Hi Lou,

Welcome, to the WA platform I hope you are enjoying your free 7-day trial.

I am not Kyle but I think I can handle your question for you if that is okay with you?

In 2015 there were over 3.2 billion people in the world, and over half of them had access to the internet (that’s a lot of keyboard clicking) :-D.

Today those numbers have changed and now it is estimated that over 4.1 billion people sign on the internet on an average day, with growth like that I don’t think that we can produce enough competition in any niche for us to be concerned about.

To answer your second question about the training, here on the platform it is open-ended and is available to all premium members. There is a complete data bank full of blogs submitted form current and former members that you can learn from, there is two training modular (OEC and WA Bootcamp), and I believe there are 13 different topic-specific classrooms, and under the live events tab there are tons of videos of Jay’s (AKA magistudios) live Friday night advanced training. All are available to every premium member.

Equally important the other thing the WA n monitors as far as your website is concerned is you cannot have adult-themed websites: illegal topics, porn, toys, or that sort of thing (if I remember correctly you’ll have to check with site support on that one just to make sure). But other than that you can put whatever content you desire on your website they try to remain as censor-free as they possibly can.

Additionally, if you want to recommend other training products on your website as well as WA that is also allowable too!!

Hope this answered your questions for you.

I strongly suggest that you continue along with the training and do it in order so that you can get the most out of it, to see if this is something that you really would like trying to do!!

Living life Large, Calvin

I still need answer on will I still be able to get the $19.00 lst month if I go & sign up for the 6 month Weathy Affiliate program?

Hey Lou,

Sorry, you did not include that in your first set of questions here, but I can answer that question for you as well!

Yes, the $19.00 first month discount is for taking advantage of upgrading to premium within the trial period.

$19.00 first month discounted price.
$234.00 for a 6-month membership.
$359.00 for a 12-month membership.

You can just upgrade for one month to receive the $19.00 discounted price. Then extend your membership for 6 months after the first month when the next month's membership is due. That way you get the first month at the discounted price.

If you upgrade and go yearly at the same time, as I did, you will end up paying $360.00 for the year, it works out that you actually don't get the discounted first-month price then.

I have not looked at the six-month plan or heard of anyone using it yet. But I would imagine that it is set up the same way as the yearly membership; if you upgrade and pay for 6 months all at the same time you will end up paying $234.00 or more for 6 months and not get the discounted first month.

So just upgrade to premium for the first month get it at $19.00 then when the membership is due again pay for at the discounted 6-month price of $234.00 that way you get the first 7 months at $253.00.

Hope I explained this clear enough for you to understand?

Living Life Large, Calvin

Hey Raishell,

Read the following to help you pick a proper niche that will work with this business for the long term and that you will stick with: Overwhelmed By The WA Training? Here's A Cheat Sheet! How To Pick A Niche That Leads To Success! How to narrow down broad niches. Examples and tips.

I will certainly read what you have offered, but is that not a specific niche enough?

Read the stuff first. And it will answer your question. I want you to factor in a few things and the best way is to read those articles. Trust me, it will help.

Hi Raishell - which part of the self-help market resonated the most with you - mental, spiritual or physical? Which one did you enjoy doing the research on?

Hey Raishell! I think you are on a great path. Diet meal plans and diet pills are pretty specific and I think you will find success in that niche. Start by creating content on how these things can help people. Later on, you can review which meal plans and diet pills are the best or help in certain situations and that is where you can add affiliate links. Good luck!

A broad niche is very hard to break into. I would try to become an expert in a smaller niche and then branch out. Use Jaaxy to get some ideas

I would have to say physical health. I have a personal connection with recent weight loss attempts. I selected diets after learning fromt the guy at my local GNC that I could find them same pills he was going to sale cheaper in bulk online. I was immediatlely hooked.

Ive made notea. Will do, thanks

Thanks for the advice. I'm on it.

I read through the information, thanks. Many of my questions were answered; however, many more were created. I think I need to just jump into it.

I'm glad you did read those articles. I wouldn't rush to jump into anything. As I said in my cheat sheet and niche article, it's better to take your time. Feel free to private message me directly by clicking on the little envelope at the upper right hand corner of the page to discuss your niche questions now that you've actually read the articles I sent you. The conversation should be a lot more productive now that you have some better insight as to what a good niche is.

OK Sherisse - which of these questions do you feel you can answer better?

I want to help people that - want to wear a weave but don't know what to do
or
I want to help people that - want to use breast pumps but don't know the start

If you have more knowledge on one of them then that's the niche you want to look into

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. :)

Jennifer - tart by following your passion (helping moms), but narrow it down to a micro topic within that interest.

Drill down to a subject that perhaps you or someone close to you has had personal experience, or a topic in which you have particular knowledge or curiosity.

Make it a narrow subject you can really specialize in. Build your traffic and authority by becoming an expert in something very specific to start with.

Later on, when you feel you've exhausted every little bit of information and opinion on the topic, you can start expanding your subject matter in a natural way.

I really like this little training article on choosing niches: How to Choose a Niche - Easy Criteria Try not to overthink it, and just go with your first instincts :)

Thanks!

And if you need anything else moving forward let us know Jennifer. ;)

I know that there are others here that are doing the CBD niche. It seems to O be a good one to go into. You have more chance of getting an answer to that question if you word it 'Any other people here with a CBD niche?' jim

Thank you for the tip. Asking the right question is always very important to get the answer you need.
D

Hey Darla -
#1 CBD as a niche - definitely! all the vapes/oils/skincare and personal care items can all be promoted from within your blog.
#2 - The stigma - lessening every day as more and more success stories come out about CBD and its medical benefits.

I'd get in now because I think CBD is going to get a whole bunch bigger than it is now.

Good luck

I have seen several successful CBD niche sites. If this is what you would like to start with, my suggestion would be to continue with the Online Entrepreneur Training as opposed to the Bootcamp training as that training is more niche oriented and Bootcamp training is more geared toward the make money online niche and promotion of WA.

Hope that helps. Best of luck to you!
Shannon

try having a look at boomergp08's profile - he has a site about cbd and prefers to stay away from mlm's.
have a browse through his later posts and you might find them interesting.
personally i would go with the cbd oil, but make sure you pick a narrow niche, you can always expand in the future.
good luck
phil

Hi Darla,
I too understand exactly what you're saying. This isn't my first time at this. Just remember this;
you don't have to stay here, but everything you need to learn affiliate marketing, and the tools to make that happen are here available to you once you upgrade. It took me a long time to make that decision, time I wasted, to be honest with myself.
Remember this, you can make as many websites as you want. Build a site to market Wealthy Affiliate. That is exactly what I am doing. Why, because every sale you make that turns into a customer that is serious about this just like we are, you get recurring commissions monthly when they pay their monthly membership.

If you want to look to see that what I am telling you is true, my site is here https://whatsthebuzzabout.net

I just started about a week ago so there is still much to do, and it is going to be an ongoing project because I am going to not only be reviewing WA I am also chronicling my journey here. That way I am constantly adding new posts about various steps I take here and I will be adding new keywords to the site for more traffic.

Good luck, you can do this, and every site you put up until you get to the one your happy with is just an added income stream. I hope I may have shed some light on this for you or at least given you food for thought?

I hope I see you at the top Darla!
David

Thank you I will definitely have a look.

The top is definitely my goal David, Thank You.
D.

Darla, if I can ever assist you in any way just let me know.
I am normally around and I always check my email and messages.

To your success,
David

What exactly are you looking for? I did find free course you can take to help with webdesign and graphics.

Mario - why not promote WA? - take a look at the Affiliate Bootcamp training under the Training tab to the left.

Nice. and you could easily expand to all kinds of things about phones. :) indoor grow rooms.. oo.. that's probably a good one too.

Those sell like hot cakes best of Luck <3

My suggestion is work just one website real good in the beginning. Then add a second. Remember If you work two of them that would be 6 posts a week. It is recommended 3 posts a week. I work 2 sites and it can be really challenging at times.

check on keywords to see if you are getting people intrested

Hi
I think the idea is to narrow it down.
Vegan Food Products??
I am no expert so see what else people say too
Cheers
Daisy

I think that's a great niche. You could have categories on one site for each of them. Up to you though.

I’m thinking maybe making it too broad will be harder to start with! Maybe start with one product then increase if it goes well?

Thank you so much for your answers :)

Good plan

anything in the health and wellbeing area will rank really well. If you narrow it down too far you might run out of ideas and get writers block. The vegan lifestyle is growing by leaps and bounds. My wife , son, and myself all follow the vegan lifestyle, Best idea ever.

I also have a section on my website for clean and vegan eating. If you can suggest any restaurants in your area to eat at. I will gladly add them to my free list. It is in https://diabetic-victory.com

Thank you, Brian Elliott

Mariana - you're going to be making around 3 posts a week so I'd suggest a niche that has enough information in it so that you can write 3 posts a week without running out of things to say.
Vegan Protein Powder won't give you as many choices to write about as vegan cosmetics or even vegan supplements.
You can write about vegan protein powders as a post if you chose vegan dietary supplements as your niche.

Thank you!
That’s very helpful:)

Good job Rob keep it up. I never considered songwriting but that could lead to another niche, playing guitar or another instrument that would help in songwriting, just stick with it and you will do fine.

Thanks Johnny, I also play guitar so that’s another area I’m considering. Just trying to narrow down and focus on one idea at this stage as I work on building my first online business, and songwriting is my number one passion. Appreciate the reply!

Just stick with it and you will do fine.

Good choice Rob - it could easily lead you to sell your own course on "How to write songs that sell" - thus you get all the money and not a percentage!

Awesome I am happy you found your niche and have already begun your steps to success.
Good Luck
D

Yes of course it is your website and you can run it anyway you want. I chose diabetic victory. for one of my websites and it is broad. But I wanted to include all I can that way I include all aspects of the disease. I include as many things as I can to advertise products that work well with the topic but I don't flood it. Then it becomes spam. The other reason I did this is because I did not want to get writers block.

Hope this helps.
Brian

That helps thanks

For SEO purposes you generally want to narrow it down as much as possible while still having a large enough audience that you can earn money. If you were doing baby wipes, you're better off being one of the few baby wipe only websites and dominating that niche in a way no other "general baby" products site can.

But you want to make sure your domain is general enough (don't use baby wipes in the name) that you can introduce new categories once you start getting traction in your specific space.

Of course baby wipes is just an example.

Hi Gilbert - yes, I agree, narrowing down your choice is difficult. I use Amazon to help me there.

If you go to Amazon and click on Departments, you'll see they have an entire dept. linked to Baby.

Click on Baby and you'll see, all down the left hand side of the screen different niches in the 'Baby' marketspace. There's even a niche called 'Diapering'

Clicking on Diapering gives you a whole range of products you could talk about and promote from changing tables to wipes and holders.

Hope that helps

It seems to be *popuplar*. You could try researching, on the left, for keywords and see if you can find some keto diet keywords that are not overly competitive. Overall though, sounds like a great niche!

Thanks

Sounds like you've already got a niche good to go there. Health products targeting water is a great place to start. All the best.

Thank you for your opinion and such a quick response, AndrewMichae. I think I can go next step!

Excellent, and if you need any further help just let us know! :)

What type of health products do you promote? Is there some way you could define that type of person? Are they interested in holistic healing products? Are they interested in holistic fitness?

I like to think about WHO will be reading my website, and that helps me define my niche.

Sounds like you already have a product or two in mind of what you'd like to promote. Great! You're off to a great start Fumiko.

I am at the point how to chose the domain name. I already have very certain products which I will stick with to promote next tens of years... the health products I am promoting are for everyone. One is for babies, elderly people and also both who is healthy or has some challenges with their health condition.

I may need to focus on people who love researching some info about overall health, beauty, detox, anti aging, eye issue, health issue, etc etc.

I have a question about how to chose domain/website name.... does it matter to chose the word that reflect the numbers from google search....for example I want to use the word "hydrogen" in my domain name..... with google search "hydrogen" comes with 157,000,000 result vs "hydrogenized" comes with only 28,000+ result... am I thinking too much? Should I just pick either one to use?

And .com is better than .org or .net or doesn't really matter.

Thank you so much for taking your time to answer to my question....I wish I have more basic knowledge to start this but I am not a computer person lol

Thank you again!

Excellent, I would recommend you head in that direction then Dana! :)

Sure, what kind of martial arts? You could narrow this down a bit.

And don't worry if you are not active actually doing it, you can actively HELP people online in any niche and be very successful. This sounds like a natural direction for you. ;)

Don't worry so much about the products at this point, within any niche there are going to be 1,000's of different products/services that you can potentially promote. Instead focus on who you are audience is.

As you build out your business, your promotions will be contextually relevant to the actual content you create. This could and likely will vary from article to article.

I see you are new here. All your answers are in the lessons, so if you follow the training consistently you will get the traffic and you will make money after choosing a niche and getting your audience and something of value or solutions to your audience are offered through your blog. If you don’t find the answers or something needs to be clarified, we are always here to help you out. You can’t expect overnight results. In my opinion, one year is the “normal” timeframe to get your “first dollar”. More or less money, more or less time depends on you, training, dedication, persistence, mindset, etc.
Keep in mind that you will need to write reviews, etc. about topics of any niche you are going to choose. Generally speaking, check the searches and competition to know how big the market is (and how profitable the niche is) for whatever you are trying to blog about.
Tom

Hi Tom, thanks for taking the time to write out a response. Yes, I just joined last night so I am brand new here. I think I did not express myself clearly in my original post. What I meant to say is that I need a niche that will be profitable. I understand that pretty much all niches can be, but I also know that not all niches are created equal, some are easier to monetize than others. I am following the training so far. Went back to the niche section and did it twice in fact. I don't expect to make money overnight, or even a lot of money initially. I think the issue I am having is I don't know how narrow I have to go with the niche. I did the research based on how the videos showed me, narrowed down to a few potential ones...just wanted to run by someone to see if the niches I have picked are viable and good options for monetization, and also to see if I should narrow it down further or leave it kind of broad to be able to talk about different categories. Thank you :)

Two things: what are you most passionate about? and based on this check the searches and competition to know how big the market is (and how profitable the niche is) like I said. You can be successful in niches other people don’t and vice-versa.
Final advice, always follow the training and never overthink your niche to avoid the analysis paralysis.
Tom

Hi - yes, you will be taught how to structure content, and research and use keywords which potential customers will be searching for.

Great. Thanks a lot.

That’s great to hear Diane. I am a newbie and I find writing content to attract traffic quite daunting. I would not have a clue where to even start. I look forward to learning those key elements of my site.

Read this Simonne: Overwhelmed By The WA Training? Here's A Cheat Sheet! How To Pick A Niche That Leads To Success! How to narrow down broad niches. Examples and tips.

Eddy has you covered. Jim

Sounds like you are headed in the right direction here. It would be difficult to make a website about "vinyl" and narrow it down when you have such a wide range of talent with the subject.

If you were to narrow it down, you could choose to do a website on "T-shirt design with Vinyl's" for example if that was your area of expertise or your favorite thing to do w/vinyl's. Then later expand into the other options.

If you think of your audience and what you can help them with, you can better figure out your direction. Offering more categories to your audience will capture interest for sure.

The point in narrowing it down is to narrow the playing field, meaning less competition.

People go online and search for "Custom Vinyls" and a ton of HUGE companies pop up.
Now, if someone wants to get a "Custom Vinyl for a T-shirt" and you build a website for "Custom Vinyl T-shirts", then you have a better chance at getting a "brand site" at the top of the search engines.

You can later work on ranking well for your other categories once you better suss out your competition.

You can narrow it down even more... here is an example... T-shirt design with Vinyl's for "Hippies" or for "Dads" or "Sports" or "Fishing" or "Disco" or "Women" and the list goes on.

It is completely up to you of course but mabe this helped :)
-Amelita

Make sure you know where your market is. This sounds like a very promising niche but vinyl might not be appropriate in some countries or it might be seasonally impacted on. Ie 46 C temperatures like we have in Australia.

It’s comforting knowing that there are so many wonderful people in this community willing to help those of us who are just starting out and trying to understand how to define and refine our niches. I realise now there needs to be a lot of research done in narrowing down our niche before we can move onto building our website and I have learnt that from all you good people. I am currently at that stage.

Thank you to all

Hey Roby, Football match decorating i think is a bit too narrow but cake decorating i think would work for you. It gets over 5000 searches per month and there are so many different types of decorating you could write about - weddings alone is a good number of posts I would imagine.

If you kept it just as decorating you could then cover the styles, how to do it, the equipment - different cake types and so on..

Hope this helps

Paul

Hi - cake decorating tutorials is a great idea, and with having the experience, your website visitors will have trust in you. You can promote the items you use. I don't think you need to narrow it down any further, as you don't want to run out of topic ideas.

It does. A lot actually. Thanks! I just got excited😃. At least im getting the hang of it.

Hi you can have a site about baking which will include baking hints and also cake decorating tutorials

Cake decorating sounds like an excellent niche. Maybe somewhere down the line you could even create some type of course or ebook that you could promote.

Best of luck and success!
Shannon

Thanks a lot for the advice

hey hi Patricia & welcome to Wealthy Affiliate!

See that you've joined recently and yes, you've presented some super questions!

It's all good! ... Suggest you continue onward with the amazing WA training with Kyle as most of your answers are ahead of you as you move along in your work in learning & in building your new on-line biz to success ... a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step, then another! ... and another ...

all the best to you for every success, cheerio ... :)

Don't worry about your affiliate programs that you are going to use before you decide on your niche, you have content, and you have people coming to your website. There are going to be 1,000's of products/services that you can promote to any niche and this is going to be based on the contextual relevance of your content.

David, That's awesome. Welcome to Premium. :) I built websites in the early 2000's but I'm finding that Soo much has changed. And for the better. It seems that everything is easier and faster. Woohoo! I'm following you to see your progress. :)
Paula

Awesome David, congrats on going Premium and thanks for sharing your story. I really look forward to working with you and seeing your progress moving forward. :)

Thanks, buddy I appreciate that.

Sure, this sounds like a natural direction for you here Tammie. I recommend that you go for it! :)

We are a homeschooling family as well! I understand family and friends not always being supportive. I think you have found a great place to start. I know I'm interested.

Lots of great starting points here Henry. 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. :)

Don't panic here, you can either change your initial focus of your website (without changing the name of your website) or you could create a brand new website, with a new domain name that is more specific.

This is completely up to you, but the good news is it is best to do this within the earlier stages of your business. :)

Sounds good, do it :)

Hello Trinkety,
It is a very good idea of having a recipe to promote. But as far as money is concerned and it is something to be used on the body, I think that you should go through a process that will ensure people that your product is sanitary safe. After that step, you need to think of how to have it produced so as to have the product available in time for anyone in need of it. The last step will be the promotion of your product and so on...
Wish you good luck in the process.

Love it and this is definitely a direction you can head. You want to make sure you are targeting a particular audience and helping them, you can promote this product once you create and establish your audience. :)

CBD oil has a HUGE market because it's trending right now so that one would likely be the best bet. That said, if you're not interested in it, I wouldn't do it. You're going to be living and breathing CBD oil for hours and days and months on end. Any of those niches has potential.

from what I have read, it is best to do the three separate so you have a more targeted market.

There is lots to be excited about. That is great to hear Mary, I would definitely narrow down your art idea though. What aspect of art do you want to help people out with?

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. :)

Hi - you need to follow the training step by step, and if you complete each task as you are asked to do so, then you will have built your website by the end of lesson 4.

This platform teaches you about affiliate marketing, not drop shipping, they are two different things.

Ditto! This is exciting

A niche can honestly be anything, what are you passionate about? What are you interested in?

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.

Thank you

Yes, exactly. It comes down to choosing something, we often times overthink things in business (every aspect), but when we stick to our guns and keep things simple, is when we experience the greatest success.

If you ever need a hand with anything at all moving forward, let me know and I will be more than happy to give you a hand. :)

Thank you Kyle,
I will surely do that!

Have a great Day!
Cindy

Sounds great. But couldn't it be either finance or real estate based? Both of these can be considered products. Jim

I think it's a good niche. I have seen real estate website and doing great. I'm not sure what's the process of selling it online. But probably cold calling.

HI Jim, Thanks for the reply. I guess there are so many avenues, I want to pick the right one so it is not too broad to be interesting. I also do not want to link with affiliates that sell real estate courses I do not believe in. Too many of those out there sadly.

I am not looking to sell any real estate, just help people understand how to invest in real estate as a future plan. The site would be based on what I learned along the way. What worked what didn't that type of thing. I am wondering though if it is easier to start with a product like something from Amazon before starting a site that requires a lot of article writing before I really have the knowledge to do so.

Hi - that sounds like a great idea, and with your own personal experience, you will gain the trust of your readers.

Definitely! Can you think of a few keywords the people in your niche will think about, and search it on Google. Try to find several affiliate sites in your niche.

You're right! There are games where I can't be in the room while someone else is playing because of the flashpoints!

You can head in this direction, but you will want to narrow it down a little. What aspect of video games (the games themselves, devices, externals, hardware, etc)? What genre? What console? What game? Lots of ways you can narrow things down here.

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. :)

I love the games themselves
I have trouble finding good games to play with my girlfriend maybe I could do games for couples
or just good two player games
I'm mostly on ps4 but I don't have a preference

You can, you can switch to another niche or be involved in many niches down the road. The reality is that once you understand the process of establishing a business within ONE niche, you can do so within many down the road. :)

Write about both. That shouldn’t be a problem. Are you passionate about both topics, right? Do you think you are going to write good reviews about traveling topics? Generally speaking, check the searches and competition to know how big the market is (and how profitable the niche is) for whatever you are trying to blog about, but never overthink your niche, overcome the analysis paralysis.
Tom

Hi Tom, thanks so much for responding! That makes complete sense. Just to clarify, when you say check the market and competition is this from browsing google, Instagram and other forms of social media? TIA!

Hi Tia,

I have an idea for you, why not decide on "problems that comes with travelling"? So you do product reviews on all the helpful products that solve all daily travelling issues like Jetlag, things to pack in case you are stranded in an airport for several days, etc. I think this is the perfect angle to promote travel related products, otherwise the rest are just too broad and you are competing with sites like tripadvisor, etc.

I see you are new here. Follow the training, everything is in the WA training and always remember, one step at a time.
Tom

You have some really good ideas and some direction for a potential niche. I know you are going to love the affiliate bootcamp and if you need a hand with anything at all moving forward, do let me know. :)

Hi - well, it's an idea, but you would certainly need some kind of gateway to stop those who were under age from viewing it. I don't how difficult this is, and what the legal position would be if it were found that they were able to get through and view your content.

That is a perfectly valid niche. However, I advise against it for 2 reasons. First, is this a website you really want to be associated with? Really think about that one. Certain niches have a stigma around them that may be difficult to get past. The second is, age restricted material could be difficult to maintain security against minors being able to access it. Until you learn more about web design, and how to use age verification tools to limit that access, it might be better to pick a niche that doesn't have to comply with those kinds of laws. But as I said at first, it IS a perfectly valid niche. And there is a heavy dose of competition for it.

Thanks so much, I wasn't so sure will definitely pick one of my other ideas until I properly research that one.

I gotcha. I'm not so much concerned with the stigma, but as a parent I definitely would not want to promote certain things to minors. Thanks for your feed back it helps because now I understand how in-depth my research should go.

That shouldn’t be a problem. Are you most passionate about what? Do you think you are going to write good reviews about what topic? Generally speaking, check the searches and competition to know how big the market is (and how profitable the niche is) for the product you are trying to blog about, always following the WA training. Stop overthinking your niche, overcome the analysis paralysis moving on...
Tom

Hi Teodor7,

Choosing a niche can be overwhelming, BUT IT'S NOT.

Keep it simple - choose a PASSION you have such as -

Health
Cuisine
Gardening
Weight Training
Running
Nutrition
D.I.Y.
even....bringing up kids...

The major niche headings go on...

We all have a passion. Once you've found a major niche, then just simply go in a specific area of that major niche until you really get to an area that you -

1) Want to learn more about

2). Want to pass that knowledge onto others

3). And this is the SIMPLE ONE - WHAT ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT?


Kind regards,

Ash Kumar

Hello there are soo many routes you can take with this. I would do a keyword research on travel and get ideas from there.

Awesome sauce, thank you!

Finding a good niche seems like a tough task, but it's actually pretty easy. Actually, ANY niche can make money, so you definitely should not worry if your niche is profitable or not. Is my niche a profitable one? As far as competition goes, that's also something to not worry about. If there's competition, it just means people are making money. That means you can make some too! As time progresses, new products come out, new technology is introduced, new ideas formed, and each change is an opportunity for "the new kid" to get a foothold and overtake established websites.

So the big question is not "what" is going to make money, but "what do you want to make money with?"

In other words, what are your own interests?
What do you think would be interesting to research and write about?
What do you want to help people with?

A good sentence to help you decide your niche is "I want to help people _____"

Helping people is the best way to make money in any business. Everyone wins. Short of that, pick something that you just find interesting.

With travel, you can break it down many ways.

luggage for kids
traveling solo for women
luxury travel for retired couples
travel gadget tech reviews
exploring [specific city] in detail
cafe and bar reviews in [specific city]
first time backpackers
eco travel
how to plan a trip to Southeast Asia
tips for making plane rides more comfortable
...and more!

Awesome stuff Ashok, well said. :)

Hello there I would say as long as you can help people learn what you know and have a passion about, you can monetize it.

I agree with PastorDre. But I would add this..Since the first few months is designed to help you build first a website and a trusted platform. Your first focus should be sharing what you know with people. Get them to your site by not selling them anything at all. Just bring them there by showing them you can provide the information they seek. That way, you are going to get noticed by a lot of people. At that point, you will find a way to monetize. You could start selling more in-depth books?

I would say go with your passion. Whatever you are passionate about will be the best niche for you.

Thanks pastor I was thinking that and hunting it will be

Well thats the thing im mostly passionate about all things equally..normally there is no disliking something for me nore liking something more then the other... lol i wouldnt say im plain but i would say iv lost touch with the whole thing of keepin up to date with the latest crazes in the main stream of what a popular product/niche would actually be these days...but aye iv got faith so we'll soon have the answer..

Hi - remember, you will be writing a lot of articles on your chosen niche. Which one would you most enjoy writing about, and would be able to find enough of interest to say about it for the foreseeable future?

Another thing to consider is that until you join and are accepted by an affiliate program for Boston Bruins merchandise, you wouldn't be able to use their logo or other images, as they will be trademarked and copyrighted.

Thank you! Yes, I am familiar with trademark and copyright laws. Just wasn't sure of the avenue in which I should begin with the niche I end up starting with.

I think we all struggle with all these factors. I don't think you have to be an expert on what you are showcasing. I think I am going to start with either one item, or one category and learn what I can about that one theme, and then move on to another, then another; so I don't have to spread myself too thin.

Thanks for the great advice, that is a very good idea!

My advice to you would be to take a look into your recent purchases - what have you recently bought related to your interests? Could you build a niche around those purchases (the answer is likely yes!)

I haven't noticed any internal competition as far as promoting the WA affiliate program. Everything is very supportive whichever way you go. There are some pretty creating ways to promote WA from what I've seen. :)
As far as number of affiliate programs, I'd start small and focus on building your content. Some affiliate programs will look at your site and decide if they want you promoting their product based on the quality and quantity of your content.
Content first, affiliate programs second. It's pretty easy to become an Amazon affiliate though. There is a requirement of 3 sales within 180 days so have your site ready to promote when you join this one.

Thanks for the input, Palatia.

When I say competition I'm not talking people being competitive in an adversarial way with each other it's more about the numbers of people within WA promoting via an affiliate site. (In case I was unclear)

So for now, you're saying don't sign up with an affiliate program until I've been going for a while?

I'm new too. So I'm not sure if I can help but maybe get you thinking I guess. I'll only ask 3 questions to start.

Do you have practical or applied experience in those areas? (Not that you need any but sometimes it gives you ideas.)
What do you search for constantly within those subjects?
What do you see as opportunities in those niches?

I just finished lesson two and there was tons of information on how to make every page and post SEO friendly, How to choose the right key words and how to place them so that they are being ranked by the search engines.

I have taken several trainings as well and I have found this one to be the best. If you are still in the $19 offer period I would encourage you to go for it. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. I feel I got more than my money's worth already and I barely finished lesson two.

Good luck to you.

Hi Johane

I recommend you find your niche first. That will help you decide on a name for your website.

When you know this then choose the website option - On a free domain. There you will type in the name for your website.

That option will build you one of your free subdomain websites you get with your Starter Membership. Later on as a premium member you'll be able to transfer it to a domain of your own.

Finding your niche is important.
- What are you passionate about?
- What do you want to help people with?

Go through the above video again for inspiration in answering these questions for yourself.

Hope this helps :)

Hi BrigitteB!

Thank you a trillion times. But be patient with me I am still struggling to get niche.

Hey Johane

Just as Brigitte suggested, you first want to decide on a niche.

Think about your passions first. Are you a keen fisherman, camper or other leisure outdoor enthusiast. I notice you're president of your church, maybe this can be what you build your website around, your religion.

Having said that, you want to be able to write about your niche topic at least twice per week. So, you want to make sure there's enough material to write about.

Your week could be setup like this. One or two written articles about your niche topic, then two written product reviews.

As far as setting your website up goes, as you're on the free membership, you'd choose 'On a Free Domain'.

Step 2 - type in the domain name you want. This will have '.http://siterubix.com' at the end of the domain name. (As you move forward, you may choose to purchase a domain name of your own. This can be transferred over easily. Here's how to do this. https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/carson/blog/siterubix-website-to-a-domain-you-own-in-one-click)

Step 3 - Type in the name that you want your website called. This will be similar to your domain name. For instance, you may choose a site called 'Awesome Golf Tips'. Your domain would be 'AwesomeGolfTips.siterubix.com'.

Step 4 - Go ahead and choose a theme for your website.

Hope this helps Johane.

Hi Nudge!
I have already done my niche and website. Thank you for your great help. I am only not sure of my post which I wrote because I tried to write something short. But I am still learning and I will go back to my training and get more understanding of how to do things and also learning from the community.

See my response above. You have some good ideas there, you just need to refine it a little bit. :)

I would choose the one that you want to do the most. Either or are viable directions and down the road you can do both, but when starting out you need to narrow down to it. It comes down to what you will enjoy the most and what niche you will enjoy working with (and the corresponding audience).

If you enjoy what you do, you can work hard and it doesn't feel like nearly the same amount of effort as it does when you don't enjoy what you are doing.