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Ebay India Releases Pop Culture List For 2009

A few days ago the Ebay India released the trends for January 2009. These trends are based on the 50 most purchased items on Ebay India.


As has been he case for quite sometime, jewellery continues to retain its top spot as the most popular category. Diamonds accounted for the highest number of purchases in this category along with Kundan Sets.

Ebay has always been a collector’s haven, right from its Bazee.com days and continues to be so. Indian Stamps (Gandhi, Collections & Topical Mint Stamps) are the most popular with philatelists. British India Coins & Coins of Princely States are popular with aspiring numismatists.

8 GB Pen Drives, 4 GB Pen Drives & 4 GB flash memory cards were the most popular data storage devices though the larger 500 GB and I TB ones are soon gaining a substantial buyer base.

Smart phones with web browsers, notably the Blackberry have also been in heavy demand. Batteries, Scratch Guards, Bluetooth headsets and Data Cables were also amongst the most popular accessories in the shopping basket.

As far as gaming was concerned, Action Games, Adventure & Strategy Games and Racing Games are the most popular gaming themes in January. No surprises in the Mp3 category, with iPod being the most popular purchase. Meaning? My music is mine alone.

Apart from this Religious products such as Rudrakshes were amongst the most popular buys during January hence showing that the buyers were also quite religious.

The list also included DIY (Do it yourself) kits such as tool kits, screw drivers, drills.  Swiss and camping knives were some of the key purchases in January.

For checking daily trends (in terms of searches, purchases) you can go to Ebay Pulse. This is their India page. On interesting observation ere is that the two lists

For other facts relating to Ebay India check out their Fast Facts page

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Rishabh is a web enthusiast, who can't understand a line of code. He is fascinated by the power of new media and would love to see technologies being used in the developmental sector. He loves to create and be a part of online communities and claims that he has been thoroughly destroyed by pop culture. Mail him at rishabhkaul@gmail.com

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