Is The Cat Niche Profitable?

[coreytucker]

I am in the process of building a cat site that sales amazon products. I hope I am not stupid for doing this. I choose this niche to create a large content site. I figured I would sale things like cat scratching post, litter robot etc. These items all cost over $150 each and they are on amazon.

Did I pick a too saturated niche or should I not worry? I know theres money to be made in the niche and it's evergreen. I have already 35 pages on my new content site thats about 2 weeks old now. Is this a good niche you think?

[Jill Carpenter]

Originally Posted by coreytucker

Is this a good niche you think?

I think it is a good niche.

I think if you were a real cat lover/owner you would think it to be a great niche.

[JSProjects]

ANY niche is profitable and there are plenty of available keywords and phrases to target. Don't stress and just go for it.

[k2leet]

i think it's as a good place as any to attempt to turn a profit. there will always be competition (unless you're lucky or innovative). might want to figure out a way to socially market your site, because not only will you have to compete with big sites like amazon, but also pet companies (like pet co and petsmart).

[Tadresources]

This is a great niche, animal owners are always willing to shell out for great products (myself included).

[Kingfish85]

Cats you say? Usually Reddit frowns upon advertising there by posting a link....but it might actually do well since Reddit is a haven for cat lovers..

[luane]

I have two cats and since cats are easily bored, cat owners usually look for new toys for them. I have a dog niche that steadily brings me in income. So to answer your question, YES! People love their pets and some treat them like royalty and will buy anything they think their cat will love. I say, don't question, it just keeping adding your pages and getting each page/post ranked. I think eventually you will do quite well.

[Randall Magwood]

Money can be made in any niche that you choose to operate in. You just need a super-duper marketing plan to make it successful for you. Are you considering advertising or free marketing?

[coreytucker]

wow so glad to hear this guys Im just building a autority type site with fun topics and some product keywords. I already have 35 pages so im gonna keep going! I guess I just need to target the expensive products like the litter robot, nice cat scratching post, automatic feeders etc.

[Jill Carpenter]

Originally Posted by JSProjects

ANY niche is profitable

No.

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

Money can be made in any niche that you choose to operate in.

No. Well, mostly no.

Not all niches are profitable.

But the feline niche is.



Key word here - profitable.

[coreytucker]

im wanting to make at least $100 a day. Think that will be hard in the cat niche?

[JSProjects]

Originally Posted by luane

I have two cats and since cats are easily bored, cat owners usually look for new toys for them. I have a dog niche that steadily brings me in income. So to answer your question, YES! People love their pets and some treat them like royalty and will buy anything they think their cat will love. I say, don't question, it just keeping adding your pages and getting each page/post ranked. I think eventually you will do quite well.

Tell me about it. I NEVER thought I'd have a cat but ended up bringing in a really friendly stray. I've got what seems to be a closet full of cat toys. I even went as far as building him a house / maze out of cardboard boxes.

Ugh.

[coreytucker]

Originally Posted by JSProjects

Tell me about it. I NEVER thought I'd have a cat but ended up bringing in a really friendly stray. I've got what seems to be a closet full of cat toys. I even went as far as building him a house / maze out of cardboard boxes.

Ugh.

It's people like you who are going to make me money LOL! You should get your cat one of those fancy cat trees that cost like $200! Yea....I think I can make $100 a day in this niche if I keep at it.

[coreytucker]

so im guessing my best bet is to build a list right? If I want to reach the $100 a day mark.

[Chris Worner]

Do cats dig up and sh*t in other peoples gardens?

-Chris

[JSProjects]

Originally Posted by coreytucker

It's people like you who are going to make me money LOL! You should get your cat one of those fancy cat trees that cost like $200! Yea....I think I can make $100 a day in this niche if I keep at it.

PM me a link to your site when it's up and running and I'll make a purchase through it.

I'm sure I'll be looking for new toys soon enough. Seems like I'm looking @ new toys on a weekly basis on Amazon.

[coreytucker]

Originally Posted by JSProjects

PM me a link to your site when it's up and running and I'll make a purchase through it.

I'm sure I'll be looking for new toys soon enough. Seems like I'm looking @ new toys on a weekly basis on Amazon.

LOL Thanks! Sure thing. I appreciate the support.

[Black Hat Cat]

Originally Posted by coreytucker

I am in the process of building a cat site that sales amazon products. I hope I am not stupid for doing this. I choose this niche to create a large content site. I figured I would sale things like cat scratching post, litter robot etc. These items all cost over $150 each and they are on amazon.

Did I pick a too saturated niche or should I not worry? I know theres money to be made in the niche and it's evergreen. I have already 35 pages on my new content site thats about 2 weeks old now. Is this a good niche you think?

There's plenty of money to be made, but not as an Amazon affiliate. Create an ecommerce site, find a dropshipper, and then sell those same items and make $20-$50 per sale instead of $8-$10.

[dsouravs]

i tried to sell cat related amazon products but the keyword research showed very touch competition...so i rolled back

[earlgray]

Originally Posted by luane

I have two cats and since cats are easily bored, cat owners usually look for new toys for them. I have a dog niche that steadily brings me in income. So to answer your question, YES! People love their pets and some treat them like royalty and will buy anything they think their cat will love. I say, don't question, it just keeping adding your pages and getting each page/post ranked. I think eventually you will do quite well.

Hi. I run a dog niche site as well. Maybe we can help each other? Let me know what you think.

[MidlandsMarketer]

Remember here that 'Cats' is not a niche- it's a very broad market.

When starting up a site, try and drill down as much as you can. I've heard before and personally like the metaphor of refining a huge lump of raw material (the broad starting point) into a finely polished gem (the profitable target niche). Use a tool such as Market Samurai, or free options such as Google's Keyword Tool to discover well searched sub-niches within your chosen area of passion/expertise. When starting out, it's always best to start small, but dream big.

I'm not suggesting you haven't already done this, but it may be a useful reminder for anyone else reading the thread

[infomaniacs]

I see people spending massive amounts of money on cat things at cat shows, and I often get photos emailed to me from my kitten buyers, showing their new additions with all their toys, furniture, accessories etc
I have a small Amazon Astore on my Ragdoll Cat site, I get a few sales now and then, but my site is chiefly for promotion of my cats.

[Onora Oz]

Hey Corey,

Like others said, that's a great market with tons of profitable niches in it. I wanted to add a few things. Start building a list of cat lovers now, and implement a forum into your site in the future. This things + social marketing work great in pets market.

Cheers

[IMHunter]

I think it is good. big and profitable niche but it is competitive too.

[DanMurray]

Any niche is profitable if it has an audience where people are willing to spend money!

The cat niches is GREAT..just make sure to find some keywords you can rank for!

Daniel

[Brooke Milt]

If people can buy something in any niche it is and will be profitable. House pets are a niche you can never go wrong with.

[coreytucker]

Thanks a ton guys!! Black Hat Guy....I understand what you are saying about dropshipping. But don't you think customers will convert a lot better at amazon? Im thinking the higher conversion rate will make up for the difference in lower commission.

Also guys if I build a big cat authority site I can basically break this down into smaller niches right? I mean for instance I target 10 keywords in the " cat clicker training" niche etc.

I think that's the good thing about making a large content site. I can keep going and going. I can make as many pages as I want and target as many sub niches in the big niche as I want. Right?

[coreytucker]

also guys I figure if I keep writing content in such a big niche and targeting long tail keywords im bound to start getting traffic for some long tail keyword variations. Then I just send them to amazon. Amazon converts itself

[myob]

Originally Posted by coreytucker

so im guessing my best bet is to build a list right?

Top Amazon affiliates typically do build lists in such highly competitive niches, especially for promoting incrementally higher end products.

[sonicadam123]

Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter

No.


No. Well, mostly no.

Not all niches are profitable.

But the feline niche is.



Key word here - profitable.

Thanks Jill, glad someone spoke out and set things straight.

I can already picture people taking that advice and opening a restaurant specialising in dung beetle related dishes.

[coreytucker]

Originally Posted by myob

Top Amazon affiliates typically do build lists in such highly competitive niches, especially for promoting incrementally higher end products.

Amazon allows selling through emails right?

[myob]

Originally Posted by coreytucker

Amazon allows selling through emails right?

You are not allowed to have Amazon affiliate links in your email promotions, but it is perfectly acceptable and considered best practices to promote your presell/review websites by email and other online/offline media.

[lossman29]

ANy niche is profitable. It's upto you at the end of the day to turn in into one. :P

[coreytucker]

Originally Posted by myob

You are not allowed to have Amazon affiliate links in your email promotions, but it is perfectly acceptable and considered best practices to promote your presell/review websites by email and other online/offline media.

So basically I can send them to my product review pages. Let them read the review and click the amazon link. Thx

[JSProjects]

Originally Posted by Black Hat Cat

There's plenty of money to be made, but not as an Amazon affiliate. Create an ecommerce site, find a dropshipper, and then sell those same items and make $20-$50 per sale instead of $8-$10.

True, but some people prefer Amazon since they make the process a LOT easier and tend to convert at a much higher rate. (I've done both, so I have some personal experience.)

My personal preference is Amazon.

[AbrahamGuzman]

Yes, the cat niche is a profitable niche, any niche you choose is profitable. All you have to do is focus on that niche and break it down to sub niches. There is many things you can do with niches once you break them down into tiny bits. Concentrate on getting that list build and on providing valuable cat content lol.

Cheers!

Abraham Guzman

[Jonathan Joseph]

Hi there @coreytucker,

I'm sure there is a viable market for this cat niche. What I'd suggest is:

1) Keyword research (very narrow, targeted sub-niche keyword)

2) Google adwords check (use spyfu.com - and check out if there are bids on it)

3) Implement.

All the best!

[Alex Guzman]

The Animal Pet Niches is certainly profitable. Most people love their animals so I would say that it is a great niche.

[RyanLima]

The cat niche is great and a 35 page site sounds like a solid approach. Make sure your targeting buying keyword phrases though. Make sure you build a list in that niche as well. Always be list building

[Audrey Harvey]

Spending on pets was one of the few things to increase during the global financial crisis, and total spending was over $50 billion last year. There was a WSO a few months back where someone sold a list of amazon products that had great reviews and a decent commission and the pet niche was included. Found it, here it is:

[100+ Sold] 2,300+ Highly PROFITABLE Amazon Products

[Joseph Robinson]

Really? We're on the internet and not one cat meme in this thread? Fine, I'll do it:



HOW CAN YOU NOT MAKE MONEY WITH THIS NICHE?

[Rod Cortez]

This niche has advertising dollars and competition, so yes, it can be monetized to be profitable.

RoD

[Emily B]

Originally Posted by Joe Robinson

Really? We're on the internet and not one cat meme in this thread? Fine, I'll do it:

I came to this thread for the pictures, and was disappointed until you posted.

@OP
People are crazy about their pets, so I'd agree it's a good market.

[Joan Altz]

Cat niche should be profitable, but try not to go ad-heavy on the site initially. It's always best to give an impression of sincere personal interest in any niche at first, even if you have little or none and your main goal is to make money from the site.

Same technique as email marketing. Make a good impression and build a selfless image and then you can start making bank later. Give away some free stuff on your site also...get those emails.

[Black Hat Cat]

Originally Posted by coreytucker

Thanks a ton guys!! Black Hat Guy....I understand what you are saying about dropshipping. But don't you think customers will convert a lot better at amazon? Im thinking the higher conversion rate will make up for the difference in lower commission.

Yeah, that's the theory, but it seldom works out that way in reality. I'm sure there are exceptions, but all things being equal, you will make more selling the stuff yourself than you will as an Amazon affiliate, and you can do it with half the traffic. And then the customers are YOURS, not Amazon's, which means the next time they need something, they're likely to come to you, not Amazon. You also don't have to worry about getting kicked out of Amazon's affiliate program if your state decides to tax affiliate sales. You also don't have to worry about getting kicked out of Google or getting your rankings reduced for being an affiliate site.

If you want to make more money, build an e-commerce site. If you want to make less money for the same(if not more) work, be an Amazon affiliate.

[Alex Guzman]

Any Pet animal Niche is a good niche to be in. These are evergreen niches that will always be pretty popular.

There is always someone in the world who has a pet.

Cheers,

Alex

[YasirYar]

People do spend money on their pets, specially cats, so I strongly believe it is a good niche to get into.

The only condition is that you should be a cat lover, and have a lot of knowledge about felines. That is the only way you'll be able to produce excellent quality content that will attract readers to your site; since there are a lot of cat sites out there.

Amazon has some great products to promote in the cat niche, so you should be okay. Good luck

[winsoar]

I've got a cat related website that brings in a trickle of income. There are definately buyers out there but it's a tricky market. You have to really understand the cat lovers mindset.

[Kal Sallam]

Yes! cat niche is a pretty good choice and full of BUYERS
who are looking after there pets.

[rado0]

I believe any niche can be profitable as long as you are passionate about what you're doing. Hopefully, I am able to prove my words soon.

Wish you best of luck!