What is it about dog training?

Generally, people like dogs and can relate to the concept.

Hi,

Another reason is that there are so many niches to develop.

Every breed "needs" a dog training book. How to train your German Shepard, Beagle, Spaniel etc.

Then you "need" specific types of training. How to house train, stop barking, guard, get along with children etc.

Then there is dog care, Home made recipes, bathing and grooming, treating ear infections, cuts/burns/bruises etc.

There are many more examples.

Then too, I remember some of the first products I ever saw in eBook format were about dogs. Maybe the concept got branded in our minds that, "dog" books were gold.

George Wright

I think Cesar Milan did pretty well.

Couldn't resist.

Because it's a simple example and easy to understand. Never underestimate simplicity.

Michelle

Do you think that there are going to be more competitors in this niche than new dog owners coming onto the Internet?

Same with other popular niches.

Sometimes people forget that there are thousands of new people coming onto the Internet every hour searching for the same old popular niches.

This thing with dating sites being "hot" is nothing new. They have been "hot" since Rosiland Gardner ( she is one the first Super Affiliates on the web ) started her affiliate business with dating sites back in the mid '90s.

Everyday hundreds of thousands of people are turning 21 years old. They are getting on their cell phones and twittering something that has to do with being that age.

If you understand a "market" like 21 year olds and their trends and fashions what they talk about where they like to eat, what music they listen to...

Then you are tapping into a potential goldmine.

My age group is Baby Boomers. Retirement, health, looking younger...

There are thousands of people who are about to retire and are coming online to look something up that has to do with retirement.

That will continue to grow for quite a few years before it starts diminish.

So, it is very hard for some topics to be overly saturated.

Matt

Because they heard some "Gu ru" do it, and lacking the creativity to come up with their own example(most likely because they're full of crap), they simply regurgitate what they've heard elsewhere.

I think I'm going to write an ebook about how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Then, whenever I need an example of a niche product, I'll use "making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich" as my example, and have a link to the ebook. I'll sell it for $1, and people will buy it just because they simply cannot believe someone would write a book about that.

I think because anyone could always relate to dogs, and i think its a common topic.

I have 5 dogs and got a dog bite yesterday trying to break up a fight between two of them. Go figure there are people like me looking for info... there's a niche for every crazy lover of ____ (fill in the blank) out there.

well, for one thing, dogs is a man's best friend.
not to mention that dogs or cats are probably the most popular pets around.

so it makes sense. we all know someone who owns a dog (or even ourselves) that has a poorly trained dog. so we definitely need such a product right?

Is, How to Let Your Cat Train You an effective niche? LOL.

It is just something simple that people can relate to and captures the imagination of lots of different people without just appealing to a small amount of people. I must confess i use it as an example myself from time to time.

sam
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It may be people like the dogs so much that they want to relate everything with it.People love to judge everything with there favorite one. That the human nature.

Frank Kern started off with a dog training product and he is hugely influential in the IM world. Also the phrase "Man's best friend" comes to mind!

I don't think anything is too old to promote - there are always new people coming online and not everyone has seen your emails, tweets, messages etc.

Cheers
Keith

My two cats have got me very well trained!

If they want to go out and I am in the kitchen rather than using the cat flap they look at me, then the door handle....and like an idiot I open the door for them.

Oh well..

Cheers
Keith

Try using "potty training" next time you need an example and see how that goes.

I dont know. Its one of thousands of niches. I know Mark Ling uses it alot because he has one of the most successful Dog Training sites out there. Maybe everyone is copying him?? I recommend coming up with a different example; dog training is certainly not the most profitable.

It's also a cultural thing. Different cultures have different uses for dogs. It could have very well been a cook book. "101 Ways to Wok Your Dog".

Lol.....just one thought, have you ever wondered why its always 10:10 o' clock on watch ads. Rolex, Omega, etc. Actually its the whole world. Perhaps its a standard...just like the "dog training" issue as a standard for niche tutorials.. Just a theory. =P (a weird one!)

I think that the dog niche is used quite a bit because everyone is familiar with the subject to a certain extent.

It's got to be easier to drill down into sub-niches on a topic with common knowledge, (dog walking, training, food, clothing, shelters, bowls and stuff, etc), than trying to explain some obscure add-on piece of electronic equipment (for example) to a market that just can't figure out what the example is about.

Some of the G U R U examples I've seen used are gardening, tomato guardening, guitars, piano playing, parrots, pet monkeys. So the dog niche as an example falls into one of the 'big 5' in evergreen niches--stuff that people are always looking for because they have a problem or issue that needs to be resolved.