Passions / Hobbies Markets
Just like with the Evergreen markets, those that engage in the Hobbies and Passions of people can also be highly profitable. Think about it! If someone enjoys doing something, don’t you think that they will continue to spend money doing it?
Marketing to people’s passions, you are targeting an area that many people spend a lot of money on. For me personally I could easily drop $100.00 every time I go to a baseball game at Yankee Stadium. That doesn't include the cost of the ticket & parking.
Now I am not going to be able to list all of the Passions and Hobby niches here. There are just way too many of them! Just think of all the sub niches available in this niche market. These can all bring huge profits depending on how you market to your target audience.
MY PASSIONS & HOBBIES
I am into many different hobby niches, some can even be called passions because I just cannot do without them. I need my weekly fix otherwise my week is not complete. I am sure we all have something we cannot do without every day or week, like coffee.
I know people that cannot start their day without a cup of Starbucks coffee and guess what? Starbucks has an online store where you can by fresh ground coffee and gear with an affiliate program. We all have or need our fixes. So here are some of mine.
SPORTS
The SPORTS NICHE is a massive and very profitable niche. There are so many kinds of sports and sub niches within each sport. Let me mention some. Being that it is currently Baseball Season here in the U.S. I will focus on my favorite team, the NY Yankees.
No matter what team you target there are many sub niches associated with it. There is the obvious sub niche of Baseball and related equipment and clothing apparel related to a specific team itself or a specific player. Even more sub-sub niches are available too!
- NY Yankees Memorabilia
- NY Yankees Jerseys (generic or player specific)
- NY Yankees Caps (One-Size or Fitted)
- NY Yankees Clothing for Boys/Men and Girls/Women
- NY Yankees Baseball Related Toys
- NY Yankees Baseball Team iPhone Cases
- Baseballs
- Baseball Gloves
- Baseball Bats
- Baseball Cleats
- Baseball Tickets and Ticket Packages
- Baseball Daily Fanrasy Sports Memberships
Every baseball team has individual players who are famous within all of Major League Baseball. Niches can be assigned to just them alone. All of these sub niches can be narrowed down more, and this is just for one team & sport. The Sports Niche is huge.
VIDEO GAMES
The VIDEO GAME NICHE is another very big and profitable niche. But like most niches you must narrow it down for it is way too broad. Even if you were to narrow it down to only Sony PlayStation games, you would still have to focus on a specific aspect or genre.
Being that I used to work in the Video Game Design Industry, I have insider knowledge into how video games are created from beginning to end. So one of my earlier niche affiliate marketing websites was on the correct approach to video game testing.
Though I used to manage a Nintendo video game testing department, I wouldn't expect most people who decide to get into the Video Game niche to narrow it down to the niche topic I did. You would have to narrow it down to somethings like I list below.
What was special about the approach I took was that as a Video Game Tester you are required to test every kind of game genre there is, so I didn't need to narrow down my niche further. However others will. These are some of the highly profitable sub niches.
- Video Game Consoles
- Game Controllers (Generic, Steering Wheels, Flight Sticks,...)
- Audio Headsets
- Portable Video Game Systems
- Game Hard Drives & SD Cards
- Portable Travel Cases
- Game System Skins
- Shooter Games
- Racing Games
- Fighting Games
- Arcade Games
- Role Play Games
- Sports Games (Baseball, Football, Basketball, Soccer,... - focusing on one sport)
- Simulation Games
- Retro Games and After Market Game Systems
- Poker & Casino Games
- Nintendo Specific Games
- PlayStation Specific Games
- Xbox Specific Games
- PC Games
- Online Games & Download Games
- Learning Games
- Games for Girls
- Plus much more!
TRAVELING
The TRAVELING NICHE is a great one and could be quite lucrative as people tend to pay big money for travel packages to various destinations. You will also want to consider all of the types of niches that go into the Travel niche beyond just the vacation destination.
I am a huge fan of Disney World in Florida and you can spend quite a bit of money when going there. But there are ways to save a lot of money too and that is what many will want to know, especially if they are traveling with their children.
- Carry-On Rolling Luggage & Garment Bags
- Rental Cars
- Hotel Packages
- Event Tickets
- Sightseeing Tours
- Airline Tickets
- Travel Insurance Plans
- Disney and/or Florida Souvenirs
- Restaurant Discounts
- Travel-sized Toiletries
- Sunblock & Sunburn First Aid
- Summer Clothing (which in of itself has many sub niches)
- Plus much more!
MORE OF MY HOBBIES/PASSIONS
And there are many more HOBBY & PASSION NICHES that I have such as...
- Cooking (Vegetarian & Ethnic Foods)
- Hiking
- Camping
- Photography
- Sports Collectibles
- NASCAR Collectibles
- Coin Collecting
- DVD Movies
- Movie & TV Show Figurines
- Star Wars & Star Trek Collectibles
- Craft Beer
- Wine
- Local History
- American History
- Plus more and every single one of these can be narrowed down into sub niches.
Can you now see that no matter how popular you may think a niche is, there is no way it is too saturated for you to make a HUGE profit? The sky is the limit when it comes to the amount of niche ideas you can come up with in regards to these profitable niche markets.
When you start out as narrow as possible, you can grow your niche broader as time goes by and thus tap into more money from various other aspects of that niche. I hope you have learned a little more insight into the many different Evergreen & Passion Niches.
I tried to give you some better ideas for different niches to select for your next website. These ideas can bring you many profitable niches, and by the way, can be combined with other niches too. Such as the Cooking Niche can tie into the Health Niche.
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Or it could be Nintendo Shooter Games. Narrow that down to Nintendo First Person Shooter Games and then Nintendo First Person Military Shooter Games.
These would be the best and more-narrow sub niche categories of Nintendo games to start out with.
To narrow it down it could be like this.
Photography > Film or Digital > Lens
Food > Southern Style > Gluten Free
Romantic Novels > Specific Authors
Speed Walk > Running Shoes > Nike
Custom Fashion Jewelry > For Men
However, if you are very interested in the most recent or popular shows without commercial interruptions you wouldn't mind to pay without ads on Viki or Hulu and become a member =D. I am just looking how to profit from it and grasp the right target.
Like I was thinking about doing one on eating healthy in college, because it is something I am passionate about, but there isn't really specific products to promote, only healthy habits and such you can teach. So a better one would be camping or hiking, where you can talk about staying active but link products you recommend at the sane time?
No idea if I am making sense or not, sorry haha.
You can start to browse a few websites talking about healthy eating and see what they are promoting.
May be after that you could have ideas on what product to promote in your niche.
I also am a health freak in that I eat healthy and do sport such cycling, running and gyming.
I am a HR Manager and love motivating people and assisting them to achieve success in their jobs and careers.
Three years ago i underwent a divorce and went through lots of pains. So dont know if divorce is a niche out there too
Given the above i am confused what niche i should enter. Your thought on the above please.
I had 3 niches I wanted to do when I started. I picked the least favorable one first. I knew that my second website would be better then my first and wanted my most passionate one to be the best it could be.
I looked at other affiliates who are artists and they cover everything from art supplies, how to paint and draw, techniques, art books, to selling their own work on their websites.
Then they have a few art supply companies that they are affiliates with and receive commissions from. It even states that they receive a small commission from them.
You say to narrow it down as much as possible to be successful at the beginning and then add to the website as time goes on.
Should I start out blogging about Paints or brushes for example, or do you consider this different than other niches? I don't know how much I could write about on just Paint or Brushes etc.
I'm just not sure what to do. I have changed my website a few times now.
Your feedback would be greatly appreciated,
Gary
However I would like to stay within in my expertise which is painting in oils and watercolors.
If you read my question, I have checked out other artist websites who are affiliates for art supply companies and other art institutes.
In their websites, they teach painting, drawing, talk about supplies etc.
Would Art or Paining inparticular be a narrowed down niche and everything under it is ok? Some members say I should narrow it down to paints or brushes etc. for example.
I would like your expert opinion, I'm not sure what to do.
I really enjoy your training posts and have learned a lot. Just not sure about this one.
Regard,
Gary
http://guidetooilpainting.com/
http://www.art-is-fun.com/
I really do appreciate the help,
Regards,
Gary
An affiliate website starts out narrow with a focused sub niche and ends up full of different sub niches. The websites you are looking at are websites that are well past the starting phase. This is why they have many sub niche articles. Your website will eventually be like that but not when you start.
Now if you want to do a website about watercolor and oil painting you could narrow that down to giving lessons and promote the paint and brushes used for such paintings. Then you could promote canvas, framing or even online art classes.
The point is start focused and build board.
Thanks so much for your help. I really do appreciate it. I have been battling with this since I started but keep getting different opinions and was confused when I saw those websites.
I started using them as examples to give me ideas of how to go about building a website.
You have made it clear now and I feel I can finally move on and get my website going in the right direction.
I just can't believe how many people there are here at WA like you who go out of there way to help. I didn't mean to be a pain but I've been reading your training posts and I knew you were someone I could turn to to get this right.
Thanks again for your help and I won't bother you again unless I really run into a snag. I will keep reading your training posts.
Much Regards,
Gary:)
