Niche Site 1: Mexican Travel Deals (sitemap)
Date of first inbound link: I don’t have any yet, except perhaps the ones above.
Costs: $10 for domain, plus pro-rata costs of hosting and Wordtracker subscription
Earnings: 0
Notes: This site was put on a domain I bought a few weeks before this program began. I had the domain parked and I somewhat arbitrarily decided to turn it into a niche store without having done any research first (note that I did do research in order to build main categories and at this time I also …

This is Erik, one of the guest bloggers. Many of you have probably already installed your BANS stores. For those of you who haven’t (or who are having trouble) I just wanted to offer you a few tips based on what I learned during the install process recently.
1. If you run into problems during the install process, don’t get discouraged. When I first installed BANS maybe a week and a half ago, I ran into MANY problems that prevented me from even using the admin panel! But after several hours …

Well, I recently purchased Wordtracker so that I could further research my niche ideas. I figure I should be sure of the niches I want to pursue before buying the domain names. So I have a few questions for Mark and the other experienced BANS users. How many searches are enough, and how many are too little?
For example, for my “effects pedal” search on Wordtracker, most of the keyword results (and virtually all of the high KEI ones) showed well under 10 searches (I think that’s over the past 90 …

Hi Everyone,
This is Erik, one of the guest bloggers. Since we’re still in the early stages of the series, I thought I’d share something I’ve been thinking about–a budget for new Build a Niche Store owners. I am just starting out with it myself so I’ve set up a basic list of the costs I’m going to allow myself. Now, I’m basing this on the assumption that I’m going to try BANS for a year and create at least a dozen sites. So I’ve calculated the costs over a period …

One of the ideas I’ve been considering is acoustic guitars. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far:
1. Ebay search seems pretty good–12,000 results for the term “acoustic guitar” in the guitar category under musical instruments.
2. I Googled “acoustic guitars” + “build a niche store”. Many of the related stores seem to be general guitar stores, not specifically acoustic guitar stores. There is one specifically on acoustic guitars but the page template is not customized at all and they only specifically target one brand of acoustic guitars (with a general …

Hi Everyone,
My name is Erik and I’m 25. I’m a recently admitted attorney (licensed just two months ago) from California. I enjoy creative writing and guitar-playing. I don’t have any experience in web development, HTML, or BANS. So hopefully I can offer a perspective that is useful and informative to people who have never owned a Niche Store. I think what sparked my recent interest in monetizing web sites, and BANS in particular, is the possibility of creating an income supplement. On top of that, I am thinking of moving …