Well i have been thinking of a possible niche....

[Joseph88]

Well guys as u can see from my title,
i have been thinking of my own niche for days and the outcome is,
Since my interest and hobby is wristwatch and games,
why cant i consider them? i know wristwatch is out due to lack of results in affilate marketing in clickbank because its a physical merchandise.

So the second possible niche i can think of is game guides.
Niches related to guides, so my question is, can these possible niches of game guides go far?

Some advice pls

[Jason Stepp]

If you are really interested in wristwatches, you can still attack that niche without having a ClickBank product to promote.

You have a few options actually...

First, try Amazon Associates - You can find a lot of watches to promote on Amazon. The commission sucks, but it's better than nothing!

If that doesn't do it for you, search google for: wrist watches affiliate

You will find a few sites who sell watches that have affiliate programs.

ClickBank is NOT your only option my friend...

[DogScout]

Or make a huge adsense site out of it
(Though medical adsense is where the money is)

[Radix]

Originally Posted by Joseph88

Well guys as u can see from my title,
i have been thinking of my own niche for days and the outcome is,
Since my interest and hobby is wristwatch and games,
why cant i consider them? i know wristwatch is out due to lack of results in affilate marketing in clickbank because its a physical merchandise.

So the second possible niche i can think of is game guides.
Niches related to guides, so my question is, can these possible niches of game guides go far?

Some advice pls

I would say negative to game guides...consider the audience, relative saturation of the niche and commercial potential.

Take the watches thing and spin it around 180 degrees. What's the opposite of watches?

[Radix]

Originally Posted by DogScout

Or make a huge adsense site out of it
(Though medical adsense is where the money is)

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[Joseph88]

Originally Posted by Radix

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Whats up with the shh?

[Joseph88]

Originally Posted by Jay284

If you are really interested in wristwatches, you can still attack that niche without having a ClickBank product to promote.

You have a few options actually...

First, try Amazon Associates - You can find a lot of watches to promote on Amazon. The commission sucks, but it's better than nothing!

If that doesn't do it for you, search google for: wrist watches affiliate

You will find a few sites who sell watches that have affiliate programs.

ClickBank is NOT your only option my friend...

oh i see.. ok i will try lol thanks.

[Craig McPherson]

Originally Posted by Radix

What's the opposite of watches?

Participates???

Sorry

[Jason Stepp]

No problem at all Joseph. Glad to help!

I forgot to mention... Commission Junction is another option. I know for a fact that you can find some watches to promote on Commission Junction. (I just looked)

[Cory_Williamson]

Amazon.com would be your vendor for your wrist watche niche. If you are interested in the games guide niche then clickbank is a great vendor for this. Just make sure that it has a gravity of over 50. The higher the gravity the more the popularity and marketplace demand.

[Joseph88]

alright.. i think i would try both and see which fares better then..

[peetred]

Game guides is a good niche... as long as you keep up on the latest.

[Michael Taylor]

Originally Posted by Radix

I would say negative to game guides...consider the audience, relative saturation of the niche and commercial potential.

Are you kidding me?

The audience buys $50 games and pays $15/month to remain an active player. The audience buys $150+ graphics cards to play the game at maximum settings. The audience also buys specialized keyboards, mice and additional input control devices to better play the game...all well over $50 for each device for the better models.

The concept of saturation is a cop-out and is simply used as an excuse to not enter a market that requires actual work and industry knowledge. The market doesn't know you're the 100,000th person to enter that market. And previous entrants can't keep you out.

The commercial potential is as limited or unlimited as any other rabid hobby niche.

[Radix]

Originally Posted by Michael Taylor

Are you kidding me?

The audience buys $50 games and pays $15/month to remain an active player. The audience buys $150+ graphics cards to play the game at maximum settings. The audience also buys specialized keyboards, mice and additional input control devices to better play the game...all well over $50 for each device for the better models.

The concept of saturation is a cop-out and is simply used as an excuse to not enter a market that requires actual work and industry knowledge. The market doesn't know you're the 100,000th person to enter that market. And previous entrants can't keep you out.

The commercial potential is as limited or unlimited as any other rabid hobby niche.

Why paddle upstream if you don't have to? The market isn't a living entity and doesn't really care if you're the 100,000 person to enter. With that said, the other 99,000 have a stronger foothold than the last dude in. That's a lot of dudes. I would concede it's a profitable market, but definitely time intensive if you're going to be producing valid game guides that won't have a terribly long lifespan.

[JMPruitt]

depending on the Game game guides are great. My first site was in that niche and I make about 300/week all seo no ppc. I know ppln doing ppc in the niche making more than that. If you know the game lingo you can find a lot of great buying kw that a non gamer would never find. low compettition easy to rank for and lot of traffic.

[JeffLam]

IMO what exactly is the game guides niche?

From what I know, gamefaqs.com and mainstream video gaming websites such as gamespot.com, ign.com, etc has a lot of FREE game guides delivered in a rather professionally done format.

If you want game guides, perhaps an adsense site would be what I will suggest.

Watches is a decent niche - you can try building a review site of watches. Throw in adsense and affiliate links to buy them!

[butters]

Originally Posted by Michael Taylor

Are you kidding me?

The audience buys $50 games and pays $15/month to remain an active player. The audience buys $150+ graphics cards to play the game at maximum settings. The audience also buys specialized keyboards, mice and additional input control devices to better play the game...all well over $50 for each device for the better models.

The concept of saturation is a cop-out and is simply used as an excuse to not enter a market that requires actual work and industry knowledge. The market doesn't know you're the 100,000th person to enter that market. And previous entrants can't keep you out.

The commercial potential is as limited or unlimited as any other rabid hobby niche.

All of this is true, but, if you already look at the gaming marketing, its extremely saturated and filled with competition which have a niche foot hold and branding, IE, IGN... Game guides for sure are free, I can find any game guide I wanted for any mission for free. Also if you look at the gaming markets cpms it is one of the lowest out there, it just seems like a lot of effort for something so challenging.

But if he wants to do it, he should, give me the site when its created im sure ill poke about in there.

[KateD]

Hi...

I love it how you guys keep saying that the gaming niche is saturated. As someone that has done over 1000 keyword lists for Warriors this year alone, I can tell you this:

There are no saturated markets.

I know that may sound crazy, but it's what I truly believe. You see, no matter how many marketers there are within a certain niche, there's still subniches (and keyword phrases) that are high search and lower than normal competition.

If fact, the more "saturated" people say a niche is, the more of these profitable subniches exist within them.

KateD

P.S. And I'll throw out another way to monetize the gaming niche: Gamefly. They are like the Netflix of video game rentals. They run a CPA offer through CommissionJunction that pays out $15 for getting people to sign up for a free trial of their video game rental service, plus 10% commission for each month that the person stays signed up for their service.

[Alexa Smith]

Originally Posted by KateD

I know that may sound crazy

This depends on one's pre-existing perceptions of marketing, I think. To me, it seems anything but "crazy" - more like "intuitively obvious", I'd say.

[Joseph88]

Originally Posted by JeffLam

IMO what exactly is the game guides niche?

From what I know, gamefaqs.com and mainstream video gaming websites such as gamespot.com, ign.com, etc has a lot of FREE game guides delivered in a rather professionally done format.

If you want game guides, perhaps an adsense site would be what I will suggest.

Watches is a decent niche - you can try building a review site of watches. Throw in adsense and affiliate links to buy them!

Hi yes, its true that im having a site that review watches now,
But.. if u go to my blog and see, which is at my signature, u will know its kinda impossible lol.

[Michael Taylor]

It also depends upon one's perception of how things work. One person says, "Boy, oh boy...that market sure has a lot of competition. I could never make money doing that. It's too hard to even try."

Another says, "Wow...with all those people selling stuff, there must be a ton of money in there, somewhere! I gotta jump in and see what happens!"

The first person sees the market itself as the main barrier to entry and thus gives up before taking the first step.

The second person sees the level of competition as an invitation to divert a bit of cash from an ocean of transactions.

So, if you see a market as insurmountable...you're right. Go home. Quit now before you exert yourself. But if you see there's room for you to stake your claim and make some cash...you're right too.