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Recent Top Firebox Bestsellers

Here's a list of our top five bestsellers over the last month. This is based on number of units sold. To keep constantly up to date with what is selling well, I recommend using the RSS feed for our site Top Twenty. This is updated regularly (at least once an hour) so it accurately reflects what is selling. And unlike on most sites, it uses realtime sales data not just what we want to push!

Bestsellers:

1. Addictaball.

It's a puzzle in a ball, and is horribly addictive (I own one). Comes in Small (£6.99) and Large (£11.99). Also known as Addict-A-Ball.

 

2. Wild Hibiscus Flowers

These are flowers that you put in the bottom of champagne glasses, and watch 'bloom' into a flower. They are edible so after you finish your bubbly you can scoff the booze-soaked flower.

We've been selling these for a while, the recent jump in popularity was because they were featured on This Morning (from 03:30). Holly thought they would be perfect for weddings, and we've sold more of the 2 jar pack than the singles, so I think people were listening! One jar is £9.99 and the two pack is £16.99.

3. illoom balloons

Outdoor party season has arrived, and these are brilliant for nightime gatherings. A simple idea: a balloon with an LED light inside, they look wonderful when filled with helium. The mixed colour pack is most popular. £8.99 for 15.

 

4. Garlic Zoom

This was also in the same This Morning feature. It's a clever garlic cutting gadget, you zoom it along the countertop to chop. Now comes in XL for garlic-lovers and large families. Standard £7.99, XL £14.99

 

5. USB Snakescope Camera

This has come back into stock after we sold out of the first load very quickly. Its a USB camera on a long bendable tube. It may look like an accident waiting to happen, but has many practical uses like investigating blocked drains (it's waterproof) and retrieving small metal items (it has a magnetic attachment). The overly paranoid can use it to peer round corners. £29.99

   

So the lesson here is, TV coverage drives lots of sales, and party/wedding season is upon us!

Last month's bestselling Firebox products

Its been a while since I've posted (I got caught up in lots of Christmas stuff), so a Happy New Year to everyone!

First post of the year is a look back at what were our bestsellers for December- these are likely to be big this year as well, so give a good idea of some stuff to promote.

In order of number of units sold:

1) Mystery Box from £14.95. This was the surprise Christmas bestseller for us- a box of random Firebox products at a reduced price. Available in versions for him or her. A Valentine's version is planned.

2) Plop Trumps £5.95. Everyone's fave novelty stocking filler

3) Screaming Flying Monkey £4.95

4) Henry Desktop Vacuum Cleaner £9.95. One of the best selling gifts, also available in a pink Hetty version.

5) Stylophone Original £14.95 This electronic instrument is definately enjoying a bit of a revival.

Hard to buy for people: perfect gifts for teenagers

Teenagers are a pretty hard group to buy Christmas presents for. Get them something aimed too young and they'll be insulted. Too old and its boring. Plus anything without a certain cool factor is likely to get discarded. They're a grumpy bunch!

If you want something that will put a smile on their face, as well as making you one of the coolest people they know, try shopping at Firebox. This is stuff that you won't find all over the high street (so they'll get it before their friends do).

For Girls

Tooth Tunes High School Musical version £7.95
One for any teen that likes High School Musical (and there are a lot of them out there). This clever toothbrush will play a song from the second film (What Time Is It) while they brush their teeth. Clever noise conducting science means they can only hear the sound in their heads, so you won't be annoyed by the music. Plus as the tune lasts 2 minutes it helps time teeth brushing.

PoGo Instant Photo Printer £99.95
This would be a brilliant present for anyone who likes taking snaps on their mobile (that would be all teenage girls then). A dinky pocket-sized printer, it lets you send pics to it via the wireless bluetooth connection, and prints them off instantly. It uses special paper that doesn't require messy ink cartridges too.

For Boys

Top selling products at Firebox last month

To help you with what to promote, here are the top selling products on Firebox during October, by number of units sold:

1. Henry Desktop Vacuum £9.95
Ridiculously popular, this mini desk cleaner has been flying out the door. Cute and battery operated, great for getting crumbs out of keyboards.

2. Screaming Flying Monkey £4.95
A regular bestseller, makes a great stocking filler or secret santa gift

3. My Own Morph £9.95
Morph just rules. Includes lots of fun stuff like a DVD with old Morph episodes to make this extra fun.

Firebox at the Affiliate Future Retail Event

Last night myself and Alice, our new Marketing Assistant, took a trip into central London armed with a load of cool gadgets. We sponsored Affiliate Future's retail event, that brought together affiliates, merchants and agency staff from the retail sector.

It was held in the Bar & Pool area of the Haymarket Hotel, which made for an interesting atmosphere. It all went really well and we enjoyed chatting to people about gadgets and what's going to be hot at Christmas. Highlights were the synchronised swimmers and Pleo, our robotic dinosaur who proved a big hit.

Alice took some photos on her phone, so we thought we'd share them with you:

Recent top sellers at Firebox

Haven't done one of these posts for a while, so below are the top sellers for Firebox over the last month, based upon number of units sold:

1. Miracle Fruit Tablets £9.95
These tablets mess with your tastebuds to make everything taste sweet, and are proving a bit of a craze.

2. Batteries

3. Super Solar Shower £4.95
The recent festival season has made this portable shower very popular.

Father's Day at Firebox

I've uploaded all our Father's Day banners to the networks now. On Affiliate Window they are all labelled 'Seasonal-fathersday' and in Affiliate Future they are in the 'Seasonal and Promotions' folder. Available in 120x60, 120x600, 468x60 and 125x125 sizes.

They look a bit like this:

All banners link to our Father's Day page, which is here