Comments on: Discovering gold in an otherwise unprofitable Niche Market! http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/discovering-gold-in-an-otherwise-unprofitable-niche-market.htm Learn How to Build and Market Niche Websites Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jeffhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/discovering-gold-in-an-otherwise-unprofitable-niche-market.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1646 Jeff Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:03:26 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/discovering-gold-in-an-otherwise-unprofitable-niche-market.htm#comment-1646 Mark,Two things: 1. Can the pages in BANS be customized so that if there are no products available a message is displayed directing users to other pages on a site?2. In your example above 100 searches over 8-10 keywords is not very significant by itself, but compound that by 100 or so pages/keywords you suggest and one can see the possibilities.Keep up the good work.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1646','Jeff'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1646','Jeff','Mark,\r\n\r\nTwo things:\r\n1. Can the pages in BANS be customized so that if there are no products available a message is displayed directing users to other pages on a site?\r\n\r\n2. In your example above 100 searches over 8-10 keywords is not very significant by itself, but compound that by 100 or so pages\/keywords you suggest and one can see the possibilities.\r\n\r\nKeep up the good work.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Mark,

Two things:
1. Can the pages in BANS be customized so that if there are no products available a message is displayed directing users to other pages on a site?

2. In your example above 100 searches over 8-10 keywords is not very significant by itself, but compound that by 100 or so pages/keywords you suggest and one can see the possibilities.

Keep up the good work.

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]]> By: MikeLhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/discovering-gold-in-an-otherwise-unprofitable-niche-market.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1627 MikeL Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:58:08 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/discovering-gold-in-an-otherwise-unprofitable-niche-market.htm#comment-1627 Regarding pluralization, if I put in 'effect pedal' into Wordtracker there are 23 searches/day for 'effect pedals'. If I put 'effects pedal' there are 36 searches/day for 'guitar effects pedals'. In this case inputting plural forms revealed some higher searched phrases. Varying the word order or phrase can make a difference too. 'natural weight loss' and 'lose weight naturally' have significantly different demand.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1627','MikeL'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1627','MikeL','Regarding pluralization, if I put in \'effect pedal\' into Wordtracker there are 23 searches\/day for \'effect pedals\'.\r\nIf I put \'effects pedal\' there are 36 searches\/day for \'guitar effects pedals\'.\r\nIn this case inputting plural forms revealed some higher searched phrases. \r\nVarying the word order or phrase can make a difference too. \'natural weight loss\' and \'lose weight naturally\' have significantly different demand.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Regarding pluralization, if I put in ‘effect pedal’ into Wordtracker there are 23 searches/day for ‘effect pedals’.
If I put ‘effects pedal’ there are 36 searches/day for ‘guitar effects pedals’.
In this case inputting plural forms revealed some higher searched phrases.
Varying the word order or phrase can make a difference too. ‘natural weight loss’ and ‘lose weight naturally’ have significantly different demand.
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]]> By: Markhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/discovering-gold-in-an-otherwise-unprofitable-niche-market.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1613 Mark Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:51:29 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/discovering-gold-in-an-otherwise-unprofitable-niche-market.htm#comment-1613 Erik & Sean -I have not gone to eBay and looked for actual products yet! :-) That would have been too much like, right!The message of the post is that even though the generic niche of effect pedals is not in demand with high numbers, a little bit of research may turn it around into a very good market.Searching eBay for the term pedal shows more than 4900 active auctions in the music category. With a small bit of research, i bet there is a great niche within the broad category.@ Erik -Bait is a VERY good way to use the "Oops cannot find a product" pages to get visitors interested in other products as well.Mark<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1613','Mark'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1613','Mark','Erik & Sean -\r\n\r\nI have not gone to eBay and looked for actual products yet! :-) That would have been too much like, right!\r\n\r\nThe message of the post is that even though the generic niche of effect pedals is not in demand with high numbers, a little bit of research may turn it around into a very good market.\r\n\r\nSearching eBay for the term pedal shows more than 4900 active auctions in the music category. With a small bit of research, i bet there is a great niche within the broad category.\r\n\r\n@ Erik -\r\n\r\nBait is a VERY good way to use the \"Oops cannot find a product\" pages to get visitors interested in other products as well.\r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Erik & Sean -

I have not gone to eBay and looked for actual products yet! :-) That would have been too much like, right!

The message of the post is that even though the generic niche of effect pedals is not in demand with high numbers, a little bit of research may turn it around into a very good market.

Searching eBay for the term pedal shows more than 4900 active auctions in the music category. With a small bit of research, i bet there is a great niche within the broad category.

@ Erik -

Bait is a VERY good way to use the “Oops cannot find a product” pages to get visitors interested in other products as well.

Mark

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]]> By: Erikhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/discovering-gold-in-an-otherwise-unprofitable-niche-market.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1612 Erik Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:42:23 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/discovering-gold-in-an-otherwise-unprofitable-niche-market.htm#comment-1612 Hey Mark, This is great advice on how to rethink the niche. I am definitely going to start thinking creatively like this for the niches I am researching. As for Sean's question, I was wondering about that too. Are the high-KEI product names we come up with now necessarily going to have to be products that are sold on Ebay? Or are we going to use them as bait for the search engines and people looking for those terms who might be willing to buy something similar to what they were searching for? Erik<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1612','Erik'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1612','Erik','Hey Mark,\r\nThis is great advice on how to rethink the niche. I am definitely going to start thinking creatively like this for the niches I am researching. As for Sean\'s question, I was wondering about that too. Are the high-KEI product names we come up with now necessarily going to have to be products that are sold on Ebay? Or are we going to use them as bait for the search engines and people looking for those terms who might be willing to buy something similar to what they were searching for?\r\nErik'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hey Mark,
This is great advice on how to rethink the niche. I am definitely going to start thinking creatively like this for the niches I am researching. As for Sean’s question, I was wondering about that too. Are the high-KEI product names we come up with now necessarily going to have to be products that are sold on Ebay? Or are we going to use them as bait for the search engines and people looking for those terms who might be willing to buy something similar to what they were searching for?
Erik
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]]> By: Seanhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/discovering-gold-in-an-otherwise-unprofitable-niche-market.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1611 Sean Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:23:16 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/discovering-gold-in-an-otherwise-unprofitable-niche-market.htm#comment-1611 Fender Sidekick Reverb Vox Reverb Pedals Gibson Reverb iii Deluxe Reverb Pedal Fender Deluxe ReverbA few of those items/keywords that were mentioned are not even products listed on eBay when I did a search for them. Would you still consider adding a product category by adding them to them menu listing in the store?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1611','Sean'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1611','Sean','Fender Sidekick Reverb\r\nVox Reverb Pedals\r\nGibson Reverb iii\r\nDeluxe Reverb Pedal\r\nFender Deluxe Reverb\r\n\r\nA few of those items\/keywords that were mentioned are not even products listed on eBay when I did a search for them. Would you still consider adding a product category by adding them to them menu listing in the store?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Fender Sidekick Reverb
Vox Reverb Pedals
Gibson Reverb iii
Deluxe Reverb Pedal
Fender Deluxe Reverb

A few of those items/keywords that were mentioned are not even products listed on eBay when I did a search for them. Would you still consider adding a product category by adding them to them menu listing in the store?

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