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Roast my site, please

It's a very simple site. Hopefully it will succeed in conveying the added value.
Very curious about the opinions!

https://www.mynextniche.com

on January 18, 2023
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    I like the name of the product and the domain name.

    The front page is so empty, I thought the website was glitching and I tried to reload it to see if it then loads completely.

    In my opinion, it doesn't make sense to have three pages when you only have content for one. You should consider having one page with all this information instead.

    The typography looks like one from a magazine, not sure whether it's fitting in this context. I don't like the "exploit your niche" pitch. I see what you are trying to do by using a strong and shocking word like that, but it's not working for me. I don't want to exploit anything.

    Not sure whether I like the Niches section. It's just a long section of niches and when you click any of them, you get a generic, short "about this niche" summary but all the other data has been blurred out. Again, I see what you are trying to do. You are trying to tease me into signing up to reveal this blurred out content. But it's not working because I don't know anything about what is being blurred. This kind of tease works only if you show me something valuable and then blur out the rest to make me impressed with the data you already showed me and then that makes me want to buy the get the rest.

    I just understood that you are showing data of one niche, woodworking. In this case, the UI should be redesigned to reflect this. There is only one niche that one can get data from without signing up.

    If you are asking me $99 per month for one niche - Does this mean I can get data on one new niche every month? Or, I choose one niche, pay you, and that is all I ever get? The pricing page doesn't say which one is it.

    Going back to the very empty front page, my main question is relating to your pitch about "become an authority in your niche". The question is: Why are you an authority? Who are you, actually? What do you know about niche research?

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      Thank you! Got me thinking.

      I've changed a few things for now:

      • Typography changed. I'm not a designer but I think it looks better now.
      • I removed the 'niches' page and replaced it with a 'reports' page. For these reasons: 1. I make it clearer that the data is updated every month. With this change I hope to make subscribing more logical. And 2: I can show a complete (but outdated) report for each niche so that you can form an impression. But if you want recent data you still have to pay..

      I still need to update the new reports page and of course add more niches. Let me know if you have any more feedback! I found this very useful.

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      Ow, I also dropped the 'exploiting' :D

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    Ok, here's my thoughts.

    The product seems a little early since even the demo product "Woodworking" isn't fully completed.

    Although I wouldn't pay for blog article ideas, (which sound like GPT results) and without knowing the search volume of those ideas, I'm not sure how'd I'd use it. Finding niche affiliate programs is neat though. (although - why pay monthly for that?)

    However, I'd be willing to pay for a "premium case-study" to learn everything about a single profitable business. This is probably a slight pivot from your current model, but it could be worth exploring.....

    I can see more value in paying for a complete "behind the curtain analysis" into multiple business models, similar to the way Starterstory.com works, but with even deeper research.

    For example, here's how a Woodworking case study could work:

    How this Master Woodworker makes over $500,000 per year

    He does it by teaching classes and selling custom wooden signs. (some for $100k!)
    Read some articles about Raymond Kinman, he's a legend!

    You can look at his calendar (woodcarverguru.com/product/retreats/) which is sold out for the next 18 months at over $1,450 per person.

    Then, you could offer ideas on how someone else could take it to the next level by doing Youtube videos and selling the pieces they make as pre-made products like Burnpile Designs (burnpiledesign.com/shop) has. Then they're monetizing the video content over time as well as selling the products.

    Just some ideas. :)

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      Thanks again Derek. I let your comment sink in a few days..

      I am now seriously considering pivoting to the starterstory concept. To be continued!

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      Valuable ideas! Partly I intended that for the competition page already.

      I just put a new version live in which I introduced 'reports'. Reports imply that the data is updated with each edition and that hopefully make subscribing a bit more logical to people.