Niche stores can be a great way to make money on the Internet. Thousands of small businesses have discovered that BANS (Build a Niche Store Script) is an inexpensive way to introduce their products to new customers and begin to generate a cash flow.

The problem, as even inexperienced users know, is that the Build a Niche Store script gives you only nine pre-made templates within the administrator.  There are thousands of BANS, and nearly all of them use one of those nine pre-made templates. Each store looks very similar, and merchants have a difficult time differentiating themselves from the masses.

Perception is everything when it comes to sales, and if my store has the same layout, color scheme and set up as every other store, it looks to my potential customers as if I have the same, dull products as they find at every other store. I need to have a site that makes my store look atypical and unconventional so customers pause, look further, and take time to discover what I have to offer.

That’s where the product, That’s where the product, “Build a Niche Store Premium Templates” can step in and help out.  By altering the code on the Ebay template, Ian Fernando’s product provides up to nine different templates for a BANS stores and up to 18 different themes for a BANS website.

Demo Template #1

Most storeowners aren’t computer experts, and have no interest in or knowledge of code and programming. Still, we want to give customers a reason to stop at our site and see the unique products we are selling. For those of use who fit this description, these Premium Templates provide an answer.

Using the templates is a breeze, and I found it an easy process to install them. Anyone who runs an Internet retail site has enough point and click, download and upload knowledge to quickly get them up and running.  It only takes three simple steps:

• choosing and downloading the theme,
• uploading it to your websites theme directory,
• then choosing it to be your Template.

Demo Template #2

From there, it’s the same straightforward process to create your store and display your products as you’re already used to – your store just looks a whole lot better.

The point to this process is, of course, increasing the number of potential customers who actually become buyers on your site. These colorful and different layouts do drive more traffic to the store, and that’s going to mean more cash in pocket.

Demo Template #3

The best selling point to me is the 100 per cent satisfaction guarantee. If you’re not happy with the templates within thirty days, you can get a refund of your money, no questions asked, no debates or justifications, no problems. That’s the kind of business I like to be, and that’s the kind of business I want to do business with.

It’s getting harder and harder to stand out in the BANS business. These Premium Templates are simple and effective way to get that unique look that will show customers that your store is something different, and something that they’ll like.

Have you tried these templates? Speak your mind and leave a comment.

Ebay Partner Network

My Ebay earnings dropped from $300 a month to a low of $195.18 last month. I think a lot of this is due to the lack of spending on luxury items.

Pepperjam Network

My PPC campaign went fairly decent. I spent a total of $50 and made $110for a profit of $60. I was playing it safe. This was with only 1 campaign on 1 search network (MSN). I pretty happy that I ended up in the positive for both programs.

Here is the break down;

Ebay Partner Network: $195.18

Pepperjam Network (PPC): $110.00

Adsense: $12.14

Gross Income: $

Costs: -$50

Net Profit: $267.32

Not bad! That’s with all sites on auto pilot, with little to no SEO. I’m still working to improve each of the 4 BANS and PHPBAY sites I’m currently running.

Let’s hope that next month is much better!

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New niche marketing idea-scion xb accessories.

Hey everyone. I hope the niche marketing ideas I provide help in some way or another. I came across this niche market this morning and wanted to get it out to you before I leave for the weekend. I’m going to keep this post short and sweet. Here we go!

KEYWORDS:

“scion xb accessories”

• 3,600 Searches Per Month
• 2,190 Competing Websites

Here are some products I’ve pulled up from ebay. This is to show you the potential BANS site you could build from this niche market.

Let me know what you think.

Some of you may remember my previous post about trek bicycles. The post just explains how bicycling is very popular and can be a profitable niche market if you play your cards right.

Well, I’m here to tell you that I’ve found another niche idea from the Trek bicycling market. It deals with Trek bike frames. This is great because each frame costs hundreds of dollars and that’s excellent especially if you are an ebay affiliate.

There are plenty of ways to profit from Trek bike frames. You can;

• Build a BANS(Build A Niche Store) site
• Create a review site
• PPC ads
• Article Marketing.

I’m sure you have other way to generate income from this niche market idea. Here are some keywords to help you out.

KEYWORDS:

“trek frame”

• 1,300 Searches Per Month
• ONLY 5,140 Compeing websites

“trek frames”

• 320 Searches Per Month
• 1,300 Competing Websites

“trek bike frame”

• 170 Searches Per Month
• 367 Competing Websites

“trek bike frames”

• 140 Searches Per Month
• 200 Competing Websites

“trek bicycle frames”

• 73 Searches Per Month
• 60 Competing Websites

“trek road frame”

• 28 Searches Per Month
• 191 Competing Websites

“trek road frames”

• 22 Searches Per Month
• ONLY 5 Competing websites

All numbers are generated from Google. If you add these numbers together then you are targeting a potential 2,053 visitors a month.

You could build an entire BANS/website around trek frames. BANS will also provide fresh content for the keyword term. I would hurry and jump on this niche market before it gets saturated!

If you’re like me and have been using BANS (Build A Niche Store) for a while, then you know that finding resources is vital to your affiliate success.  Many of you BANS users may already know about The Niche Store Builder The The Niche Store Builder is run and owned by Mark Hansen.

Mark Hansen has been around website development since 1994.  His skills revolve around web application development and search engine positioning strategies, specifically focused on e-commerce in ASP/VBscript.

Mark created The Niche Store Builder to help individuals learn and apply the necessary skills needed to run a successful eBay affiliate website. Though this community is built around the BANS script/software.  There are plenty of tips and resources any affiliate marketer can use and benefit from.

Mark provides a ton of quality content.  From the basics of uploading files to step-by-step tutorials showing you how to run a successful affiliate website in 12 weeks. Mark’s content is truly valuable.  Not only will Mark show you how to fix bugs and errors,   He will also show you how to succeed with BANS.

Mark also provides solutions to some of the most popular questions with integrating WordPress and BANS.  He provides step-by-step videos showing you exactly how to implement BANS with WordPress. Mark provides these detailed step-by-step videos on his blog free of charge.

That’s the one thing that blows me away about Mark.  Most other webmasters/Internet marketers would charge an arm and a leg to access these videos.  Mark provides all this plus outstanding interaction and support for free.

Make sure you check out www.thenichestorebuilder.com

Great job Mark and keep up the good work.

I just wanted to share my ebay affiliate income for July 2008. I run about 5 BANS sites which are NOT fully SEO optimized for the search engines. I do have one site that is okay but still needs a little more optimization for certain keywords.

Now let me remind you that I used the same methods (longtail keywords) that I provide on this blog. I don’t do anything different. I just optimize each page according to my research, add content, and find backlinks. I also write an article or two and add it to ezinearticles.com for a little link love.

Here is the break down of my income;

July ebay affiliate income = $241.90

Yearly ebay affiliate income (since the April 08 EPN switch) = $741.02

My goal is to have 10 fully optimized BANS sites that are generating a combined total of $2,500 per month by December 2008. It’s a short term goal that I think is reachable. I’ll be posting frequently to keep you posted.

Be sure to check back often for new niche marketing ideas and tips.

Here is another new Niche market, RC airplane kits.
There are plenty of kits available to promote on ebay if you decide to build a BANS site for this niche market.

I don’t have much time but I wanted to get this post to you today, so, I’ll keep it short.

You can find some rc airplane kits on eBay to promote.

KEYWORDS:

“rc airplane kits”

• 1,600 searches per month
• 6280 competing websites

“rc plane kits”

• 1,000 searches per month
• 5,130 competing websites

“rc airplane kit”

• 880 searches per month
• 16,700 competing websites

“rc plane kit”

• 390 searches per month
• 3,100 competing websites

If you optimize your blog or BANS(Build A Niche Store) around these keywords then you can have a potential 3870 visitors to your site per month.

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Laser range finders are gaining popularity. The hunting/outdoor industry has been booming by providing high tech gadgets at affordable prices. Gadgets like hand held GPS systems, laser range finders, and digital binoculars. These few items have helped numerous hunters navigate through the woods, range their targets, and even take digital pictures of birds or game.

However, today we will focus on the Bushnell laser range finder. Laser range finders are a little hand held device that you would use to measure an objects distance. You just aim the little reticle at the an object and fire the laser. The laser then measures the distance between you and the object.

There are plenty of ways to profit from this niche market.

1. You could create a BANS (Build A Niche Store) site around this niche market and use the keywords I provide.
2. You could create an informative blog or website to generate traffic for adsense or, sell advertising slots on the blog/website.
3. You could create a Squidoo lense and write information/reviews for Bushnell laser range finders.

Those are just some ideas to think about when establishing your niche. Now it’s time for the best part, the keywords.:wink:

KEYWORDS:

“bushnell yardage pro tour rangefinder”

• 1,600 searches per month
• 3,870 competing websites

“bushnell yardage pro scout rangefinder”

• 720 searches per month
• 4,200 competing websites

“bushnell yardage pro trophy laser rangefinder”

• 720 searches per month
• 4,500 competing websites

“bushnell yardage pro tour laser rangefinder”

• 2,900 searches per month
• 4,520 competing websites (not a lot of competition)

“bushnell yardage pro sport rangefinder”

• 720 searches per month
• 4,540 competing websites

“bushnell yardage pro scout laser rangefinder”

• 4,400 searches per month
• 6,700 competing websites (again, not a lot of competition)

“bushnell rangefinders”

• 880 searches per month
• 12,700 competing websites

“bushnell rangefinder”

• 2,900 searches per month
• 18,200 competing websites

“bushnell range finder”

• 5,400 searches per month
• 16,700 competing websites

I would HIGHLY suggest you build a BANS site around these keywords, along with a few more different keywords. BANS sites generate fresh listings everyday, giving you fresh content, and we all know Google loves fresh content.

I’ve searched ebay and found some Bushnell range finder products you could promote. You can also search other Bushnell range finder model types and generate a keyword list to promote those as well.

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I was looking through my old Army footlocker and found my hand held gps. I bought it right before I deployed to Iraq. I’ve got to tell you. For a commercial device, it worked wonders.

Hand held GPS devices are gaining popularity. Many people are starting to get into geocaching . Geocaching is basically like a treasure hunt. You plot way points into your gps then try and locate a box that contains an item the person before had left. You then replace the item with something, keeping the item before. For more information about Geocaching visit here.

Again there are many ways to profit from this niche market. You could create a blog around Geocaching and promote GPS systems. You could also create and informative adsense site or create a build a niche store on gps systems.

Now for the cake. Keywords are in no particular order, make sure you view them carefully.

Keywords:

“garmin gpsmap 60csx handheld gps”

• 33,100 searches per month
• 19,200 competing websites
• PPC $0.05

“etrex handheld gps”

• 18,100 searches per month
• 31,400 competing websites

“garmin etrex handheld gps”

• 18,100 searches per month
• 46,900 competing websites

“garmin gpsmap 76csx handheld gps”

• 9,900 searches per month
• 9,470 competing websites
• PPC $0.05

“garmin gpsmap 60cx handheld gps”

• 8,100 searches per month
• 18,000 searches per month
• PPC $0.05

“explorist 210 handheld gps”

• 2,900 searches per month
• 10,200 competing websites
• PPC $0.05

You could find most of these items on ebay. I’ve searched ebay and found lots of sold completed listings , making this a profitable niche market. Check out the screen shot below.

I hope this info helps! Until next time.

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