Top 5 Products for 2016

In this post on trending products, I showed you all the resources I use to uncover products that are exploding in growth.

1. GREEN TEA

Green Tea – Not only has green tea consistently been climbing as a trend since the early 2000’s, but it’s  been growing for good reason. Green tea is generally healthier than other beverages in it’s category, it contains less caffeine, and most importantly, there are so many uses and variations of the product allowing the possibility for you to come up with new product ideas that incorporate green tea or green tea extract.

2. MATCHA

Matcha – Matcha tea, is an increasingly popular variation of green tea, and considered to be a premium product. Ultimately, it’s very high end green tea that has been ground into a fine powder. Because you actually consume the whole leaf as oppose to just steeping it, you get a much higher concentrate of good things in tea. Much like green tea, this product can be used as an ingredient in many other products.

3. COCONUT OIL BASED PRODUCTS

Coconut Oil based Products – I wrote extensively about coconut oil last year on the Shopify blog, not because I like cococut oil, but because I spotted the trend early and knew it was going to be huge. Originally, I found through a post on Pinterest and discovered that coconut oil was essentially a Swiss Army knife of an ingredient.

Considered healthy and functional, you can use coconut oil for everything from cooking to making your own soaps, toothpaste, deodorant, sunscreen, to improving sleep, and even preventing Alzheimer.

4. BEARD OIL/MEN’S GROOMING PRODUCTS

Beard Oil – Beard oil has been trending for the last few years and it appears that the trend is continuing. Lately this market has become pretty saturated with a lot of new companies but there’s likely still room for those that get a little more creative and tighten their focus to serve narrow niches within the beard grooming category.

5. DRONES & DRONE ACCESSORIES

Drones & Accessories – If you watch the news, you likely have heard more and more about drones. Whether it’s about the military using them for missions, Amazon using them to deliver products to homes, or civilians playing with them as a hobby, drones were huge this year. Looking into 2016, it appears they will only be getting bigger.