Still don’t know how to choose products? Please refer to this list of the top 10 cross-border e-commerce product selection channels

Product selection is the first step in cross-border e-commerce operations, but what to sell has always been a headache for many sellers. This article will introduce several product selection channels to help sellers quickly find niche products for sale. Whether you are a seller with no ideas at all or a seller who already has some ideas about the products you want to sell, you can follow the clues and find profitable products.

1. Use product selection tools

Jungle Scout can help sellers find Amazon products with great potential through big data, track and monitor competitors' pricing, inventory, profit margins, etc., so as to help sellers obtain the maximum sales profit. Sellers can use this tool to easily classify platform products and narrow the scope by adding some simple search filters to find the products they want to sell.

In addition to Jungle Scout, sellers can also use other product selection tools, including AMZscout, BigTracker, etc. Click here to view more tools.

2. Online trend publications

Online trend publications are a good channel for product selection, but unlike other product selection channels, trend publications may not provide sellers with direct and accurate product selection ideas, but they can help sellers understand consumer shopping patterns and their direction, and can also inspire sellers' product inspiration. The following are some recommended trend publications:

PSFK : It is a popular online trend publication, sellers can refer to its trend reports.

Cool Hunting : Uncovering the latest trends in design, technology, style, travel, art and culture.

Cool Hunter : It is a leading authority on all creative products, allowing e-commerce sellers to get ahead of the market trends, focusing on cool, innovative and original content.

UberCool : This is a one-person content platform, but the publication still has a lot of information and product ideas.

· Trend Watching : Trend Watching searches for upcoming consumer product trends around the world, with 30 trend scouts looking for product trends.

· Trend Hunter : Trend Hunter is one of the world's largest trend communities, with 137,000 members worldwide.

Springwise : From the Springwise homepage, sellers can browse new business and product ideas published in the past 30 days. If you want to search the entire database, you need to subscribe to Springwise Access.

3. Product Review Blog

There are a lot of trending resources on product review blogs. Checking out new product reviews can help inspire sellers to choose products. Here is a list of some of the top product review blogs that sellers can check on a daily basis:

Uncrate

AcquireMag

· Werd

· Outblush

· Bless This Stuff

Gear Patrol

Cool Material

Gear Moose

HiConsumption

Firebox

The above are just a small part, more similar websites can be viewed here .

4. Product Curation Blogs and Platforms

Sellers who don’t know what products to sell can also check out product curation blogs and platforms, including:

Canopy : Curates some of the best and most noteworthy products from the Amazon platform.

Thieve.co : Thieve is a product curation website for AliExpress.

5. Photo social networking sites

Some image social networking sites can help sellers get consumers’ opinions on interesting and trending products. Some major image social networking sites are:

· Pinterest : It is one of the fastest growing social networking sites with over 50 million monthly users.

· Fancy : This social platform has a very high level of user engagement, and Fancy even allows users to get investments.

Wanelo : is a global shopping community that brings together products and stores in a Pinterest-like product launch format.

Instagram : Instagram is a great place to explore products that consumers are using and are interested in. You can use hashtags to find products that consumers are using, follow influencers to see what they share, and keep an eye on trends in your specific niche. When you come across potential product ideas, you can save them for easy reference later.

6. E-commerce platforms

E-commerce platforms are one of the most common channels for finding e-commerce niche products, but due to the large scale of many platforms, unless sellers understand the best strategies for finding viable trending products on the platform, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the large number of products. E-commerce platforms that sellers can use to select products include:

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(1) B2B e-commerce platform

B2B e-commerce platforms allow sellers to find suppliers while looking for products. The more popular B2B wholesale product websites include:

Alibaba : It is the world's largest e-commerce platform with a wide variety of products.

In addition to Alibaba, there are many other similar websites, including:

TradeKey

Global Sources

Made -in-China

· IndiaMart

(2) B2C e-commerce platform

B2C e-commerce platforms directly target end consumers, so by strategically searching for some popular product pages, sellers can better understand consumer trends and the products related to them. Such pages include:

· eBay Popular, the largest online auction site, lists some of the most popular products on eBay. In addition, the eBay Watch Count online tool lists the most popular products on eBay based on the number of views.

Amazon Bestsellers lets users view the most popular products on the platform, updated every hour. Amazon Movers and Shakers lets users view the products that have seen the biggest increases in sales rankings on Amazon over the past 24 hours, updated every hour.

Kickstarter Discover on Kickstarter ranks all projects by popularity, funding, featured, and many other options, which can also provide some inspiration for sellers to choose products.

Etsy Trending Items on the handmade e-commerce platform Etsy allows users to view the products and listings that are currently popular on Etsy.

AliExpress Popular, Alibaba's B2C e-commerce platform, allows users to view the most popular products on AliExpress.

Storenvy’s Storenvy Trending Products feature products that are currently selling well on the platform.

7. Social Forums

Social forums are another channel for finding niche e-commerce products. One of the largest social forums is Reddit, and one of its most unique and powerful features is “subreddits.” Each subreddit caters to users with different interests. In subreddits, sellers can find a lot of niche product inspiration.

If you look closely, you can see some product-centric subreddits where users discuss their favorite products, such as:

Buy It For Life : Users discuss products with a long life cycle.

Shut Up And Take My Money : Discuss interesting product ideas that consumers actually want.

You probably already know that Amazon has a huge number of products, but sifting through the millions of products can take a long time. Instead, you can go through some Amazon subreddits, including:

The Best of Amazon Canada

Find It On Amazon

Finally, you should also keep an eye out for Reddit threads where users list their favorite products, such as:

· Reddit, What is One Product Under $20 That You Recommend Everyone To Buy?

· What $100 Item Has The Single Greatest Ability to Increase Quality of Life?

8. Select products by searching hobbies

Consumers are willing to spend money on products to support their hobbies. Sellers can start their product selection journey through these channels:

· Wikipedia Hobbies List

500 Ecommerce Niches

9. Supplier Directory

Suppliers are front and center in the product sales market, so you can check out some suppliers for trending products to sell online. Dropshipping suppliers, wholesale suppliers, and private label manufacturers are great for selling trending products to you, and they often have a lot of inventory.

The quickest way to find different types of suppliers is to use a supplier directory, such as:

· Dropshipping Suppliers Directory

· Wholesale Suppliers Directory

· Private Label Manufacturers Directory

10. Google Trends

If you already have some ideas for your product, you can use the Google Trends product and determine if it has any value.

Google Trends will not only show you the total search volume, but also the countries where the product is most popular.