8 Odd Niche Markets with Huge Potential

Some seemingly minor markets actually represent massive potential for businesses profit from serving a passionate audience.

Everyone can think of some niches markets that are pretty saturated.

These saturated markets tend to be competitive precisely because they're easy to come up with. For example, sub-niches in the electronics or beauty markets.

But look just a little farther and you'll see the enormous potential in niches that are off of the beaten path.

These are the kind of things that wouldn't even occur to most people, outside of a few forums and subreddits here and there, yet these niches exist on the passion of their devotees and that's important!

Just because something's specific and obscure doesn't mean there isn't money in it.

In some cases, you're looking at websites whose total value lies in the tens of thousands.

In a recent blog post, Nichehacks highlights some niche sites that focus on some pretty weird niches.

These are things where you might not have even realized the products and topics in question exist.

Some are monetized with affiliate programs, while others are ecommerce sites that sell products directly.

Each of these sites sold on Flippa for a five figure sum.

Because of the way website valuation is carried out, this indicates that they bring in some pretty solid monthly profits.

Check out these eight weird niche sites whose creators made a killing.

1. RetiringSets

I am a LEGO enthusiast since childhood so I can understand why this site is so successful.

It covers news related to any LEGO sets that are being retired by the company.

It's a pretty niche topic but it's still making good money.

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• • Site URL: https://retiringsets.com/

• • Niche: Retiring Lego Sets

• • Age: 2 years

• • Sold for: $12,727

• • Monetization Method: Affiliate marketing and Google AdSense

• • Traffic Sources: Organic search

• • Traffic Volume (avg. last 3 months): 44341

• • Monthly Profit (avg. last 3 months): $725

Revenue and Profit from the Last 12 Months

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2. ScooterMadness

Here's another niche eCommerce store that is making money with dropshipping and was recently sold on Flippa for more than $60k.

Like any good niche site, they're focused on a very closely related group of products.

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• • Site URL: https://www.scootermadness.com/

• • Niche: Scooters and electric bikes

• • Age: 14 years

• • Sold for: $60,100

• • Monetization Method: Dropshipping

• • Traffic Sources: Organic search

• • Traffic Volume (avg. last 3 months): 23,430

• • Monthly Profit (avg. last 3 months): $2297

Revenue and Profit from the Last 12 Months

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3. OwnersAbroad

Not the prettiest of niche sites but still gets the job done.

OwnersAbroad is a search engine that helps users find the best holiday resorts and hotel packages anywhere on the world. They make most of their money from partnerships with different hotels and travel agencies.

• • Site URL: https://ownersabroad.org/

• • Niche: Holiday Rentals

• • Age: 10 years

• • Sold for: $50,000

• • Monetization Method: Affiliate Marketing and Google AdSense

• • Traffic Sources: Organic Search

• • Traffic Volume (avg. last 3 months): 32277

• • Monthly Profit: $1795

 

Revenue and Profit for the Last 12 Months

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4. GoMechanicalKeyboard

This is a classic buyer review site that focuses on a specifically on mechanical keyboards. They've really gone niche and covered all the possible types of keyboards and keyboard accessories.

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• • Site URL: https://www.gomechanicalkeyboard.com/

• • Niche: mechanical keyboards

• • Age: 2 years

• • Sold for: $15000

• • Monetization Method: Amazon Affiliates

• • Traffic Sources: Organic Search and Email List

• • Traffic Volume (avg. last 3 months): 11,587

• • Monthly Profit (avg. last 3 months): $594

 

Revenue and Profit for the Last 12 Months

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5. JobsInTheOilPatch

JobsInTheOilPatch is a free job portal focused on the oil industry only. It's quite unique because it hardly gets any traffic from Google Search but still makes most of its money from Google AdSense and banner advertisements.

• • Site URL: https://jobsintheoilpatch.com/

• • Niche: Oil industry jobs

• • Age: 2 years

• • Sold for: $55000

• • Monetization Method: Google AdSense and Banner Ads

• • Traffic Sources: Social Media and Email List

• • Traffic Volume (avg. last 3 months): 85876

• • Monthly Profit (avg. last 3 months): $1701

Revenue and Profit for the Last 12 Months

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6. SpaceChariot

SpaceChariot is an eCommere dropshipping website that sells all kinds of hoverboards. But unlike many other eCommerce stores, they have published a lot of content and focus on email list building.

As a result, they drive most of their traffic from their email subscribers and by running Facebook Ads.

• • Site URL: https://spacechariot.com/

• • Niche: Hoverboards

• • Age: 2 years

• • Sold for: $25000

• • Monetization Method: Dropshipping

• • Traffic Sources: Facebook Ads and Email List

• • Traffic Volume (avg. last 3 months): 12,470

• • Monthly Profit (avg. last 3 months): $22873

Revenue and Profit for the Last 12 Months

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7. FlatOutSuspension

This eCommerce site targets a very narrow sub-niche in the automobile niche. It sells different types of car suspensions for some of the top car companies in the US.

• • Site URL: https://www.flatoutsuspension.com/

• • Niche: Car Suspensions

• • Age: 2 years

• • Sold for: $60000

• • Monetization Method: Dropshipping

• • Traffic Sources: Organic Search and Facebook Ads

• • Traffic Volume (avg. last 3 months): 30,232

• • Monthly Profit (avg. last 3 months): $4202

Revenue and Profit from the Last 12 Months

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8. GramUnion

GramUnion is a mini search engine for Tumblr blogs which helps users find trending Tumblr content and suggests new Tumblr blogs based on interests.

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• • Site URL: https://www.gramunion.com/

• • Niche: Tumblr Image Search

• • Age: 1 year

• • Sold for: $8500

• • Monetization Method: Google AdSense

• • Traffic Sources: Organic Search

• • Traffic Volume (avg. last 3 months): 2217939

• • Monthly Profit (avg. last 3 months): $412

Revenue and Profit from the Last 12 Months

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All of these sites sold for some serious cash, and they're all quite profitable. Even the strangest and most unusual niche could turn out to be a gold mine.

You can read about more successful sites in unexpected niches in the full post from NicheHacks.