Is The Wii This Year’s PS3?
I’m going to be doing a week long series of posts on selling on eBay during the holiday season (and I’ll have a big announcement to help you with this soon).
Last year it was pretty clear what one of the hardest items of the holiday season was going to be - it was the PS3 and the prices on eBay reflected it.
This year, however, it’s not quite as clear. The Nintendo Wii has been out for almost a year now, but you still can’t buy them in stores. According to Nintendo, supplies are going to continue to be short during the holiday season, so that begs the question:
Is The Nintendo Wii the Playstation 3 of 2006?
To answer that question we need only consult eBay’s completed items listings to find out.
A typical listing for the Nintendo Wii as of November 12th 2007 will reveal that typically sells for about $310 if it’s just the console.
If you can find one in the stores, you’ll pay $250 + tax.
So while prices are actually likely to increase once we hit the big holiday season push, it’s still no where near the profit margin commanded by the PS3 last year - or even the Wii’s own numbers of last year.
However, there are other very popular products out there you may not have heard of (especially if you don’t have kids) that may fit the bill.
Stay tuned for another post tomorrow when I’ll cover the most popular items this holiday season.