find your own niche

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max_lynxSenior Member
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#1Feb 13, 2022, 11:36 AM
how can you make cash? just give people what they want. but what if your talents don’t really align with what’s trending? then create your own niche and start a whole new industry that might catch on. the cool part is you’ll be the pioneer, so there won’t be much competition at first. all the customers will flock to you because your product or service is something fresh and unique. you’ll have the market to yourself for a while until others catch up.
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im_bullSenior Member
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#2Feb 13, 2022, 01:22 PM
Creating, developing and establishing your own niche in business is difficult but rewarding. This is one of the ways of building a business with that will face less competition. To be successful in starting this new business line you would have to be passionate since it will come with lots of hardwork, disappointments and criticism.  It is your love for the business that will keep you going when it seems you have no support. Most of the inventors of some important products were mocked and turned down by investors, banks and several customers. The with patience and conviction that it will succeed they continued. The sweetest part of creating your niche is when you idea have received public acceptance. Since nobody is offering such good or services, you enjoy monopoly and control the market for a long time. Before competitors will begin to copy your style and coming into the business you have made so much money from the business. Even when the business gets saturated you will still control a greater part of th3 market.
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miner2011Senior Member
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#3Feb 15, 2022, 09:01 PM
In today's time, with the technology we have now, even if we haven't discovered our niche yet, if we just remain observant and want something, we're sure to suddenly discover the niche we desire. And one of them is probably using AI technology to generate a source of income in this era. Because honestly, social media platforms alone can already greatly help us in fact, even just by creating content about what we know ourselves, we're sure to find joy, and right here we'll immediately discover our niche.
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the_k1ngSenior Member
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#4Feb 16, 2022, 01:07 AM
It's easier said than done, but there are always new or developing niches out there. It's even harder these days because as soon as a product starts trending there will be a hundred factories in China that pivot to push it out at an ever cheaper rate (people will sometimes ignore low quality if it fulfills the purpose). The way you can distinguish yourself is through "added value", some sort of personal touch, or guarantee, or connected service that it is harder for others to replicate easily. A product manufacturer might be able to crank out a clone of simple, or even sophisticated items, but they might not be able to get the software configuration just right like you can. Definitely aim for an area you already have passion in, as you can use your passion and knowledge to dominate.
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5h4rd_2015Full Member
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#5Feb 18, 2022, 07:37 AM
Hi OP, that's an interesting idea and a great hope. It would be best if it came from the minds of today's young generation, who are more energetic and enthusiastic about creating new jobs after graduating from college. It's not just about graduating, getting a diploma, then applying for government jobs. If you don't pass, unemployment will increase. At our age, we can only find additional income and are often constrained by the need to care for and maintain family finances, meaning we have more responsibilities than those who are still young and fresh in their minds. This means that what they learn will provide greater value for themselves and others who need it. In my opinion, education and skills must be integrated and met to maximize their potential.
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john42Full Member
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#6Feb 18, 2022, 10:37 AM
Creating your own niche is still a workaround on what is in demand, with a different approach to solving the problem that needs attention. You cannot create a niche to solve to proffer a solution to a non-existing problem, unless you want to create one yourself and bring a solution to solve it which is not different from exploitation. Before creating a niche, you must first understand the problem and then go ahead to create a solution to existing problems using a different and better approach, such that would penetrate the market and become a leading competitor to the already established markets. It is still possible to create a niche to solve perceived future problems based on the direction technology is going, just as the world is drifting towards AI, you can come with an application of AI that would be in need in the future and before the world gets to that level you are already having a competitive advantage over companies who would slowly try to adjust to the new demands. You could make lots of money in it and established companies would be willing to pay any amount to buy your company instead of starting afresh to build the upgrade themselves.
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ryancoinMember
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#7Feb 18, 2022, 01:40 PM
What the OP said is excellent, encouraging everyone to develop their skills instead of waiting for job openings that may not be a good fit. While we should be confident and build a niche market to provide new opportunities for others, we need to understand that starting a business requires not only capital but also other resources, such as government legality. As far as I know, if our idea or innovation is well received by the public but not yet patented, it is at risk of being stolen by others.
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satoshi2020Senior Member
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#8Feb 20, 2022, 01:44 AM
Not easy to do as it is easy to say, creating your niche is not easy to do because many people are also thinking deeply and coming up with something that they can create that is new. But the creation of your niche is not more important than understanding how it will be demanded for where you want to launch you business. You don’t have to create your own niche or do something that has never been done before, if you see a creative niche that is successful some where but not in the place you want to launch your business you can copy it and add creative that fits your people, this has a great potential of rewarding you.
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HumbleC01nFull Member
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#9Feb 20, 2022, 02:24 AM
If your skills don't match what is in demand I will encourage you to take some courses that will enable you match atleast one of those skills which are in demand, that is one of the fastest way to add value and earn in our current society. Although starting your own niche can be very rewarding but the reality is our industries today are already saturated  and if you manage to identify a unique niche, it's takes years of consistency, investment in advertising and other logistics to settle in. Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate your words of advice but it isn't as easy as you've said in practice. What I will advice is that you go for a high demand skill that you are sure will settle your payroll, once you achieve stability you can then invest some of your earnings to the niche you've discovered, that way poverty won't mess around with you.
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yield_ninjaFull Member
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#10Feb 20, 2022, 03:29 AM
Given how nice it is to start your own niches, it should be at the back of your mind as a starter that it will take you a good number of time for you to be able to penetrate easily through the market because at first you will face a lot of challenges, especially from persons who are afraid to patronize you because they are scared of your product as they are first timers, so trust becomes another angle to it, then the ability for you to keep on going if there is probably a low patronage. If huge capital is being invested in a business and there is no seemingly equivalent return on investment for a period of time, it damping the morale of the investor, so can you still be steadfast as investors. so these are some of the things you need to look at if your going into a business as a first timers, because it's not really a roller coaster situation as you will definitely face huddles.
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HyperForkMember
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#11Feb 20, 2022, 09:05 AM
Rather than sitting around waiting for a job to open, it's better to start small, starting with the simplest ventures. If you don't have the skills and don't have sufficient capital, then the most feasible ventures are livestock farming and ranching. I don't think these jobs require specialized skills. With daily activities, your mentality and discipline will naturally develop, opening your mind to other ventures. I believe this is one solution worth pursuing if you're stuck with other jobs.
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w0lf404Hero Member
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#12Feb 20, 2022, 12:28 PM
And what determines the quality of a business in the early stages is how extensive your connections are. This is especially true if your environment doesn't support you in establishing a market for your business. Without such preparation, you'll only see slow or stagnant business growth for years. The key is to realize this basic fact. Connections provide unlimited access to various business elements, such as capital, customers, exposure, and partners. In other words, connections are one of the foundations of a business.
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shard_altMember
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#13Feb 20, 2022, 02:08 PM
I also agree with you, we all have a dream to earn money. But to fulfill this dream, we need endless money supply, currently it is becoming difficult to earn only with a certain amount of money from a job. So we have to think about other things besides this, that is why I am interested in starting a business along with a job for extra income, but I do not understand which business will be suitable for me, that is why I have made a list of the businesses I am interested in doing and I have seen the demand for these businesses in the market directly with the businessmen, and after knowing this, I have taken a decision. That is why choosing a suitable niche for ourselves is very important.
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CalmLordFull Member
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#14Feb 20, 2022, 07:02 PM
It is not an easy task to do, but it is possible. In the current era of innovation or in the productive market, it is not impossible to create your own niche to express yourself differently. But it requires patience and hard work. You have to gain people's trust with your services or show your product differently, if you can adapt yourself to creative thinking then this should not be a difficult task for you. But the biggest test is patience, where most fail. Those who succeed are able to achieve success in creating a personal niche later.
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wildkingFull Member
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#15Feb 20, 2022, 08:42 PM
Creating a whole new industry is something not many people would dream to dare because it requires a lot of brain power and personal sacrifice to get this done. You will have to deny yourself some comfort, so lifestyle and indeed anything that will stand as distraction to you. What discourage a lot of people from exploring this option is because you can put so much resources into it and still fail and fail again until you are frustrated. In other words, there is no guarantee that you will succeed, some people actually fail and give up while so continue to fail until they succeed. But the good part of this is that the reward is always big and can easily make one forget the sacrifice made.
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WildChadFull Member
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#16Feb 20, 2022, 10:24 PM
Creating your own product through your own industry is indeed a good thing, and this can only be done by people who have expertise in that product field. Because those who can't create their own products and industries will always rely on their minds and energy to be able to rely on others, or in other words, become workers for someone else. Everyone must understand that making money is not easy and always requires a process before we get it, whether it's in the form of wages or from the sale of products we create ourselves.
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lynx_2021Member
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#17Feb 21, 2022, 02:53 AM
walking in a path that hasn't been discovered has its advantages and but needs a whole lot of dedication, resilience and  consistency. It's easy for people to not pay attention to what is unknown as a new niche may be strange and unheard off. Making it frustrating for the creator, But with these attributes listed above any new niche can thrive.
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block2015Full Member
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#18Feb 21, 2022, 06:44 AM
Nothingis completelynew under the sun in creating your niche you will see that for every problem you are wanting to solve, ther is an existing solution, only that you may just improve the existing solution, the only way you can probably get something completely new will be to create a new kind of problem and then you consequently provide a solution, this is an elit strategy by the way. They either create a new problem or spot one with an existing solution and then offer to give solution to such problem, there by creating a niche wherein they are the only people there and if it ever has to branch out, they become the parent source of solution for such a case. Just like I said earlier Nothing is really completely new, just think of a better way of addressing a current solution and you could creat for yourself a new niche out of such.
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GigaLaserFull Member
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#19Feb 21, 2022, 08:44 AM
That's a really hard niche to find, to be honest. Creating such business model that is unique and could actually sell to your target market is a huge risks like putting a bet on a sport where you're looking to get an upset against a heavily favoured team. Which rarely happens. In terms of service, I can't think of anything unique, but you need to know it all. Like when you're in a customer service, speaking 2-3 language is a unique skill and will normally have bigger salary.
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matrix2014Senior Member
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#20Feb 21, 2022, 01:03 PM
Except you have a power or monopoly the resource, it's almost impossible to build your own niche. You invent something new, then you publish it in order to make people to know your product. If your product could harm the government e.g. you invent a new technology where you can produce a fuel with water, the government will hunt you because it would harm their business for selling fuel. If you're not rich and don't have a power, a rich people can create the same product like you with different names. Which mean, your product aren't able to grow because there's always someone who try to hijack it.
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