iPhone related sales on eBay have totalled more than $18,000 in the last month according to HammerTap, a leading auction research agency.
Despite the fact the iPhone isn’t due to be released until June savvy eBayers are already trying to cash in on the product.
Jen Cano, spokesperson for HammerTap, commented:
People are so excited about new and innovative product releases like the iPhone that sellers find any way they can to make a profit off that excitement and according to the research, anything iPhone related sells for an average of $35.
Whatever is selling now is just a glimpse of what is to come. Some sellers will make a lot of money on iPhone accessories after the phone is released.
We reported last week about paper iPhones selling on eBay but these appear to have been removed by eBay staff.
Sellers are selling everything and anything related to the iPhone, according to HammerTap.
Ranging from domain names and e-mail addresses to T-shirts and pictures, sellers are making an auction out of anything they can get their hands on. For example, the domain name “www.iphoneforcheap.com” had 11 bids and sold for $41.
