"With millions of buyers and sellers, the eBay marketplace is a real-time barometer of what products are this season's 'must-haves.' So far this holiday, the FLY Pentop Computer, Harry Potter Scene It? Game and Thomas the Tank Engine are among some of the top selling toys on eBay, with average sold prices below suggested retail. Sales trends on eBay also show that among those female celebrities with fragrance lines, Jessica Simpson is outpacing both Paris Hilton and Jennifer Lopez.

More than 5,000 of the hot new Xbox 360 game systems sold on eBay over the first 24 hours it was available in stores on Nov. 22, averaging about 3.5 sold per minute. On that day, average sold price for the Xbox 360 units - many bundled with game cartridges and accessories - was $821. With 5,400 currently available on the site as of Thanksgiving Day, eBay remains one of, if not the only, place to get an Xbox 360.

These figures were compiled using eBay Marketplace Research, a new service that offers sellers and buyers visibility into important listing, bidding and pricing trends across the eBay marketplace." [link]