | $70.38 | +8.14% | 47.99% | +4.92% | 34,994 | +10.77% |
| "Basket" | Collectibles | 9,127 | +13.44% | $34.54 | -1.17% | 58.28% | +0.88% | 56,214 | +10.80% |
| "Shirt" | Clotding, Shoes & Acc. | 130,362 | +7.66% | $14.08 | +0.14% | 40.24% | +1.18% | 337,122 | +10.07% |
| Total: | Jan 22 - 28, 2006 | 552,703 | -1.87% | $41.68 | -1.43% | n/a* | n/a* | 1,775,871 | -1.38% |
| *Can not average success rates Learn more about Terapeak eBay Marketplace Research |
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About the author:
Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com.
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