Hopefully by now you have a better understanding of what is a niche. We are all involved with various niche markets every day. If you wear clothing and shoes, you are involved in those niche markets. Because like millions of other people, you had to buy the clothes and shoes that you wear.
Now on this page I will give you a list of some popular niche markets and some of the areas they can be broken down into. You always want to take a niche and find a specialized or specific sub niche so that you can be seen as an authority in it, the big fish in the small pond.
NICHE MARKETS AND THEIR SUB NICHES
VIDEO GAMES – This first one I will point out is a niche I am very familiar with and is very popular and profitable, especially if you select some of the specific sub niches.
- PC gaming towers
- racing game specific accessories like (steering wheels and pedals)
- retro video games
- video game headsets
- strategy guides
- Christian video games
- learning video games for kids
- video game console repair
- virtual reality headsets like the Samsung Gear VR or Oculus Rift
- MMORPG virtual currency and power leveling packages for games like World of Warcraft
COOKING – This is a niche we are all familiar with and you don’t have to be the one in the family that does the cooking. We all have been inside a kitchen and should know what items are used for cooking the food we eat. Here are some specific sub niches you could target.
- countertop convection ovens
- turkey fryers
- online cooking courses
- non-stick cooking pots and pans
- stainless steel and composite cutlery
- electric soup makers
- barbeque grilling tips
- gluten free recipes
- food preparation and storage accessories
- portable cooking grills and stoves
COMPUTERS – Here is another popular niche that we are all familiar with. Even if you do not consider yourself computer savvy, you definitely know enough to use one. Again you would want to pick specific sub niches, like those below within the more-broader niche of computers.
- Bluetooth and wireless computer keyboard and mouse
- computer hard drives
- Wi-Fi routers
- RAM upgrades
- modems
- laptop batteries
- cooling trays for laptops
- USB flash drives
- water resistant computer keyboards
- anti-virus software and online downloads
WEIGHT LOSS – Though not all of us have ever needed to go through a weight loss program, the majority of people across the world need to or will need to lose weight. This is yet another very popular and profitable niche with an excessive amount of sub niches. Ten are listed below.
- vegetarian diet tips
- diet pills for women or men
- natural fat burners
- workout supplements
- home-gym equipment like free weights, treadmills, exercise bikes, incline trainers,…
- yoga mats and foam rollers
- DVD workout programs such as Zumba Fitness Incredible Slimdown, Beachbody, P90X3,…
- heart rate monitors like the Fitbit
- workout shoes and clothing
- fresh fruit and vegetable juicing weight loss recipes
All of the four above popular and profitable niche markets have far more focused sub niches than the 10 I have listed. But it was my intention to give you examples for some of the various amounts of sub niches from the broader main niche markets.
But there are thousands of other niche markets and there are several kinds of niche markets that we are all involved with on a daily basis. Next I will be listing some more niches that may not be as popular as the ones listed above but can be just as profitable, especially for those who are an authority in them.
NEXT UP = Creating niches from what you are already involved with
in other words sometimes competition is good and you can get good at other parts of attracting customers
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I'm new to this and am still trying to create my website. I bought a domain, gadgetsforanything.com and thought I would try to focus on a particular type each week e.g. emergency tools for the car, pet drinking fountains, charging stations etc. I have four different tools for getting out of the car in an emergency so could review each of them. I'm assuming I would then put a link (as an affiliate) to say, Amazon, REI, and so on.
Do you think this sounds OK? I'm having a hard time choosing a theme for the site, too many to choose from for me! :)
I'd value any thoughts you may have on the stuff I've talked about.
Thanks again, you are a goldmine of information.
I think your niche idea for helpful gadgets is a good niche and you will want to separate that niche into sub niches. Have a page for Car Gadgets, another for Pet Gadgets, and so on.
Make these pages as Parent Pages and create a drop down menu from them to include other relevant pages within that group. This way it will be easier for people should they want to only view gadgets in that particular category.
As for a theme, choose what you like. But remember, the more simplistic the better it will look on a smaller screen of a smartphone or tablet, which is the way a majority of people surf the internet now.
Yes I am a Star Trek fan and if I had time I would create an affiliate website in the Star Trek niche. The Star Trek Store has a great affiliate program and can be quite profitable for anyone wanting to get into this niche.
I even created a blog post about this niche and provided information on what payment details The Star Trek Store offers to those who become their affiliates. You can read my blog below. Check out the video it contains. Every Star Trek fan will love it.
http://legitimatejobfromhome.com/star-trek-items-for-sale-how-to-make-money-from-home
Great article, thanks for that
On a website like the one mentioned above by Ann, what would be your approach regarding sub-niches growth? Would you work on all sub-niches at the same time or work on each individual one till you run out of things to write and then move to the next one?
whoa, ive been banging my head trying to understand the meaning of a niche, and its 00:45 in the morning and i just read your article. and its finally hit me. you have explained it in such a simple way, even a thicko like me can understand it lol. not only have i understood it. i even did an example ie. i drew a simple house shape and with arrows going out 1 was named bedroom another named lounge etc etc last was garage. the i took each example ie the kitchen then i named all the sub niches in the kitchen, ie fridge,cooker etc etc. i settled for something in that house as my niche. my acheing head is now cured thanks to you.
ps I'm so following you now.
thanks again
David
You just need to take the broad niche and break it down into the smaller sub niches that are associated with it. And if possible break the sub niche down again.
Not all sub niches can be broken down. But here is a broad niche that can be broken down many times. The Automobile niche.
Sub Niches...
Muscle Cars -> Chevrolet -> Corvette -> Classic Corvette -> After-Market Chrome Products
The After-Market Chrome Products for classic Corvettes would be my final focused down niche dealing with products like bumpers, bumper guards, wheels, mirrors, shift knobs,...
For example - dog beds for small dogs as a niche will have a category and a page. The same can be done with another niche such as wheat free canned senior dog food.
Thanks very much.
For example ... I've become fairly decent using my desktop computer, but I don't consider myself a "Computer Geek". So how would I compete with the Geek competition in say the "Computer" micro niche you listed ... USB flash drives?
Though you may never out-perform the computer geek, does not really matter. You do not need to out-perform but rather provide enough information to share in the revenue stream for that particular niche market.
