Am I in a niche?

Help with what? You haven't given any details or asked any questions other than "is this niche enough?"

Well, those are certainly two good reasons for choosing something.

"Without posting it openly on the board", I think you mean? Not so easily! It's not easy to solicit opinions about something without disclosing the "something"!

You're planning to produce your own product, then, rather than being an affiliate for existing products? Or is it that there aren't any existing products? (One would be concerned that there might be reasons for that, if so? But maybe this is why you're asking?).

If it helps, you're welcome to mention it in a private message and if I know anything about it, or how to assess it, I'll reply the same way? :confused:

It's easier if you post it on the board, because that way the people who do know something about it can "self-selectively reply" to you ... "just saying" ... (that's easy for me to say when I don't disclose my own niches to anyone ).

You might want to see how many people are looking for a broad match for your subject to start. Use the Google Keyword tool to determine average monthly searches for your subject area. If there are few people looking for the general terms for your subject it is extremely unlikely that your narrower niche is financially worth pursuing.

If the size of market is acceptable, then you could see what similar products are on affiliate marketplaces like Clickbank. This could help you determine how broad or narrow to make the coverage of your subject in your product. While there you could look at getting your product marketed by affiliates. That will accelerate your list building, when you capture the contact info of all the traffic they send to you.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Hell, even you don't have a clue what the subject is.

I am sure you could seek advice here.
Go ahead and ask your question
instead of asking us whether you should ask the question.

Whew!!
Kind of a tongue twister.

Huh.....????

Based on what you posted, I think you would like to know "how do you know that you're in a profitable niche or not", right? If that's the case, then you can do certain things. One, you can go to Amazon.com and see if there are books already around your subject matter. If there are and people are reviewing them, then you're in a good niche.

Also, you can type in Google some search terms related to what your subject is about or what it solves and see if you get any Ads for those terms. If that's the case, then there are people out there that are paying for those ads, which means that there's a market for it.

Hope this helps a bit!

Paul

Oxford Dictionary says: -

A specialized but profitable segment of the market:

So if it's specialized you will know, and some research will uncover if it's profitable. Doesn't need to be on-line alone, it could be that you research the value of what you are offering in general, i.e. off-line too.

Bobby

That helps, knowing what you are doing.

Can you draw caricatures? There would be a market for those via here or Fiverr or both. For a related affiliate product take a look at Clickbank. You could also add Amazon associate links to art related products.

Good luck, it sounds great.

I think building a following is a good idea.
I have seen a few drawing pages on facebook.
The drawings are very good and there are people who would love to draw like that.
They are raving fans.

Maybe could do a similar thing.
Build a facebook page.
Keep posting your drawings frequently
and build a fan base.
Keep interacting with them
and they'll tell you whether they want to learn drawing from you
or want you to draw for them for a payment.

There are a lot of options once you build a fan base.
You could even sell other drawing products on clickbank.
I have seen other dvds too which teach drawing
and people are big fans of those dvds.
Maybe you could be an affiliate for those and sell them?

I am just throwing around some ideas.
Just brainstorm and write down a few things you could do
but first build a fan base.
Build a list of your fans.

The key is to stay in touch with your fans and interact with them.
find out what they want and provide it to them.

my 2 cents,
Faraz