10 places to find ecommerce product ideas
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The 10 Best Places
Ecommerce Entrepreneurs
Go To Find Product Ideas
Coming up with a great idea for a product to
sell online will occasionally strike when you
least expect it.
Many times though, it’s something you need
to be proactively on the lookout for.
Start with what you have
Before you begin searching the depths of the
internet and the ends of the earth for product
and niche ideas, it’s always best to start
with the ideas you already have.
Examine your local
community
Pay attention to trends in brick and mortar
retail and adapt them for ecommerce.
Look around your community and take
note of what new or interesting retail
concepts people are talking about.
Consumer trend publications
Following trend publications can help you get
a sense of the direction, and what other
ideas entrepreneurs are introducing to
the market.
Following these publications can also expose
you to new product categories and industries
that you previously didn’t know about.
Engage with influencers
Following the right people on social media can
help inspire new ideas via a constant stream
of carefully curated content from the people in
the know.
It’s up to you to uncover the opportunities.
Discovery and review sites
Product review and discovery sites can also
be a fantastic source of ideas and inspiration.
Visit these ones:
• Uncrate
• Outblush
• Bless This Stuff
• Cool Material
Social Curation Sites
Pinterest and other similar image curation
sites can be a goldmine for product and niche
ideas.
Many of the images contain interesting, new
and trending consumer products.
Visit these ones:
• Polyvore
• Fancy
• Wanelo
B2B Wholesale Marketplaces
Wholesale and manufacturer sourcing sites
like Alibaba exposes you to thousands of
potential products and ideas.
Explore:
• Alibaba
• TradeKey
• Global Sources
• Made-in-China
Online Consumer
Marketplaces
Another rich source for product ideas are
online consumer marketplaces.
Million of products is probably an
understatement so begin your search with the
popular and trending items
Explore:
• eBay Market Research
• Amazon Bestsellers
• Etsy Trending Items
• AliExpress Popular
Social Forum Communities
Reddit is the largest social media news
aggregator. It describes itself as the front
page of the internet and is enormously
influential.
Explore these subreddits:
• Buy It For Life
• Shut Up And Take My Money
• The Best of Amazon
• http://www.reddit.com/r/TheBestOfAmazon
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• The Best of Amazon UK
• Find It On Amazon
Instagram isn’t just pictures of food and dogs,
it is also an interesting option for inspiring
product ideas.
Because it’s photo based, it makes it easy to
scan through many ideas and photos quickly.
Check #hashtags and curated accounts
