Selling Quality Recipes over the internet

14 years ago

I'm thinking you need something like a top chef's name behind the site to get that added credibility. Might be able to work off of a low subscription fee also (ex. $5/month and new recipes every week, plus coupons on cookware or food items).

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Hanz 14 years ago

I believe it's still a hungry market. I'd probably focus on exotic recipes. But I also think videos might be best suited in this case. People would much rather see the recipe being made through a video instead of reading how it's done, it's just much easier that way. It is for me anyway!
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Terri LC

14 years ago

Hungry market for food recipes?

Absolutely! If you can differentiate yourself from everybody else.

I coordinate a multi-cultural festival and I just WISH someone would have "How-to" vids on how to make Chinese noodle dishes, or Greek ribs & the BEST WAY to make lemon potatoes, Jerk Chicken, Indian curry, and just exactly what are falafels??

Or, you could have your recipes targeted for students, bachelors, newlyweds, workaholics, just be different! Articles on these topics would certainly be an attention-grabber.

Cheers,
Terri

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Zeus66

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Terri LC

I coordinate a multi-cultural festival and I just WISH someone would have "How-to" vids on how to make Chinese noodle dishes, or Greek ribs & the BEST WAY to make lemon potatoes, Jerk Chicken, Indian curry, and just exactly what are falafels??

Cheers,
Terri

STOP IT TERRI! It's lunch time over here. Dang.

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Dan C. Rinnert

14 years ago

Originally Posted by coconutisa

With so many cookbooks in print and multitude of ebooks on cooking, can one still market quality recipes for profit?

Yes. Ron Douglas is the resident expert on that.

You may wish to check out this post from him: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...blueprint.html

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Nick Bentley

14 years ago

I think there's always a room for everybody, for every product and for every business, the only thing you need to figure out is how to target you audience.

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dsmpublishing

14 years ago

Hi guys

My husband is in the food niche and has been for close to a year now. The reason he got involved is that prior to getting involved in internet marketing he was a head chef so it was a perfect niche for him to concentrate on.

He knows it all backwards and the experience means that we would be fools not to jump on. He sells food ebooks everyday through online shop, one time offers and upsells.

From his twitter account the food affiliate sales have the most from recipes and even though there are plenty available people still want to learn new recipes.

Think about the make money niche there are thousands of ebooks available but new ones still come along and make great profits.

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Hooper

14 years ago

Chances are better if you have a niche or something that is not too watered down as there are plenty of free recipes already on line. Need it to be authentic and a reasonable price....good luck

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sbucciarel

Banned 14 years ago

Well, it's definitely a "hungry" market but I don't think it's a market that is willing to pay for recipes. I always look for recipes, but would not consider buying one since there are thousands on the Net for free. Some of the above think it's profitable, but I've also heard exactly the opposite ... that people look for recipes for free, and there is no shortage of them.

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KenJ

14 years ago

You have to stick to a specific type of recipe for it to work. A general cookbook will not work.

So "English recipes" would not work.

"Cornish pastie cookbook for beginners" might work better.
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"The Wensleydale Cheese Cookbook"

Limiting the possible readership and introducing some sort of exclusive knowledge will help.
God I feel Hungry now!

kenj

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Dennis Gaskill

14 years ago

It's certainly a market with a lot of searches. Most are probably looking for free recipes, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to make money with it. I think any recipe collection would have to be low cost to sell well.

You'd have to do the keyword research to find a niche and then come up with a USP for that niche. Include pictures of some of the dishes and toss out a few sample recipes, or make a video scrolling through the ebook showing how nicely it's laid out and visually appealing it is. An upsell could be for a printed version.

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uniquecontent

14 years ago

Originally Posted by coconutisa

With so many cookbooks in print and multitude of ebooks on cooking, can one still market quality recipes for profit?

What I want to know is this still a hungry market? How to find out that?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and insights.

Yes, of course you can do that.

Internet is the place where you can do whatever you wish. And for marketing reason it is just open source. So, I think it will be much more helpful for you.

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JohnMcCabe

14 years ago

Originally Posted by coconutisa

With so many cookbooks in print and multitude of ebooks on cooking, can one still market quality recipes for profit?

What I want to know is this still a hungry market? How to find out that?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and insights.

I think if you want to go the "Joy of Cooking", all-encompassing collection route, you might have a hard row to hoe. It's a crowded market, with millions of recipes available online for free. Seems like very food manufacturer has a recipe stash featuring their products. Add in the equipment makers, the celebrity cooks and the syndicators, and it's a seething mass out there.

Which is where your opportunity could lie. There is so much out there, with such varying degrees of quality, that if you can find a way to both get noticed and establish value, you could catch a tiger by the tail. You have to figure out a way to be the bright colored patch on the gray wall.

(USP – Unique Selling Proposition Visual | Bobber Marketing)

You could do that by focusing on a particular cuisine, ingredient, method, occasion, whatever. As for finding out, test it. Create a small product and see if people respond, or try affiliate marketing. In this test, you don't have to make a fortune or make it your life's work. You just have to see if people respond. If they do, take it as far as you want. If not, try something else.

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Aaron.Scott 14 years ago

You could always put a recipe e-book together and put it up on amazon kindle. Its free and if you toss in a few keywords you will get some sales.
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MisterMunch

14 years ago

As people have mentioned here, you need to have an angle.

There are many niches where recipe books might be in demand.

The following food related books are in top 100 on amazon bestseller list:

1: Food Rules, An Eaters Manual
13: The Kind Diet
14: In defense of food: An eaters manifesto
16: Mastering the art of french cooking
19: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
45: The Belly Fat Cure
53: Cook this, not that
63: The Best Life Guide to Managing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes
67: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight
83: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl

The niches here is weight loss. I remember there used to be several books on how to "hide" healthy food in your kids diet.

A recipe book for parents with fat children might be very popular.

Another thing you might consider is writing about swedish emo girls with major issues. Those sell a lot.

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coconutisa 14 years ago

Thank you all. Wow, this is great. Truly gives me time to ponder.

I will consider from all these different angles you people have given. I was tossing between 2 to 3 niches like recipes.

This is great info and I have to digest all these.

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