October 6, 2009
By the ZippyCart Shopping Carts Content Team
Halloween costumes and decorations are the most popular items for ecommerce sales in October. There are so many costumes for Halloween to choose from and the top ideas change from year to year. Decorations are also a huge contributor of sales for ecommerce stores as adults with kids get into the spirit of the holiday by decorating to make things fun and festive. In 2009 some of the popular costume ideas are based upon top movies, television shows, politics, and pop culture. Below we have gathered five of the top ecommerce stores you can go to get almost any Halloween costume or decoration you can imagine. For each online store we highlighted some great costume ideas that stand out if you need a recommendation for a Halloween costume.
Spirit Halloween has an amazing selection of costumes and wigs as well as decorations and accessories. Some of the best Halloween costumes on the Internet can be found at the Spirit Halloween ecommerce store with a wide variety of top quality choices for men, women, and kids. The top choices for adult men include The Count from Sesame Street, Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe, and Chewbacca from Star Wars. A few of the fun Halloween costumes for adult women are Batgirl from DC Comics, Lady Zorro, and Olive Oyl from Popeye. Cool kids costumes on the site include Hannah Montana, Spidergirl, and Bumblebee from Transformers. Check out Spirit Halloween today and get 20% off one item with coupon code SPAF20.
Celebrate Express operates a companion website called Costume Express where shoppers can browse through a wide assortment of Halloween costumes for adults, teens, kids, and babies. In addition to costumes you can also buy decorations at Costume Express to make your house look amazing this Halloween. One of the best costumes for couples on the ecommerce site is a Bacon and Eggs outfit which is sure to get the attention of everyone at the Halloween party. Some of the oddest choices on the site for adults include a Broccoli costume, Grimace from McDonalds, and BooBerry from the kids cereal. Head on over to Costume Express and you will receive 15% on $70 or more when you use coupon code eerie99 in the shopping cart.
Buy Costumes offers a great selection of Halloween costumes, masks, hats, and wigs so you can put the perfect outfit together. They have an assortment of Star Wars costumes like an inflatable Jabba the Hut, Han Solo, and Jango Fett. There are also a lot of awesome Superhero costumes like Mr. Incredible, Captain America, and Green Lantern. You can also get Halloween costumes for kids like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Peter Pan. You can visit Buy Costumes ecommerce store and use coupon code HAUNT65 to receive 10% off on orders of $65 or more.
Costume Craze has a variety of crazy and funky Halloween costumes to browse through and find the one that is right for you or your kids. They have an extensive selection of animal themed costumes like a funny chicken, gorilla, wolf or penguin. There is also a nice assortment of cartoon characters like Spongebob Squarepants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Scooby-Doo Halloween costumes. Check out Costume Craze today and can receive 5% off your next order when you use coupon code GETFIVE in your shopping cart.
Costume Hub has been in business since 1991 offering you the newest and most popular Halloween costumes each year. At the Costume Hub ecommerce site you can browse through options for adults, infants, plus-size, and pets. Some of the interesting costume choices that they have for your pets are a Bumble Bee, Wonder Women, and Yoda from Star Wars. A few of the more popular costumes for infants were Woody from Toy Story and Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz. You can obtain 10% off of your next order over $75 at Costume Hub by using coupon code HOME10.
Nick was born and raised in California, but has been working the dot com scene in Seattle for many years. He co-founded ZippyCart back in 2009, and now works here full-time. Nick wears many hats at ZippyCart, including producing content for our Ecommerce News blog. Nick loves photography and the outdoors, so when not working on ZippyCart you can find him out and about in Seattle.
