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Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsBusiness idea?
HI,
Im starting to think about idea or somethi8ng like that.
Im doing a lot of research . I know that my skill required is HTML/CSS, PHP and probably wordpress.
So I came up that I can do it this way: +News/content site -ads +Forum discussion/game website - membership/ads +my knowledge and sell it - charge/membership/ads
I researched to use google key words tool.
Also find a NICHE. NICHE? Affilate marketing , popular niche , sell products that is doing well. Take most popular products and develop maybe my on same idea.
So that's some idea . What does developing NICHE mean anyways? my own?
And could somebody explain me this better? What could I do it or sort it out? I mean , lets say my knowledge is in martial arts and motivation . So ill make a website about this? or if I want to sell phone cases design, ill go on amazon or ebay and look for best designs and then try doing something like it?
Also how cani make a -commerce site? I got an idea and I have fb page etc.. making a log in/membership with fb ? make a list of the e-commerce site? clothers / cars/ houses etc..? and then put the search filter on side and posts like facebook in every single on ?
Could somebody give me an idea about how can I start doing somehtng that its cool engiojable and alsoi could make from it too meaning the key words etc..
3 Answers
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 PointsWhen someone describes a business as Niche or having a Niche Market in marketing terms generally means that it a business that is specifically tailored for a certain part of the market.
Lets say for example you sold hammers, there is a large market for hammers but lets than say you sold hammers that were designed to be specifically comfortable for left handed people and were made of rubber so that they do not cause cosmetic damage to the surfaces they are intended to hit.
If nobody else is widely providing an hammer that is made of rubber and designed for left handed users it is a niche in the hammer market.
An E-Commerce website is just a website that trades in products or services using the internet (For example eBay and Amazon, Team Treehouse is also an E-Commerce website as they trade in educational services on the internet).
The best advice I can give you if you are planning on starting an online business/E-Commerce Website is to have good content that people will actually want to buy or view.
"Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration." - Jeffrey Zeldman
Chris Wiley
11,327 PointsA Niche is a sliver of a pocket in the market that is underserved in your area that you will specialize in. For example: there are many judo dojos in your area so you open one that focuses on women's self-defense or MMA. You could do it by website with a series of videos that go into increasing levels of detail a more ads are accepted or memberships/subscriptions are purchased. Ecommerce inclusion to a site you build will be covered as part of completing the business track.
Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsThank you both for your answers, really helped. I did get more idea from Ashley but the other one gaved me idea too (I'm on phone) .
I do understand it now. Thank you very much. One of my idea comes from milliondollarhomepixels.com. But also wanted to do a news kind if website where I got 10k ppl on fb and we'll one of my knowledge about martial arts too. But I believe it's a lot of work just to do one.
The technique is called leverage i think, instead of inventing next facebook, sm1 will just take an idea nd carry on.
I'm trying to learn about social promotion and how all this works. Since I got an idea, but when I sat in an empty, small, quite room for 4h, all my time, i was lost. I thought I can stastart property but I guess Im not sufficient with my knowledge in the business part i believe nor how to put it well in website.
I'll have a think about it all. Thank you for help nd clarifying me all :)