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Ask HN: Is dating/relationship advice a big niche?

10 pointsby frankphilipsabout 11 years ago

8 comments

User9821about 11 years ago
What type of advice? User submitted content and advice (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/relationships" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;relationships</a>), or a site where you write articles about &#x27;the top 10 secrets to dating every guy should know&#x27;?<p>It is a big niche, but it&#x27;s also highly competitive, and you would be competing against people that are already well connected and established in the industry. I would say the chances of success are extremely slim.
mattmanserabout 11 years ago
Simple pickup are examples of guys who did it recently.<p>The darker, and more dollars, can be found at &#x2F;r&#x2F;seduction and darker still is &#x2F;r&#x2F;TheRedPill&#x2F;<p>Every few years there seem to be a fad about these things, HN used to have these pick up artist posts pop up regularly until about 2 years ago. I got the impression that there was a large SV contingent involved in the pickup artist scene which eventually spawned the brogrammer movement, though no-one openly discusses it.<p>Wild speculation ofc...
RealGeekabout 11 years ago
I know people who make $1 million+ yearly in affiliate commissions in this niche. There are many info products, membership clubs and networks with 7 figure revenue and few with 8 figure revenue.<p>Example: <a href="http://www.pauljanka.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pauljanka.com</a> makes 7 figures. Source: <a href="http://mixergy.com/dan-caron-member-mouse-interview/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mixergy.com&#x2F;dan-caron-member-mouse-interview&#x2F;</a>
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angersockabout 11 years ago
Judging by the advertisements on porn websites and lifestyle magazines online, as well as Cosmo and whatnot offline, yes.<p>It&#x27;s one of the most reliable sources of trouble for people, one that transcends language, culture, and time.<p>As long as you have somebody who is lonely or getting less action&#x2F;attention then they think they should, you have a potential customer.
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thejteamabout 11 years ago
I think it&#x27;s so big a niche that it doesn&#x27;t qualify for the term niche.<p>It&#x27;s one of the biggest industries around. Large mainstream magazines are centered around it. TV shows are centered around it.<p>Not that there aren&#x27;t ways for individuals to make a lot of money of differentiating themselves.
AnimalMuppetabout 11 years ago
As others have said, yes, it&#x27;s big. But it&#x27;s also crowded. And it&#x27;s hard to be clearly better than the existing players. (Or at least, hard to be clearly better in the eyes of those looking for advice.)
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DanBCabout 11 years ago
Reddit and StackOverflow exist.<p>What would you do differently?
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omnivoreabout 11 years ago
How so?