Niche Saturation

In every niche there is a unique angle. That is what you have to explore. Take bass fishing as an example. Here is a quick Google keyword search that shows just the results between 2400 monthly searches and 1000 monthly searches (approx.):

bass fishing boats
bass fishing game
bass fishing reports
bass fishing tackle
bass fishing techniques
bass fishing video
bass fishing videos
big bass fishing
black bass fishing
fishing for bass
fly fishing for bass
free bass fishing games
largemouth bass fishing
mexico bass fishing
peacock bass fishing
sea bass fishing
smallmouth bass fishing
striped bass fishing

Think you can find a niche in there to cater to and work with?

Hell, I'll go one level more deep or more "niche". Same keyword...Google results between 720 and 480 approx. visitors per month:

bass fishing bait
bass fishing equipment
bass fishing forum
bass fishing gear
bass fishing pictures
bass fishing report
bass fishing rigs
bass fishing rod
bass fishing tip
bass fishing tournament
bass fishing trips
bass fishing wallpaper
fall bass fishing
fly fishing bass
how to bass fish
largemouth bass fishing tips
trophy bass fishing
white bass fishing
winter bass fishing

And this is in a huge niche. Are you getting the idea? And for my sake what is "peacock bass fishing"?

Heres my 2cents ...

last year as a total newb that couldnt make a dollar online I attended my first offline seminar. Whilst there I was sat talking with a Very rich successful internet marketer. Although funny thing is at the time I hadno idea who he was lol !

At the time he did tell me he 'Did ok' online mainly in the make money niche ( he did not say he makes $30,000 - $50,000 a month I now know he does )

1 of my questions to him was regarding this topic and what he thought of a new guy like me going into the makemoney niche....

He laughed !!!

He told me to do it ! He stated there it is such a buyers market that literally anyone with a good product could break into it. He said the reason for the talk of niche saturation was the 'gurus' wanting more profits for themselves !

So I personally went for it ... Good move ! Things for me are going great.

So IMO niche saturation does not exist. If you have value to add to that market then why wouldnt you have success ?

Best wishes

Dean

No such thing as saturation. Just aim at being the best in the niche and deliver more than everybody else. Be the biggest fish in the pond.

Steve

Saturation is a myth...

Those that speak of it have trouble marketing.. they're not marketers, they're just trying to make money...

I've seen this type of thread come up in many shapes and
forms since I first joined here a few years back and the
answer is still the same as it was back then.

There is plenty for everyone.

Sure, some niches will have more competition than others.

But all that means is that you will have to put out better
stuff than your competition to get your slice of the pie

Go get your slice of the pie that's waiting for you.

Jason

Even if a niche WAS saturated, which none of them are, all you need is a fresh product that brings new benefits to the market. People will always want more ways to make money, more ways to lose weight, more ways to have successful relationships, etc. There is always room for new technologies and methods.

If you are doing the same thing everyone does, and they started before you, I think it is safe to say your results will not be as good, though that doesn't mean you can't get results. If you can add value in some way, you may find your results are even better. You just need to look at the amount of time and investment that is needed to catch up to the people that started before you.

You can overcome the saturation of any niche by providing quality products or content and delivering them in new and unique ways. A niche can have five times as many marketers in it than it can support, but if your product/service is at or near the top because of quality and freshness, then the customers will come to you (if you've dont the nuts and bolts of traffic and list building, marketing, etc.).

Unimaginative or stagnant marketers will often complain of niche saturation, because their site/product doesn't stand out from or offer something different than the competition.

The truth as I see it: the bulk of the competition SUCKS at marketing.

I totally understand your concern.

The reality is that the reasons that niches are "hot" is because there is MONEY to
had in those niches. With regard to your concern about "grabbing market share" one idea is to "nichify your nich".
What I mean by that is to find a sub-niche of the broad niche.

"Weight loss for men" as opposed to "Weight loss" or maybe something like "Weight loss for women over 50". It's often easier to grab market share in a "sub-niche"

Also keep in mind that the reality is that most people who get into Internet Marketing really never do anything...so...if you're COMMITTED to doing things CONSISTENTLY then YES you can grab your fair share of the market.

Keep one more thing in mind.

Even though there are other people in that niche - those people are NOT YOU! You will have your own style of communicating information that will really gel with certain people. So you owe it to them and yourself to make things happen ;-)

That's right, you have something unique to offer to the niche, that no one else has. Use that, and it will help you provide your own positioning that will lead to success.

Go around and see what the competition is offering, and you're bound to find things things that they are not addressing, that they barely just miss: that's room for you.

Nah I don't think so. The internet is so big we can all get a piece of the pie.

But also remember, a lot of people quit in a couple of weeks or months. It's the people who stick it out that continue to make the money.