Post on 13-Apr-2017
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:• Pinterest • Polyvore• Fancy• Wanelo
B2B Wholesale Marketplaces
Wholesale and manufacturer sourcing sites like Alibaba exposes you to
thousands of potential products and ideas.
Explore these B2B markets:• 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 these marketplaces:• 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• 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