AdSense Niches
Ringtones, Cingular Ringtones - *** Niche
Ringtones is the niche I got interested in about two months ago after listening to Shoemoney. I can’t say that ringtones are easy to make money with. I’ve tried a few angles like free ringtones or free ringtones downloads.
I’ve played with ringtones+artist name (like Madona ringtones). But all I got was penny clicks. I finally figured out that the best way to pay with ring tones is either by mobile phone operator + ringtones (ie Cingular Ringtones) or cellphone model + ringtone (like Nokia Ringtones or Samsung Ringtones).
PLUS, this is the only niche I had to do some heavy duty ad filtering, because most ringtone ads that were displayed on my sites were ads for ringtone affiliates and they paid next to nothing.
CRM Software - ****+ Niche
CRM software is pure gold. I’ve been involved with software and shareware since 2002 and I don’t know too many software niches, like customer relationship management software, that are obscenely profitable with AdSense.
It just happens that I co-own one of the first shareware discounters ever called Deprice.Com (if you need cheap shareware, that’s the place to go). And because we have a searchable database of 15000+ titles, I occasionally stumble upon a niche that brings more profit from AdSense than from affiliate commissions (that’s not typical at all. Actually that’s exceedingly rare).
Hospital Equipment - *** Niche
Hospital equipment is a rather broad niche that I am currently working with. So far, it provides decent results. First, I tried particular types of hospital equipment, namely MRI machines and X-Ray machines, but the average payout was still less that a quarter per click.
Usually, the pay out increases as you go from general to specific. But in case with hospital equipment I found the opposite to be true. The niche of hospital equipment provided better results than any particular subset of the niche.
I’ve also noticed a lot of ads for refurbished hospital equipment and used hospital equipment, as well as ads for hospital lab equipment. I’ll look into these further, if I have time.
Criminal Record, Criminal Record Search - **** Niche
I have discovered the criminal record search niche by promoting a website called RegistryRecords.Com. This site allows you to search criminal records, as well as other types of records, on practically anyone in US.
Not that I was that much interested in criminal records. Quite the contrary that 75% commission on each sale was the thing that got my attention. To make the long story short - I’m not making much money from the sales, but Google seems to love criminal records. (Not the first time Google saves my butt from financial misery.
Distance Learning - **** Niche
Distance learning is a read hot niche. Thank you, Pete, for suggesting this niche (hey, finally I’ve got readers to submit their ideas to me). Distance learning is certainly a winner and I don’t think I’d ever try to play with it, had it not been for Pete’s advice.
Anyhow, getting education, diplomas and degrees online is very popular. So popular, in fact, that it’s estimated that diploma mills alone make over $500 million a year in US alone.
Can you image how big the legitimate marketing for distance learning has to be? Probably in the billions. And certainly you can claim a few grand of that distance learning pie.
College Textbooks - *** Niche
This is most likely a seasonal fluke, but I see rather strong earnings from the pages that display ads on college textbooks. Textbooks are outrageously expensive so many students don’t shop at their on campus bookstores and look for cheap or used textbooks online.
As far as I could see, all textbook ads were from textbook stores and not MFA sites. My guess is that bids aren’t that high to attract this crowd. So if you are quick, go ahead and try college textbooks and see how it works out for you. I’m pretty sure that once the school starts, the textbook sellers will cut their ad budgets, but that yet remains to be seen.
Grants, Government Grants - *** Niche
Yes, government doesn’t just take your money, it also gives it away in the form of grants. There are so many government and state grants, that there are dozens of companies that publish hundreds of books about how you can obtain a government grant for school, business or just about anything else.
Go ahead, go to Amazon and enter “grants” or “government grants”. You’ll see a long list of publications, like
Foreclosure - *** Niche
Foreclosure is one niche I’m watching closely. It doesn’t quite yet provide the payout I am accustomed to, but I think this one is a potential winner. Here is why.
Real estate bubble is deflating! The number of foreclosed properties was already pretty high last year and it’s likely to increase this year as home sale slow down and rates go up. This would increase the number of properties in foreclosure and pre-foreclosure and this niche is very likely to benefit.
So, what are some of the foreclosure niches you might want to look at. First, there are geographical niches, like Michigan foreclosures or San Diego foreclosures. Second, there are different types of foreclosures, depending on who financed the deal, like bank foreclosures or HUD foreclosures.
Selfstorage, Self storage - *** Niche
I haven’t seen selfstorage on any high paying keyword lists (one of those days I should experiment with that niche itself), but selfstorage surely worked for me. No dollar clicks, unfortunately, but the average is still fairly high and CTR is great.
I got the idea for this niche from one teleconference call I listened to several months ago. This guy (sorry, I don’t remember the name) who used to own four self storage locations in the past got a brilliant idea. He knew that the owners of self storage facilities spent a lot of money on advertising, since he was one of them.
So he approached several big self storage companies with a proposal that he would sell leads to them and get paid only for sign ups. I think he managed to get 20 bucks for every contract signed.
Computer Forensics - **** Plus Niche (Almost Five Stars)
Here is how I stumbled upon computer forensics niche. Me and my business partner run a small domain business. Basically, we check for popular books or products sold through Amazon or eBay and see if domains for these products are registered or not.
Last week we bought a domain for a book called Break No Bones. It’s great book about a forensic archeologist and a series of mysterious occurrences that happen to him, after he uncovers some ancient bones. I won’t give away the plot, just take my word for it - get this book from a book store or a library, you won’t regret.
