Webkinz are just stuffed animals! However, they are not just any ordinary stuffed animal. They are stuffed toys that also live on the web. The marketing geniuses over at Ganz, the company behind Webkinz, added the way for the stuffed animals to live in the online world. Kids spend countless hours building and experiencing an environment with tens of thousands of other kids. The pure obsession with Webkinz is causing retired Webkinz for sale to be valued at $1000 each!
The first retired Webkinz is the Cheeky Dog. You will find this Webkinz for sale on eBay for almost $1000. On other online stores, they are already selling for over $1200. In addition, there was recently an auction on eBay for a selling price of $7999 after 32 bids. It consisted of 107 Webkinz with 23 retired. However, it did not meet the reserve price, so I don't know if it actually sold. But look at this perspective, there was a bidding war to pay almost $8000 on stuffed animals.
Why are people paying so much? There is value in the toys. The scarcity and cool factor of the toys make it so sought over. The online experience is so compelling that having one of the rare Webkinz does not only give you bragging rights in real life, but also in the online world. This is serious business for these kids!
At first I was intimidated by the prices, I then realized that Webkinz was here to stay. I firmly believe the prices will keep going up and up for a long time because Webkinz has done something revolutionary. I would know because I've been in the business world for awhile. First of all, kids love to dress up their dolls, draw, pretend play, build things, show, act, and just play around with other kids in another world. Ganz's Webkinz has done all of this!
To top it off, the business geniuses over at Ganz used scarcity, forced replacement, cross selling, and education to make it even a more addictive product. I'll go into this later in a more detailed post, but here's my point. Webkinz is not going anywhere! It's not another Beanie Babies because they offer so much more than just a stuffed animal. It doesn't matter if you are a business person, teenager, child, adult, parent or anybody else, you need to keep both eyes open for Webkinz. My prediction is that the current retired Webkinz for sale in the thousands will keep doubling in value like has been for years!
Now go find some retired Webkinz for sale. It's as good as gold! Happy Webkinzing!
Sarah Seacrest
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