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CHRISTMAS TIME IS ALMOST WITH US

While this message might seem premature to the average person (after all they probably haven’t thought about their thanksgiving turkey yet) this message isn’t meant for them, it’s meant for the eBay resellers,online retailers and bricks and mortar store owners out there.

Christmas time is that time of year when cash registers (both the real and the virtual kind) ring with sales and many retailers make most of their money as people rush to buy Christmas gifts .

But, like farmers with their harvest retailers have to get ready for the great shopping splurge.

So what timetable should you be looking at?

• July – August: take a look at the hot sellers from the previous Christmas period, the current year and try and guess what type of volume you will need to buy for the upcomming Christmas.
  Do a budget to see how many of each item you can buy for each time (It’s recommended to try to stretch out sourcing over three-four months rather than trying to buy everything at one time)
  
  
• September – October:Start gradually bringing in stock. If possible test the new units to make sure they are not faulty and get ordering replacements out of the way.
  
  
• November – December:Start getting in contact with your customers, remind them to buy Christmas presents a little earlier to avoid disappointment
  
  

Daniel ODonahue, one of the very smart people who work at Chinavasion.com, has already given us a timetable of when things should happen as an ecommerce retailer in preparation for the Christmas shopping period in his blog Best Ecommerce Strategy, Prepare For EBay Christmas Sales Now but it bears repeating what type of Christmas gift ideas and Christmas decorations should you start buying up now for the Christmas break?

Here are the list of top 5 products (plus one) you should at least consider stocking up on before Christmas to make the most out of the holiday and prevent disappointing your customers…

Digital Camcorders

Whether you want to call them camcorders, digital video cameras, videocameras, digicams, or vidcams, these items continue to get improved functions and easier to use every year. And they always make great gift items, especially around Christmas.

Our models have proven to be very popular because of their ease of use, price, and fantastic feature set.

And as you can see from our keychain car remote style camera (CVSD J12), action sports helmet camera (CVSD J11) avatar digital binocular sports and spy camera — 40x optical zoom (CVSD DC06) There is something for everybody. From the sports nut, to the Life Bits fanatic to the racehorse follower and aspiring private eye.

Digital Frames

Christmas time is usually when people have the fondest memories so it is not surprising then that this is by far the best time of the year to have digital photo frames.

Not only can they be relatively inexpensive they are very easy to personalize. Just suggest that the customer includes a SD card with pictures and videos of them with the person they are giving the gift to.

You could even consider including a SD card as a free gift from you to them to increase the chance of them buying the item.

Portable Stereos

While in the time of ipod docks and MP4 players may appear to be on us the gift givers of society (read most shoppers over the age of 35 and 40) haven’t caught up with the factor yet.

As a result that Portable Stereo that you probably had gracing your desk in your high school/university period is probably still a hot ticket round December and in no other time.

RC Toys

Kids love RC toys, dads love RC toys and moms love RC toys (once they’re unwrapped) so do yourself a favour a stock a few on your shelves. You’ll be surprised how quickly these fly off your shelves.

While RC cars and trucks are easier to master than RC helicopters and planes you can almost guarantee they will keep people enthralled to an equal level. Once bought by your customers you will probably find that the RC toy’s remote control will be passed around as much as the potatoes or the pumpkin pie.

MP4 Players

Make no mistake about it. when it comes to Christmas gifts MP4 player are the next walkmans, hi-fi players, socks and underwear all wrapped into one.

The MP4 player is a radio receiver, destination for all your digital music destination for DTV signals (if you find a model like CVGI-E41) and can play NES and old arcade games if you get the right one.

So it’s no surprise then that it makes a popular Christmas gift at Christmastime as it doesn’t come with the same level of stigma as socks and underwear but is just as all-encompassing.

LED Lights

LED lighting isn’t so much of a gift as a Christmas decoration and, as a result, needs to be ‘pushed’ much earlier (say around November).

Where a LED light beats out traditional lights in its decoration potential is its ability to be molded to different potential and its resilience (once one bulb/fuse goes the others don’t) there’s no wonder lighting and interior design professionals rave about this stuff.

And with the wide range of wholesale LED Christmas decorations and wholesale LED Christmas lights available at Chinavasion at true wholesale China price breaks you’d be silly not to stock up on some.

So what are you waiting for check out Chinavasion’s wide range of Christmas gifts and make sure you’re bringing your stocks up to levels your happy with by the end of the month.

Your bank balance will thank you for doing it in January.