How To Find the Hottest Products To Sell As an Affiliate Marketer (Part Two of Two)

How To Find the Hottest Products To Sell As an Affiliate Marketer (Part Two of Two)
By John Mann

Now it is time to do more market research.

First go to PayPal.com and click on the Shops link at the bottom of the page. PayPal lists over 42,000 websites here by category. Click on the category you're researching in the Categories column on the left. PayPal then displays the top shops in that category, ranked by volume - the number of sales made through PayPal. Look around a bit and find a high volume product in your category and you're off to the races.

Ok, now that you've looked at PayPal and found what looks like a popular market, the next step is a little research with Google.

Go to http://www.groups.google.com I the search box, enter the name of a product that you're considering promoting. Example: baby shower favors. This search will list the different groups discussing your product. Click on a few of the links to see how many people are posting to these different groups. If there are a lot of people posting, then apparently there is considerable interest in the product and it should be very much in demand.

Next, visit Amazon.com and click on the "Top Sellers" tab. These are the most popular items selling on Amazon, updated every hour. This will give you an overall view of popular items currently selling online.

One final resource is eBay. Click over to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html to find out which categories and products are hot - and where you'll probably be able to find all sorts of ideas about products that are currently in demand!

These methods may seem boring, but the key to successful Affiliate Marketing is based on being willing to do the "boring stuff" that will save you time & money in the long run!