Afterpay has reported significant increases in the sales of smartwatches, gaming chairs and scooters throughout 2024.

The buy now, pay later service has released its Afterpaid 2024 report, which states that smartwatch sales using Afterpay were up 23 percent year on year, gaming chairs were up by 34 per cent and scooters by 35 per cent.

It said some of the most popular tech purchases included Samsung’s Galaxy S24, Apple AirPods and PlayStation 5.

“[These] tech items underscore a growing trend toward smart, efficient living,” Afterpay says.

Afterpay sampled 29 million transactions in Australia from January 1 to October 30, 2024.

The report said air fryers were still “trending”, with sales peaking over winter in June and July. Sales of pizza ovens peaked in August.

 

Afterpay one of the payment options on this airfryer at JB Hi-Fi.

Meanwhile, robot vacuums were most popular, per capita, in Queensland. 

Queenslanders were also the biggest purchasers, per capita, of wine and bar fridges, followed by New South Wales and Western Australia.

In other categories, sales of kitten heels were up 164 per cent, and Adidas Sambas were up by 231 per cent.

Bubble dresses were also popular, with sales up 575 per cent year on year. It is not known how many bubble dresses were sold via Afterpay.

Sales of buy now, pay later press-on nails were up by 678 per cent. Afterpay said a set was sold, on average, every 2.8 minutes.

According to our back of the envelope calculations, this means about 188,000 sets of press-on nails will be sold in 2024.

 

A pizza oven sold by Good Guys has an Afterpay option.

Sales of Bluey merchandise using the service were up by 83 per cent, while Barbie-related items were down by 19 per cent.

Nearly half (46 per cent) of all smartphone repairs using Afterpay were booked by Gen Z. 

NSW was described as “the epicentre for Pokémon enthusiasts”, with 212,400 Pokémon card products purchased throughout the year.