Hi Kyle

I have a few different directions I could head with my niche, but my first idea is to center around products that help relieve cat anxiety, such as expandable carriers, security apparel, calming treats etc. I wanted to pick something broad enough that I can write content rather than just doing a specific product like expandable carriers. Is what I'm thinking too broad of a niche? Thought of the name Kitty Zen but I don't know if that is specific enough for people to understand what it is about? Thoughts? I decided to try it with the free site and then I can change it later. Does that make sense?
Thanks for your support. I am still not sure I can do this but I will just keep going and see where I end up!
Susanne

Your niche ideas are definitely viable directions for your niche. You need to choose one when starting out, what are you most passionate about?

When deciding on a niche and trying to narrow down to a more specific niche, I recommend you ask yourself the following question:

I want to help people that ______________.

Fill in the blank and you are going to be much closer to a specific audience. After you do this and if you want to run any further ideas by me, let me know and I will give you a hand. :)

Focus on just ONE website and create success with that before diversifying and creating multiple niche websites.

It only takes ONE website in one niche to be very successful online. I usually find that folks that try to do too much at once (focus on several niche websites) end up in a state of mediocrity because it can be overwhelming and you don't really ever become the expert in just one niche.

It is the experts (specialists) that create long term, successful businesses in any niche.

When you choose a domain, you are going to want to choose something that is "brandable" versus something that has keywords within it. The reason this is the case is because as you build out your website, you can target as many keywords as you like within the content (that is how you will rank).

I have created a discussion here outlining the process and what to look for when choosing a domain name: How Do I Choose a Good Domain Name? This should help you out here and if you ever want to run any domains by me, simply let me know and I will give you some feedback.

PS. You can host up to 25 of your own domains here within the Premium membership on our state of the art hosting platform. :)

How do I change my theme. As I am creating this I don't like the one I chose. Is there a fast way to do this without losing what I have set up already?

You can change your theme at any time within your WP-admin:

Appearance => Themes

There are over 3,000 to choose from there and you will also be able to upload your own from there.

Simply do a search there (the search is pretty good) and you will be able to find a theme/look that you are seeking.

I have created some training on how to do this that you should check out: How to Change Your Website Theme in Wordpress