Hi guys, Im currently creating my website about a certain product in the market... however it gets very discouraging looking at all the related sites out there.. im not sure it would be wise to continue. can i get feedbacks to those who have done it so far? are niche products ok for adsense? and how do you proceed knowing that there are a lot of sites almost the same as yours? Thanks for the replies!!
maybe you could focus your niche on a particulare type of person that uses this product.. instead of making your site for "everybody on earth that owns this widget" try making your niche something more narrow, like: People with red-hair that own this widget Experts that own this widget New users of this widget People that own this widget and also own a neon-racing-stripe widget Get what i mean? even in a product-niche, there are sub-niches that when chosen wisely can work very well..
Also with niche websites don't limit yourself to adsense. The traffic for niche and sub niche websites is not a lot, but it can be very targeted. Use CPA adverts of what your visitors really want. Then watch them eat up your offerings and give you much more than 0.50 a click.
Niche: def. "a distinct segment of a market" If there is a tremendous amount of competitors out there, maybe you are not developing for a distinct 'enough' segment of your market. I completely agree with Tearabite, you should look deeper into your target market to find an area that has not yet been 'exploited'.
yes niches are good just tell people about your site on every forum, bookmark community, etc... -Adrian
You could also try to re-package your product/website. I'll give you an example. I found a great product to sell on ebay. It was kid of a big metal suitcase wich was selling like crazy on ebay. The only problem was that Ebay was flooded with this product, everyone was selling it and at a good price too. So when I posted my auction, I posted it in a differenct category and with a different name than other and I gave it this name: Suitcase for a magician Even though there were many people that weren't magicians and could have use the suitcase, I choose a specific market. I don't know if you could apply this but always think outside the box.