David Fiske Affiliate marketing & web development musings from Fiske Towers

In deciding what else I can invest my time in, I suppose it would be worth looking at what other affiliates are doing with their time.

Using Lee McCoy's website as a starting base, I will take you on a magical mystery tour of sample websites and determine which markets are therefore probably best to leave along (at least in their raw form - niches should be OK).
 
Lee runs Pink iPods. He advises to avoid electrical as they do not generate enough money.

James Little runs Unfair Bank Charges. bank charges is a popular topic at the moment but there may be too much media attention to make some decent cash from it.

Keith Bond runs Baby Names and Meanings which earns money through baby retailers and Google AdSense. Babies can be expensive things and so there is an opportunity to make recurring revenue. But is there too much competition for this subject?

Jason Dale of Loquax success generates affiliate revenue through competitions.

And I end with Kieron Donoghue. Not because I want to but because I have to - affiliates are very reluctant to publicise their sites on their blogs (though this is where I would have thought the best publicity comes from). Kieron runs UK Offer (a directory based upon affiliate products), Mobiles (listing mobile phone deals), Mobile Ringtone (a ringtones site), Credit Card, Poker, etoys, Poker Online, Bingo and UK Loans.

Out of all these sites, Kieron is the only one to offer an insight into how successful he is, judging by the car he drives!

In summary, it is probably best to avoid these types of sites (unless you can develop a niche and there is an untapped audience for this niche):

• Bank Charges
• Babies
• Consumer electronics

It appears this post may not have been as insightful as I thought it would be. Affiliates appear to be quiet people who do not like to brag about their websites.

Off to the drawing board for some niche ideas!