12 Niches with VERY Desperate Buyers... UPDATED : 29 NEW HOT Niches!

[Jared Alberghini]

* Gamblers in debt
* People whose home is about to be foreclosed
* People about to go out of business
* Students who need money to enroll
* People who want to get rich quick
* Parents with children needing legal help
* Insurance agents, doctors, therapists, who have failed or fear failing there exams
* Women who can not get pregnant
* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Men who cant get women at all
* People with illnesses who cant get better and running out of time
* People who have work drug tests coming up soon

Warrior Members Additions: UPDATED Oct 23, 2008

* Headache relief
* Backpain relief
* Toothache relief
* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Parents with children needing legal help
* Job hunting / career change / resume
* How to sell your house
* Debt consolidation
* Stress management / relief
* Online traders
* Impotence
* Divorce Consultation
* Obesity
* Criminal Charges
* Civil Charges
* Man breasts seems to be a desperate problem
* 99 secrets you should know before marriage (boys/girls)
* People will spend huge sums of money getting sick pets back to health.
* Anybody who needs a good lawyer.
* Creating IM products in different languages...
* Get your ex back or Save your Relationship
* How to cope/what to do if laid off.
* How to get a good nights sleep...
* Salespeople that hate doing cold calls
* Women that need to get slim quick before a holiday

* Simple hacks for coping with mild adhd safely, effectively, quickly and affordably (or similar issues).

*Night before or day of gift ideas for procrastinating shoppers with friends, associates,spouses, family and/or loved ones who have a special appointment/date for someone celebrating a holiday or milestone who has
a memory like an elephant and exquisite taste in gifts (and any variations)

*how to's for life transitions such as: breakup, marriage, childbirth, teenage years, moving, death in the family, new job, new location, new church, new family addition and or similar niches.

*simple skill hacks: what novice, rookie chess player could resist a quick start guide on how to reach Bobby Fisheresque prowess with an easy to follow crash course filled to the brim with golden nuggets if there is a professional tournament in their town the next week?

The key to some of these is the urgency of dates to be kept which add to the "desperateness".

Vegas Vince had a good reply:

*Like it or not....the 7 Deadly Sins/Vices.....are the niches from which all niches come from.

1. Lust
2. Gluttony
3. Greed
4. Sloth
5 Wrath
6. Envy
7. Pride

What are your TOP 'desperate niches' suggestions?

You can see how desperate these people will be, and are willing to spend a little cash on products that will help them, even a forum PM, to these people will mostly convert if you put it friendly and recommend it.

So all you have to do mainly is research, see what they want. If you spent say about 30mins reading a niche related forum, and look to see and note down what there problems are, what they need, youll find a winner every time.

Now also once you have a customer and they get back to you saying thanks and you see that they purchased it take note of the buyer, email info, or even msn messenger info, because in a month i bet they would buy a similar product.

Originally Posted by Ken Leatherman

There is a possibility the term "desperate people" and "desperate buyer" are being some what loosely used in the context of this discussion. This does not mean it's someone on the verge of being on the street and is grasping at the last breaking straw before being evicted. I think maybe the term which should be bantered about is a "hot prospect" (boy is that phrase from the old school) that is ready to make a buying or has made the buying decision.

Meaning, you the seller have the solution/product to their immediate decision; not that your being the straw that broke the camels back. If you are confident, in your product or your information, you should be able to lay your head down on your pillow and not miss a wink of sleep.

Exactly Ken, my initial post title says 'Desperate Buyers' which was meant to start a discussion on 'Hot Prospects', as you mention, people that are ready to buy... they have already been warmed up by some desperation, and are ready to purchase something that will hopefully provide a solution that will help fix their problem. - Like a teenager looking for an acne cure a few weeks before the prom...

I look forward to your ideas!

- Jared

[Denice S. Anderson]

Hi Jared, Great list!.. I can see some of these will fit in nicely with some topics/niches that I already have sites based on. I am going to search out a couple of affiliate products for one or two subjects and test them out to see how they convert. This could prove very lucrative.

Thanks,

[JHamilton]

That's a nice looking list you have there.
A few more desperate buyers are people with:

- headaches
- backpain
- toothaches

We need to help these people!

[Heman Patel]

Thats def. a good list.

People whom homes about to be foreclosed has a massive potential in america right now... time to get some keyword research going on that...

[donlester]

Definitely a great list to start with. I think many more will come to the surface over the next little while but many of these will remain consistant for some time.

[Thomas Wilkinson]

Hmmm, How about;

How to hit on your sister-in-law
How to Fedex your neighbor's cat
How to sell a Ford Pinto
5 new ways to make Chihuahua Kabobs

[Jared Alberghini]

Originally Posted by Thomas Wilkinson

Hmmm, How about;

How to hit on your sister-in-law
How to Fedex your neighbor's cat
How to sell a Ford Pinto
5 new ways to make Chihuahua Kabobs

Epic FAIL. (unless you were trying to make a very lame joke...) The topic was to make more money, by finding the top niches with desperate buyers. However, the comedy relief was a welcomed break...

- Jared

[Shaan Y]

Thomas,

How about... How to fedex your sister in-law.

Sounds like a good JV opp... lol.

-Shaan

[Emailrevealer]

* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Parents with children needing legal help


Both of these are in my PI niche and trust me they convert very well and are ripe for repeat orders and upsells.

[Jared Alberghini]

Originally Posted by Emailrevealer

* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Parents with children needing legal help


Both of these are in my PI niche and trust me they convert very well and are ripe for repeat orders and upsells.

Thanks for the validation, I'm just trying to help people find top niches to make more money...

[TimS]

I've had several websites in desperate niches and I have to say, the keyword phrases that people sometimes use to find them are somewhat depressing, even if they are profitable.

A good (true) example is people who are searching for cluster migraine relief in the middle of the night. Great way to make a sale because of a desperate, motivated buyer but when you consider the people that you are selling to, it makes you want to really choose what you are promoting so that they get what they are looking for.

[DougBarger]

*simple hacks for coping with mild adhd safely, effectively, quickly and affordably (or similar issues).

*Night before or day of gift ideas for procrastinating shoppers with friends, associates,spouses, family and/or loved ones who have a special appointment/date for someone celebrating a holiday or milestone who has
a memory like an elephant and exquisite taste in gifts (and any variations)

The key to some of these is the urgency of dates to be kept which add to the "desperateness".

Kind of like the reverse one time offer in internet marketing. lol.

*how to's for life transitions such as: breakup, marriage, childbirth, teenage years, moving, death in the family, new job, new location, new church, new family addition and or similar niches.

*simple skill hacks: what novice, rookie chess player could resist a quick start guide on how to reach Bobby Fisheresque prowess with an easy to follow crash course filled to the brim with golden nuggets if there is a professional tournament in their town the next week?


Just a few ideas I hope you may find useful even if it is to stir up that creative genius within you!

[Eric Louviere]

Here's a good tip:

justanswer.com

They have an affiliate program and they have doctors and lawyers, etc readily available to answer questions online. If you can get cheap-as-heck traffic, it can work quite nicely IMO.

This in general is a big insight in my book.

Think about it. A doctor goes to school for a hundred and fifty years, becomes specialized, keeps up to date on the latest cures/information/preventative measures, etc and YOU can easily leverage your IM talents to cash in on their credibility and experience. Nice huh?

Ahh, the power of leverage. If more marketers understood that power, more would be rich.

I mean, as a marketer I can make money almost as if I'm an attorney, doctor, carpenter, surgeon, cop, investigator, etc

Personally, I've made good money in the legal niche and some in the health niche. Someone with a child custody situation, or real estate situation -- well that's VERY emotional. And, people BUY on emotions. Man, that's another insight. Appeal to emotions in your copy and advertising.

Alright, since I'm on a roll here, here's another Louviere Insight:

If you use Google Adwords and run ads towards desperate people (who are staying up late at night worrying about something......) then set your ads to only run at night. Yep, you can do that.

Now, just make sure when you talk about me... you talk well.

lol

Eric
PS - there's other avenues out there besides justanswer.com too

[Danielle_B]

Originally Posted by webdesignhq

Epic FAIL.....

Jared, I smell a WoW/vid game junkie....

*innocent whistle*

~D.

[Chris Monty]

Originally Posted by Heman Patel

Thats def. a good list.

People whom homes about to be foreclosed has a massive potential in america right now... time to get some keyword research going on that...

This is absolutely true.

Some niches will thrive no matter how bad the economy gets.

[Hamida Harland]

I think weight loss is always a pretty desperate niche - especially if someone has an occasion coming up. Like lose weight in time for Christmas (so that you can fit into a sexy party dress), lose weight in time for summer (look great in your bikini) or lose weight in time for a wedding or other occasion.

[Jose Delgado]

You want to know what's a good niche,

try making a product in spanish, on the IM niche.

I'll sell like pancakes.

Too bad no one has stepped up to the plate and took that job.

and no one wants to partner up.

[opportunitiesaplenty]

Just as with foreclosure, some other niches move inversely to the economy. When it gets really bad, they heat up. Such as:
*Job hunting / career change / resume
*How to sell your house
*debt consolidation
*stress management / relief

[Paul Myers]

Epic FAIL. (unless you were trying to make a very lame joke...)

Ummm... I didn't think they were lame at all.

My only objection to the humor would be in wondering why you'd FedEx the cat. If you want to get rid of it, parcel post seems more appropriate.


Paul

[kcgeorge]

Nice will look up Affiliate products on those...

[andyelite]

online traders, especially newbies, are always looking for new sources of info, recommendations etc.

[grandstar]

tahnks for this post. I'm saving this thread

[Michael Francis]

*Impotence
*Divorce Consultation
*Obesity
*Criminal Charges
*Civil Charges

[Emailrevealer]

Originally Posted by kcgeorge

Nice will look up Affiliate products on those...

you could start by looking the the sig files of other Warriors....

[Devan Koshal]

WOW!

i never would of thought of these! thanks!

[richdirtygirl]

mmm it is me or you guys are missing some of the big sellers here?

how about?

foolproof method to get laid...

there are more in that line...

RDG

[Rufus Steele]

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Ummm... I didn't think they were lame at all.

My only objection to the humor would be in wondering why you'd FedEx the cat. If you want to get rid of it, parcel post seems more appropriate.


Paul

Originally Posted by Thomas Wilkinson

Hmmm, How about;

How to hit on your sister-in-law
How to Fedex your neighbor's cat
How to sell a Ford Pinto
5 new ways to make Chihuahua Kabobs

What the heck is the matter with the pair of you - that's terrible.


FAX the damn thing - it's faster AND cheaper!!!!!!!!

[X]

Originally Posted by Eric Louviere

Alright, since I'm on a roll here, here's another Louviere Insight:

If you use Google Adwords and run ads towards desperate people (who are staying up late at night worrying about something......) then set your ads to only run at night. Yep, you can do that.

That's a great suggestion Eric. I have a few
products where 80-90% of sales occur
overnight.

[X]

Originally Posted by TimS

I've had several websites in desperate niches and I have to say, the keyword phrases that people sometimes use to find them are somewhat depressing, even if they are profitable.

A good (true) example is people who are searching for cluster migraine relief in the middle of the night. Great way to make a sale because of a desperate, motivated buyer but when you consider the people that you are selling to, it makes you want to really choose what you are promoting so that they get what they are looking for.

Tim I couldn't agree more.

If you're going to sell to desperate people,
you better damn well know that what you're
selling is top notch.

I could rant on with the crap I see people
selling to people like this, but I will refrain.

[Kevin Riley]

Originally Posted by Rufus Steele

What the heck is the matter with the pair of you - that's terrible.


FAX the damn thing - it's faster AND cheaper!!!!!!!!

Nope! Tried that. The cat hairs gum up the works. Anyways, catapult delivery is much more spectacular.

[JazzOscar]

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

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My only objection to the humor would be in wondering why you'd FedEx the cat. If you want to get rid of it, parcel post seems more appropriate.

Paul

I think the best method to get rid of your cat is to use the same fullfillment/postal services that quite a few big name gurus seem to use for delivering their continuity magazines.

At least I seem to receive them after the 30 day free trial period has ended, and thus after the first monthly withdrawal from my bank account.

Originally Posted by Rufus Steele

-----

FAX the damn thing - it's faster AND cheaper!!!!!!!!

I don't think it's intended to be fast, neither when it comes to cats nor to magazines. When it comes to magazines, I think it may be intended to be cheap.

[Denice S. Anderson]

Hi Jared, Just wanted to let you know that you are
a genious. I went right away last night and found a
very simple affiliate product to promote that directly
related to one of your original list of hot topics.
Wrote some articles and put them up on some of my
Web 2.0 blogs, aggregated the RSS feeds, pinged them
and went to bed.
Awoke this am and I had a sale!!
You are the best,
Thanks a bunch.
Cheers,

[Andres]

You just gave me a couple of ideas for articles - thanks.

[Jared Alberghini]

Great additional ideas everyone, keep em coming!

As I get a bit of extra time, I will be updating the original post with all of the top 'user added' niches.

- Jared

[Eric Land]

Originally Posted by webdesignhq

Epic FAIL. (unless you were trying to make a very lame joke...) The topic was to make more money, by finding the top niches with desperate buyers. Not sure what you are smoking... Nobody here would find your input useful.

- Jared

do you play video games lol Epic fail i hear that all the time but not on these forums

[Eric Lorence]

Originally Posted by Thomas Wilkinson

Hmmm, How about;

How to hit on your sister-in-law
How to Fedex your neighbor's cat
How to sell a Ford Pinto
5 new ways to make Chihuahua Kabobs

Cute...

Man breasts seems to be a desperate problem these days.

[OnlineMasterMind]

Originally Posted by webdesignhq

* Gamblers in debt
* People whose home is about to be foreclosed
* People about to go out of business
* Students who need money to enroll
* People who want to get rich quick
* Parents with children needing legal help
* Insurance agents, doctors, therapists, who have failed or fear failing there exams
* Women who can not get pregnant
* Women scared of husbands having affairs
* Men who cant get women at all
* People with illnesses who cant get better and running out of time
* People who have work drug tests coming up soon

Member additions:

- headaches
- backpain
- toothaches

What are your TOP 'desperate niches' suggestions?

You can see how desperate these people will be, and are willing to spend a little cash on products that will help them, even a forum PM, to these people will mostly convert if you put it friendly and recommend it.

So all you have to do mainly is research, see what they want. If you spent say about 30mins reading a niche related forum, and look to see and note down what there problems are, what they need, youll find a winner every time.

Now also once you have a customer and they get back to you saying thanks and you see that they purchased it take note of the buyer, email info, or even msn messenger info, because in a month i bet they would buy a similar product.

GREAT post... and another one that I've done well with lately... "get your ex back" or "save your relationship" ... if anyone has ever had their heart broken.. they know just how true this is.... talk about "desperate buyers!"

[Eric Lorence]

Originally Posted by Jose Delgado

You want to know what's a good niche,

try making a product in spanish, on the IM niche.

I'll sell like pancakes.

Too bad no one has stepped up to the plate and took that job.

and no one wants to partner up.

Make the product anyway, pay to have it translated...

Best

[OnlineMasterMind]

Originally Posted by Jose Delgado

You want to know what's a good niche,

try making a product in spanish, on the IM niche.

I'll sell like pancakes.

Too bad no one has stepped up to the plate and took that job.

and no one wants to partner up.

¡Finalmente, descubra los secretos impactantes de hacer el dinero en línea!

[himanuzo]

Many niches of 12 niches are very good in the crisis era for the making money.

[Rachel Goodchild]

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Ummm... I didn't think they were lame at all.

My only objection to the humor would be in wondering why you'd FedEx the cat. If you want to get rid of it, parcel post seems more appropriate.


Paul

I was hoping someone would mention cryogencis...

I liked that list- actually all of those can be turned around to a desperate buying list.

[Fabian Tan]

Are there any IM products in the China market?

Fabian

[Lance K]

Sure there's a profit to be made off of the desperation and paranoia of others. And I can't condemn anyone who takes advantage of that. Cuz if they don't someone will. But personally, I prefer repeat customers. And if you deal in truly solving people's desperation and paranoina you shouldn't have repeat customers. So I'll leave these easy profits to the rest of you. It is a good list though. Just not my cup of tea.

[imblogger]

How about this
99 secrets you should know before marriage boys edition
99 secrets you should know before marriage girls edition

[Martin.Avis]

Originally Posted by imblogger

How about this
99 secrets you should know before marriage boys edition
99 secrets you should know before marriage girls edition

Because there aren't 99 secrets for the boys edition, only one: do as you are told!

Martin

[Denice S. Anderson]

Jared and all,
Just an update..

I have had several sales now for an affiliate product
related to one of the original list of desperate buyers.
Since I have been a member of that particular group
and found my own "cure", I am now going to develop
my own product and back-end and depending on the
response, a membership site.

I don't know why I didn't realize before that this
"desperate crowd" that I have been a part of is
such a responsive crowd. I should have since I have
"been there, done that".

Anyhoooo, If anyone else has had some success with
any of the topics on this thread, I sure would like to
hear about them.

Cheers,

[Paul Myers]

Nope! Tried that. The cat hairs gum up the works. Anyways, catapult delivery is much more spectacular.

Why would you catapult a fax machine? I bee kornfewzedd...

I know! Let's send them all to Kevin, to deal with his hamster infestation. And the ones in the lab, too!

Just to keep this on track... People will spend huge sums of money getting sick pets back to health.


Paul

PS: Hmmm.... Schroedinger's FedEx. "When it absolutely, positively has to have a 50% chance of being empty when it's delivered."

[DeePower]

Does anybody care that the cr@p they're selling to these desperate buyers actually cures the problem or not?

Dee

PS Send the cat through your cell phone. It's h-ll squeezing them through the itty bitty holes but after that a piece of cake.

[JasonParker]

Nice list!

There are plenty of off shoots that can spring from the list too.

Like women who want their exes back.

And anybody who needs a good lawyer.

[writergirlk]

Originally Posted by webdesignhq

Epic FAIL. (unless you were trying to make a very lame joke...) The topic was to make more money, by finding the top niches with desperate buyers. Not sure what you are smoking... Nobody here would find your input useful.

- Jared

Lighten up! Humor is NOT a crisis.

I found a lot of ideas on your initial list very helpful though. Thanks for sharing!