Do a little Googling, and you'll find tons of awesome, useful, relevant information about how to get started with affiliate marketing.
You'll find step by step guides about how to sign up for affiliate programs, how to build a website, how to write product reviews, and almost anything else you can think of. There's such a wealth of information that as long as you're smart, enterprising, and you've got a good work ethic, you can almost certainly learn the ropes and get started.
But there's one big thing that no one can spoonfeed you: how to choose a niche.
It's one of the most important aspects of creating an affiliate site. In fact, you could say it might even be the most important.
But no one's going to hand it to you… usually.
If you've been struggling to find your niche, affiliate marketing guru Glenn Allsop is here to help.
In a move that's quite unusual in the affiliate marketing space, he put together a massive guide that lists a total of 51 potentially profitable niches that he's aware of, but isn't interested in pursuing.
Not only is the list extensive, but it actually goes into detail about each niche idea.
This list could be exactly what you need to get the gears turning and get started.
It's an absolutely massive list, but we've honed in on a few of the most interesting and unusual niche ideas that Viperchill has to offer. Check it out, and see if it sparks that “lightbulb moment” you've been needing.
1. The Huge Opportunity with Tiny Houses
The Tiny house movement sounds exactly as it is: It’s a movement for people who want to be able to live in tiny houses.
Believe it or not, it’s a growing trend.
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When I first found a video about tiny houses on Youtube I thought they were just a cute little idea. Fast forward 45 minutes and I had found myself looking at dozens of little tiny houses and being constantly impressed with what people can do with their homes.
I was also amazed to see Tiny House Youtube channels with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, especially when I hadn’t previously knew that ‘tiny living’ was a thing.
On some popular videos I found the Youtube comments weren’t just people insulting each other – for once – but people with questions where you can get ideas for building the solution. Here are the comments on one particularly popular video.
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Just from those two comments alone you can get the idea to:
- Create a directory of people who build tiny houses and send them leads for a fee
- Review products designed for tiny houses and promote them with affiliate links
- Create a step-by-step information product on building your first tiny house
If I was going to take this on personally I would go with option two, and review products. I would focus on creating an Instagram page showcasing tiny houses and then reaching out to manufacturers to see if I could get products to review.
While tiny house owners seem to want to spend as little money as possible, the one in the video above cost $77,000, which certainly isn’t cheap. While they don’t want to spend a lot of money, they’re still spending it, and I could see tiny product reviews working very well.
2. Laserless Tattoo Removal
With more people sporting tattoos than any other generation in history, it makes sense that we would have more people than ever trying to remove them.
While laser tattoo removal is a growing trend, so is the desire to remove tattoo’s without any lasers.
Right now, admittedly, there aren’t huge volume numbers for this search term. Most estimates point to various terms, like “non laser tattoo removal”, receiving around 200-500 searches per month.
That being said, there is a Clickbank product on the topic that seems to be selling quite well, so there’s definitely a market for it.
And I predict that market will grow.
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As far as monetisation goes, I would personally try to target people via these “lessor” keyphrases and sell them on a more expensive solution (providing it is a better solution). I don’t think there are any alternatives that are better than lasers for removing tattoos.
Tattoo removal shops typically charge over $1,000 for the service so if you’re able to generate leads for local businesses, they’ll definitely pay for you for people you can send their way.
3. Millions of Parents Need ‘Kids Party Ideas’
One niche I’m surprised to see hasn’t been dominated too extensively by huge brands is that of specific party ideas for kids.
If you have young children of your own and could see yourself writing about this niche and sharing photos of your parties with others, this could be the niche for you.
I first read about this website when looking at a success story for a certain website builder.
Although his website is very prominently shared as a success story around the web, I do want to be a bit more coy and block out any concrete information as to what his site is.
The main website in his network is ranking for more than 31,000 different keyphrases, some of which are searched for thousands of times per month. In another effort at being respectful to their success, I have blocked out number 1 rankings they’ve sustained for a long time.
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The stats are even more impressive when you consider than the website “only” has links from 400 others. That’s not a huge number from a site which gets millions of visitors each month from Google.
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Especially when many of those links are from websites which anyone can pick up a link from, just by taking the time to register on them.
While it’s not a niche I would be interested in personally, I think it could be a great side-project for anyone with young children.
I would monetise the site with things like an eBook detailing the best party ideas, and then including a directory which takes a commission for leads on things like party magicians and clowns. There’s also the chance to link to party props and decorations as an Amazon affiliate.
You can read much more over at Viperchill.
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