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For those of you who are looking to make some extra cash this season, maybe you want to add some new products to your business. As I mentioned before, internet marketing is probably only about two percent of the market online. Although every site online needs it, it’s still only a small part of the pie for online sales.

If you want to make some extra money this holiday season, then you might want to think about seasonal products. I did a little research, and I want to give you a few places where you can find information.

One of the best places to get started is Ebay. This site has a lot of tools and resources for showing you what’s hot for the holiday season, as well as what’s hot anytime of the year. You can also find out what others are looking for. This can help you in terms of creating your site, and you can either join the Ebay affiliate program and offers results from their site, post your own auctions, or just use what you learned to help you add to the product lines on your site.

Here is some of the latest data pulled from Ebay:

Top 25 Hottest eBay Sellers

1 iPhone
2 Webkinz / Lil’Kinz
3 Transformers
4 Collectible Barbie
5 Dooney & Bourke Zebra Tote
6 Nintendo Wii
7 T.M.X. Friends - Ernie & Cookie Monster
8 BCBG Dress
9 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
10 Rock Band Video Game
11 iPod nano 8GB (Black)
12 The Simpsons
13 PlayStation 3
14 I’m Not A Plastic Bag
15 Motorola RAZR2
16 Designer Fragrances
17 Citizen Eco-Drive Watch
18 Nike Air Max 360 II
19 Abercrombie & Fitch Hoodie Jacket
20 Dept. 56 Snow Villages
21 Nike SasQuatch Sumo2
22 Gibson Electric Guitar
23 Craftsman Hand Tool Set
24 Burton Snowboard
25 Vtech Gadget

The Lycos Top 50 can tell you what the latest trends are online, and they have a nice little section each year for the holidays. This year’s trends include:

The Top 10 Most-Searched Toys this holiday season:

Poker
Naruto
Pokemon
Harry Potter
Webkinz
iPod
Barbie
Bratz
Hannah Montana

The Top 10 Most-Searched Video Games this holiday season:

RuneScape
The Sims
WWE Smackdown
Mortal Combat
World of Warcraft
Halo 2
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Resident Evil
Gundam Crossfire
Halo

The online toy, department and specialty stores seeing the biggest jump in search activity over the past month include:

Amazon
Target
Toys R Us
Gap
Best Buy
Walmart
eBay
Circuit City
Abercrombie & Fitch
Barnes and Noble

In this last section I showed you some stores that you may be able to choose from for affiliate programs to help you make more money. You can check these sites to find out who handles their affiliate programs for them. The two biggest affiliate program sites for these products are Commission Junction and LinkShare.com.

You can also watch the news pages of sites like Google, MSN, and Yahoo, as they will all run articles from time to time on what’s hot to buy online, as well as what’s hot for the holiday season. Regardless of what you sell, there are always trends you can find that will help you make more money.

Tags: Lycos Top 50, Ebay, What’s Hot for The Holiday Season