What is happening to the trampoline market? A question being asked by every trampoline retailer at the moment. Besides the fact that the general economy of the world is down, there seems to be a definite shift in the market. Retailers are closing their doors and switching off their websites, eBay trend is down, even the google trend is down. Has the trampoline phenomena been and gone, are they just another bygone fashion of society?
We don’t think so, the market is in no doubt down, but not dead. Trampolines have been in our lives for a number of years now and have shaped the way children live nowadays all across the world. Right now there is war on obesity and parents are doing everything they can to keep their children fit and healthy. The best way to do that, exercise. Not just any exercise but fun, outdoor and energetic exercise. That’s why we believe the trampoline will survive, what better way to get the kids out and getting some fresh air and burning off that energy than on the trampoline down at the bottom of the garden with a few friends. Not only does it create a little social centre for them, but it’s a healthy outdoor activity.
Sadly with a number of retailers going the marketplace will shrink, but hopefully it will have a positive effect in the sense of the less people there are the more specialised the market is. We really believe in that philosophy at Etoys. Where your money buys you the best you can afford, good quality trampolines at affordable prices. To long are the days where the fly by night importers were piggy backing the trampoline market and flooding it with low grade units. Now the real traders will be left behind and they can fulfill the demand for quality trampolines.
Only time will tell us where the market is going, but what will never go is the need to be outside and having fun and that’s where our trampolines come in.
