So How To Find Top Selling Products To Sell?

Dennis,

Thanks for revealing what is hot in retail last year is good for you this year.

Reminds me of another concept (Joe Karbo?)...

Items that were Hot around 25 years ago will make a comback for many years before dropping off again. Due to people wanting to buy items related to their childhood.

E.g. I recall Bionic Man Dolls. I recently heard of a guy who bought one on ebay for $600 because: he'd always wanted one when he was little but his parents had never bought him one, so now that he was older and able to fund his own purchases, he bought one.

This Technique seem to be more in line with childhood items. But not All childhood items. Do you due before jumpin in.

It would mean, look for things that sold well back around 1982-ish. And stuff that sold well round 1990-ish will be coming into Demand in a few years time. I also recall an old Sowpub post/thread about this cycle.

Michael Ross

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by MichaelRoss

Items that were Hot around 25 years ago will make a comback for many years before dropping off again. Due to people wanting to buy items related to their childhood.

E.g. I recall Bionic Man Dolls. I recently heard of a guy who bought one on ebay for $600 because: he'd always wanted one when he was little but his parents had never bought him one, so now that he was older and able to fund his own purchases, he bought one.

This Technique seem to be more in line with childhood items. But not All childhood items. Do you due before jumpin in.

It would mean, look for things that sold well back around 1982-ish. And stuff that sold well round 1990-ish will be coming into Demand in a few years time. I also recall an old Sowpub post/thread about this cycle.

Hi Michael,

I love this topic... Probably because I'm a nostalgic kinda guy...

Anyhow, here are a few earlier threads that deal with this, for those who haven't seen them... Or for those who read them 17 or 25 years ago, and wanted to re-live them!

By the way, I had an Evel Knievel doll (plus motorbike) when I was a kid. Of course, my Evel Knievel doll would jump over my toy cars. Man, that was pretty cool! I had a Six Million Dollar Man doll too... His "bionic eye" was amazing at the time... Though looking back, it was just a lens stuck in his head (the same kind you get through those door peep-holes)... So instead of a peep-hole in a door, it was a peep-hole stuck in a doll's head. I guess if you can put a peep-hole in a doll's head and call it a "bionic eye" - well, that's pretty good marketing!

"You might want to think about this...."
http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthre...=4440#poststop

"Fads tend to revive every 17 years or so.... What was hot 17 years ago?"
http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthre...11631#poststop

"Take A Trip Down Memory Lane... Do You Remember These 37 Strange Fads?"
http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthre...15047#poststop

Cheers, Dien

Cicadas were hot around here 17 years ago, and they should be back any day now...

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

Hi Michael,

I love this topic... Probably because I'm a nostalgic kinda guy...

Anyhow, here are a few earlier threads that deal with this, for those who haven't seen them... Or for those who read them 17 or 25 years ago, and wanted to re-live them!

By the way, I had an Evel Knievel doll (plus motorbike) when I was a kid. Of course, my Evel Knievel doll would jump over my toy cars. Man, that was pretty cool! I had a Six Million Dollar Man doll too... His "bionic eye" was amazing at the time... Though looking back, it was just a lens stuck in his head (the same kind you get through those door peep-holes)... So instead of a peep-hole in a door, it was a peep-hole stuck in a doll's head. I guess if you can put a peep-hole in a doll's head and call it a "bionic eye" - well, that's pretty good marketing!

"You might want to think about this...."
http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthre...=4440#poststop

"Fads tend to revive every 17 years or so.... What was hot 17 years ago?"
http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthre...11631#poststop

"Take A Trip Down Memory Lane... Do You Remember These 37 Strange Fads?"
http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthre...15047#poststop

Cheers, Dien