Want to make more online sales from the holiday season? It's possible to do so when you know which "hot" items are going to hit the market that will be snapped up the moment it arrives.
One way of finding out what these items are is by searching through "hot sellers" lists or "best sellers" lists on the Internet.
One of the best resources for finding out what are the hottest selling items on the Internet at this minute is by visiting Ebay's Seller Central page.
You can access this page by going to pages.
ebay.
com/sellercentral.
Click on the "What's Hot" link.
There will be links to "Hot Items By Category" and a "Holiday Hot List" if it's the holiday season.
At this moment, the iPhone, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii are among the hottest selling items on Ebay.
How can you make money from this information? Well, you can find a dropshipper that ships this items, and set up an account with them.
What is a dropshipper? A dropshipper ships out products on your behalf after a sale is made.
You keep the difference between the wholesale price and the selling price.
Using a dropshipper is great because you don't have to keep any inventory that might remain unsold and you don't even have to ship the products.
One downside is that your profit margins will be lower.
Another way to cash in on the holiday season is becoming an affiliate of Amazon, the biggest bookstore online.
You might notice that Amazon does not only sell books, it also sells stuff like Playstations, home gyms and golf clubs.
All these are high-ticket items.
Being an affiliate of these products means you get a nice chunk of change (commission) whenever you sell a product through your affiliate link, which is the link Amazon uses to track affiliate sales.
You can promote Amazon products by placing your links in your blog.
Post up informative product reviews, then direct the reader to your affiliate link if he wants to purchase the product.