Yesterday I launched a market survey to gain some insight into the type of merchandise that people want to buy with STEEM/SBD:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@claudiop63/what-would-you-like-to-buy-with-your-steem-sbds-please-take-my-market-survey
The survey contained just 6 questions. Here are the results so far, which should be of interest to STEEM/SBD potential merchants.
Respondents so far: 27
First Question
Almost all respondents have been here more than one month, so presumably they had enough time to grasp the basics of Steemit.
Second Question
Only 20% of respondents are from the USA. The remaining people are from the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, China, Australia, Malaysia, France, Romania, South Africa and Ireland.
Third Question
Ok, here we get into the interesting stuff. Over 90% of respondents are clearly interested in shopping with STEEM and SBDs...
Fourth Question
I think this was a question worth asking. Roughly 80% of respondents prefer using SBDs.
Fifth Question: Which goods or services would you like to buy with Steem/Steem Dollars?
I believe the table speaks for itself...
Sixth Question
So, this looks very encouraging to me... over 60% of respondents would conceive spending more than $30/month on Steem-based shopping.
Summary
Unfortunately the sample is quite small (please fill the questionnaire if you haven't done it already...), nonetheless I believe it provides some interesting indications to potential merchants. Probably the most useful indication is the one from the fifth question concerning the most desirable items to buy.