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A lot of people have been asking me to post an update for my series on Building a Niche Minisite (Part 1, Part 2). I’ve gotten a ton of questions that I’m going to answer. I hope I don’t leave any out, but if I do don’t be afraid to contact me (or reply here) and let me know so I can put them up.

Isn’t this Niche Too Small/Old to Profit?

Probably. The thing to remember with popular release niches (games, movies, products) is that after the initial release and consumption, sales go way way down. For this reason it’s important to get in on these very small, targeted niches early. My Red Steel site was created too late to gain the benefit of the Wii’s launch which means it missed out on a lot of potential revenue. In addition, Red Steel got absolutely awful reviews; therefore, there’s a lot fewer people looking to buy the game now.

Are video game niches too small in general to profit? No. But they need to be created and marketed early. It also helps if the game you’re targeting is actually good.

I Don’t See Your Site Performing on Search Engines…

It’s not. In fact it’s not even indexed by Google or MSN. There could be a few reasons for this. I think it’s because just about all of the links to this site are links to the directory “netbusinessblog.com/redsteel/” rather than to “redsteel.co.uk”. This means “redsteel.co.uk” isn’t getting link love and therefore isn’t getting any search results. It should also be noted that I’ve done absolutely nothing to improve this sites rankings aside from the on-site SEO for demonstration purposes.

How Much Money is the Site Making?

Overall the site made $75 in January (mostly Adsense). The CTR was disgusting, however, which is obviously due to the non-targeted traffic it received from the article. I doubt I’ll ever have real data on this site since it was the example for my article.

This Was Just an Example

I’ve seen most of the off-site discussion about this article resulting in people creating only niche video game sites. I never said video game sites were the *best* niche. In fact it’s one of the lowest-paying and lowest-performing niches you could possibly target. I just had the domain lying around, and since it was getting some type-in traffic I decided to use it for the article. Please use your imagination when looking for niches. Utilize all of the tools I mentioned to find a niche that suites you.

I hope I’ve answered all your questions, and as I said before, if I left something out tell me. I don’t plan on creating another update on the Red Steel site ever, so now is the time to get the questions about it answered.

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