PriceGrabber Reveals Black Friday Hot Products

PriceGrabber, a part of Experian, revealed the most popular products and categories online consumers shopped for on Black Friday 2011. Popular products included the Canon EOS Rebel T2i Black SLR Digital Camera Kit, Samsung LCD TVs, and video game consoles.

PriceGrabber also found that consumers turned to their mobile device when shopping for electronics.

PriceGrabber’s recent survey found that of the 13 percent of consumers who plan to buy gifts from a mobile device this holiday season, 38 percent said they will do most of their mobile shopping on Black Friday. It was announced Saturday, Nov. 26.

Top 10 most popular Black Friday products visited on PriceGrabber’s mobile website and applications on Black Friday 2011 (iPhone, Android, and iPad)

1.  Sony PlayStation3 Slim 160GB Console

2.  Samsung UN55D6000 55″ LED TV

3.  Microsoft Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect

4.  LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer Learning Tablet

5.  Canon EOS Rebel T3 Black SLR Digital Camera Kit

6.  Apple iPod Touch 4th Generation 8GB Black

7.  Apple MacBook Pro 13.3″ Silver Notebook

8.  Canon EOS Rebel T3i Black SLR Digital Camera Kit

9.  Apple iPad 2 16 GB Wi-Fi Black Tablet

10. Nintendo Black Wii Console w/Mario Kart

Top 5 most popular Black Friday categories visited on PriceGrabber’s mobile website and applications on Black Friday 2011 (iPhone, Android, and iPad)

1.   Plasma & LCD TVs

2.   Cameras

3.   Tablets & E-Readers

4.   Consoles & Accessories

5.   Laptops

Most popular Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping times on PriceGrabber.com

On Thanksgiving, there was a massive surge in online traffic between the hours of 6:00pm until 11:00pm PT in preparation for Black Friday shopping.

The most popular shopping time on Black Friday was 8:00am to 10:00am PT.

Most popular tech categories

1.    Plasma & LCD TVs

2.    Cameras

3.    Laptops

4.    Hard Drives

5.    Tablets & E-Readers

Most popular non-tech categories

1.    Consoles & Accessories

2.    Educational Toys

3.    Vacuum & Steam Cleaners

4.    Watches

5.    Games & Puzzles

Most popular products

1.    Canon EOS Rebel T2i Black SLR Digital Camera Kit

2.    Acer Aspire One 531h-1729 Black Netbook

3.    Canon EOS Rebel T1i  Black SLR Digital Camera Kit

4.    Nintendo White Wii Console with Wii Sports Resort

5.    Samsung LN32C350 32″ LCD TV

6.    Samsung UN55C8000 55″ 3D LED TV

7.    Microsoft Xbox 360 250GB Console with Kinect

8.    Apple iPod Touch 4th Generation 32GB Black

9.    HP (Hewlett-Packard) Mini 110-1144NR Netbook

10.  Canon EOS Rebel T2i Digital SLR Camera

11.  Garmin nuvi 1490LMT Automobile Portable Navigator

PriceGrabber, a part of information services company Experian, is a leading online shopping site and claims to have more than 23 million unique shoppers monthly.

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