We're already into October, which means the holiday season is quickly approaching. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday just around the corner, now is the perfect time to expand your store's product line, or start the online store you've been contemplating.
Online holiday shopping is an upward trend, with many people opting to shop from the comfort of their own home to avoid wasting time in line-ups, and running around to different stores. This year, COVID has added one more big reason for people to conduct their search for unique holiday gifts from home, and you could be the one to sell them. Here are some ideas for the best niche products that are sure to be on everyone's lists:
Houseplants and Indoor Garden Accessories
These are always a fun idea, but especially now that people are spending so much more time in their own home. People are going to want to make the bleak winter months more tolerable by brightening their indoor space with greenery, especially when that space has become their office, their school, and the backdrop for social group chats. You can even dropship real, living house plants. Not only do they do wonders to liven any décor, indoor plants actually clean the air and remove toxins.
There are many varieties of palms, ferns, and fig plants that are aesthetically pleasing and low-maintenance, and there are easygoing options that also flower, like the peace lily. Snake plants, spider plants and Devil's Ivy pretty much thrive on neglect, so there are options for even the least-green thumbs out there.
Plant accessories are also an inexpensive way to add some personality to a space, think: macrame plant hangers, and planters and pots to add fun pops of colour and textural variety to any room.
Take a look at all of the proud #plantmom and #plantdad Instagrammers showing off their gorgeous monsteras and succulents, and you'll see that this trend isn't going anywhere. These are the kinds of items that plant owners are shopping for, and then can buy them from your online store.
Kitchenware and Tools for the Home Chef
The rise of foodie culture has only been amplified by the pandemic, with more and more people sharpening their culinary skills and looking for the next new way to impress friends, family, and followers from their home kitchen.
Whether it's a regular weeknight dinner or a Zoom holiday party, people will be doing a lot of cooking at home. People are trying their hand at everything from baking bread and fancy desserts to perfecting signature cocktails, so kitchenware shops are a great place to start for people who are new to dropshipping. Upgraded kitchen tools for the at-home chef are always going to be hot sellers, and with loads of options for every budget, the sky really is the limit here.
From specialty ingredients — like spices and seasonings — that will amp up any dish, to the fancy dishware to serve it on, kitchenware can round out any holiday shopping list. Even for the chef who has it all, you can personalize anything, like cutting boards, aprons, tea towels, glassware, oven mitts — a sure way to deliver holiday smiles. If items like these are available in your store online, there's no need for shoppers to look elsewhere.
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