fly off the shelves
Vanish through purchases
When products fly off the shelves, they sell rapidly and in large quantities: The new gaming console flew off the shelves within hours.
The image is of inventory disappearing so fast it seems to leap into customers' hands.
Usually describes merchandise in unexpectedly high demand.
- sell like hot cakesMove merchandise rapidly
- popularWidely admired by many
- selloutCompromiser of integrity
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- sellingTrading for payment
hot ticket · crowd · buy · impulse buy · snapped up · sold out · out of stock · hotcake · purchase · rush · high demand · demand · scarcity · empty · restock · shortage · backorder · frenzy
sales velocity
fly off the shelvesgather dust
Fall into disuse
collect dust · move slowly · stagnate · pile up · linger
consumer demand
fly off the shelvesbomb
Explosive device or disaster
tank · flop · fall flat · crash and burn · go nowhere