Top trending eCommerce product categories
Monday, April 13, 2020Lindsay Hampson
eCommerce Trending categories: What verticals are experiencing growth?
In preparing to write this article I went back through my online shopping history… for your entertainment really.
From March 12th to today, I purchased:
- 4 plane tickets home, which cut our March Break vacation short.
- Latex gloves.
- Masks.
- Medicine.
- 2 tablets for my kids, and strong cases.
- Online educational software subscription.
- Lined paper.
- Markers.
- Frozen croissants.
- Meal kits.
- Fresh bacon.
- Online subscription boxes for kids.
- Pick-up pizza.
- Box of wine.
I find this list, in it’s true order, hilarious. Ladies and gentleman, the stages of self-isolation acceptance. From rash purchases like plane tickets and products in case of illness, to setting up the kids and my husband and I to work from home, finally to satisfying our cravings for pizza, baked goods and wine.
My family isn’t the only one flowing through these stages. eCommerce trends suggest that WAY more is being ordered online. Our VP, Operations at eBridge told eBridge Marketing that the volumes of transactions we’re seeing in our eBridge Cloud integration platform are such that we’d see during Black Friday Cyber Monday.
So, what is in everyone's carts?
You may be pressed against the window waiting for these items to be delivered
Consumers are ordering in interesting patterns. As each of us adjusts to the new normal for now, we are ordering online in interesting patterns. What is your vice during social distancing? What have you ordered? See how your buying compares to the trends we see across online categories.
Top trending product categories in eCommerce
Products to sell in 2020 that have low competition and high demand right now. Be smart. Be focused on delighting your customer.
1) Key supplies for isolation
- Since toilet paper is at a premium, attachable bidets are experiencing a surge (pun intended)
- Bread machines
- Seeds for your own garden
- Face shields
- Thermometers
2) Moving your office home
- Home office desks
- End tables
- I/O cards, wireless chargers and adapters
- Laptops
- Tablets
- Webcams
- Wifi repeater
- Posture correctors
3) Passing the time
- Home gym equipment
- Beauty products
- Needlepoint
- Board games
- Jigsaw puzzles
4) Staying connected while disconnected
- Flower delivery
- Novelty gifts
What actions can you take, now?
Shopify has loaned it's hand to those looking for an opportunity. Now might be the time to jump into one of these categories. Or beef up marketing efforts if you already play in this space. According to Shopify, top trending product categories that saw growth in the past week,
compared to the last 30 days as these 8.
The best of humanity: 2 encouraging trends
Let’s lean in on these other fruitful commerce trends, ignited by COVID-19.
- Shopping “local” online, embracing our local businesses their #curbsidepickup and #contactlessshopping
- Donating to charities and non-profits. Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show is a huge promoter of donating right now. Each guest that joins him on The Home Edition gets to promote their charity of choice. Each night, millions donate what they can to this cause.
Order volumes surging?
If your business' order volumes have increased substantially since the outbreak of COVID-19, it may be time to start automating some of the manual date entry between your online eCommerce store and your back office ERP or accounting system. Reach out to eBridge Connections. We are a bunch of nice Canadians with 25+ years experience integrating Shopify, Amazon, Magento, WooCommerce, or EDI Dropshipping back to Sage, SAP, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics or Epicor ERP systems. Automation saves time.
Thanks for reading. We wish you all the best.
Other interesting sources:
CommerceHub CEO spoke to @CNBC about contactless shopping and curtsied pickup trends:
https://twitter.com/CommerceHub/status/1247201955396628480
Medical Supplies, Paper Supplies, Groceries Posted a blog last month about this:
https://ebridgeconnections.com/Media/Blog/March-2020/Medical-supplies-paper-dry-food-technology-covid19.aspx
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Read this great article by Cloudways here:
https://www.cloudways.com/blog/trending-products-to-sell/