For all affiliate marketers, you already know that the holiday season is one of the most lucrative and competitive times of the year. For anyone still making guesses about the data, you can be sure it’s going to be a lot less lucrative unless you have some ESP skills you’re hiding. But for the rest of us, this only means one thing: It’s time to follow up on Experian’s Marketing Service reports to find out which holiday gifts are trending this year.

Affiliate Marketing During the Holidays with Trends

And while it may be getting a little late to make big profits on Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday if you haven’t done your research, you can still take advantage of the Christmas market by watching the trends. As of the month leading up to November 9, marketing trends gathered from search data analysis point to a few key terms every affiliate should consider:

  • game consoles

  • Mobile devices

  • fitness equipment

  • Technical equipment and gifts

This is good news for affiliates who already have some of these products in their network, but could be bad news for those who have bet on other items. Still, none of these are exactly groundbreaking, so if you don’t have them this year, you’ll know by next. These are not going to change any time soon.

Trends in Christmas products and well-known brands

There are still some products that affiliates can earn money with. For example, while tech gadgets took 7 of the top 10 spots on the holiday gift trend list, the overall winner was none other than Uggs. Ugg boots are available on many shoe sites, as well as on Amazon. They’ve also been hugely popular for years (a hint for next year on trends!).

Regardless, this is what people are looking for over the past month. As you can see, it’s a little more than technology. It’s a tech convention!

  • Iphone 5s

  • ipad air

  • Iphone 5c

  • xbox one

  • ps4

  • samsung galaxy note 3

  • microsoft surface pro

  • FitBit

  • Kindle FireHD

  • nexus 7

You can basically take away from this list that Apple is still the leader in e-retail stores, placing its iPad Air, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c in the top three spots, followed by Xbox One taking the lead over the PS4.

Santa’s sleigh full of toys

Of course, Christmas time is nothing without the kids, so you should already have some of the hottest toys in your affiliate link. Most people already know that Skylanders Swap Force (a video game) is number one, but the second most searched toy search for the last month might surprise you. According to Experian, rubber band bracelets come in second, followed by the Razor Crazy Cart Riding Toy. Yes, rubber bracelets.

Simple research like this will help you learn about Christmas trends. Of course, if you can’t start cracking these now, just keep an eye out for future times when online shopping is intense. Doing a quick background check on the hottest video games or latest fitness gadgets will give you an idea of ​​which affiliate partners to join and which ones to shy away from.