Many years ago I read about a guy who created a website about the model railway niche which he then sold for a lot of money.
If memory serves me well, I think it was over $100,000 which is around £78,370 today. I’ve no idea what the UK figure would be then, it was over ten years ago.
I’ve always said that focusing on specific niches are good when it comes to building an online business, especially if that niche is evergreen meaning that people will buy products for many years.
Building model railways and playing with model trains has been a hobby enjoyed by young and old for many years, but it seems that it is now had its day.
I saw a headline last week which stated that a model shop in Liverpool was set to close because the number of people interested in buying model railway sets and parts had dropped to the point that the shop was no longer making a profit.
This is a good example that the likes and tastes of society change overtime, and that even something that has been a firm favourite for generations, must sadly come to an end.
What was once the must-have toy for young boys is no longer wanted by children today.
In a digital world of high definition CGI animation and computer games that have you questioning reality, model trains simply cannot compete. They can’t get a look in.
Why would children want to watch a train go round and round on a track when they can get lost in Star Wars and fly an X Wing fighter engaging in exciting dog-fights in space battling the evil Empire?
Children can escape the real world and immerse themselves into a plethora of magical and fantastical worlds.
A model train clickerty-clacking around a track just isn’t exciting to the new generations.
They would rather be attending Hogwarts having magical adventures fighting monsters and fantastical beasts than playing with a train.
The most excitement you can get with a model railway is when you swap a passenger train with a goods train… oh wait, no… I forget…
The most excitement you can get with a model railway is when a model car or model person falls onto the track and you have to quickly switch the train from one track to another to avoid a terrible accident.
So, yes, if you want to build a business around a niche topic, I do suggest that you find an evergreen subject to work in… but also be aware that times change and some popular and long-lasting niches will eventually come to an end.
I’m not saying that there aren’t people who still buy and play with model railways, there may even be a few young children doing it, but those people are getting older and will soon die out.
It could soon be nothing more than something that is shown in museums and documentaries about a bygone age. It may soon be confined to history.
However…
There is something that I believe will be popular forever…
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Sports and Gambling
Obviously, countries change over the years, empires and superpowers come and go, so it is possible that humans or countries may evolve to the point that gambling is frowned upon by the majority and banned, but I don’t foresee that happening any time soon.
Humans have been gambling since they learned that they could.
I imagine Neanderthal hunters would bet nuts and berries with each other on whether Groc would slay the sabre-toothed tiger before Grunt, or vice versa.
Gambling seems to be part of human nature.
Don’t ask me why, I don’t know.
Some people enjoy the buzz of gambling more than the actual winning, whereas others prefer to use it as a way to make easy money.
The people who like to use gambling as a way to make easy money, do so by using a system.
Systems turn gambling from a game of chance to something that has a greater probability of succeeding.
For example, a game of chance would be to have a two-car race with matching Lamborghinis that both have new identical engines and are driven by twins who have the same record of driving success.
There’s no way of knowing which car is going to cross the finish line first.
But what if the race was between a brand new highly tuned Lamborghini driven by The Stig, and a clapped-out Fiat Doblo driven by a cautious 79-year-old woman who enjoys a small whiskey to steady her nerves before she hits the road?
You now have a good idea as to who is going to win.
Yes, life can occasionally throw curveballs that can derail winners.
The Lamborghini could suffer an unexpected and rare tyre blow-out or engine failure, the driver may suddenly be taken ill, or a deer runs out in front of the car causing it to crash.
But… they would be incredibly unfortunate and hard to predict.
So yes, there will be times when the expected outcome doesn’t happen, but it is the exception and not the rule.
Systems work out what the rule is, and they capitalise on them.
And that is what you will discover in the Z15 Easy Profit System.
The Z15 Easy Profit System recognises which are the best football games to bet on.
There isn’t anything too complicated to do, you simply make a couple of checks and decide on what football games you want to places bets on.
You don’t need to wait until the final whistle either; the focus is to get in and out as fast as possible.
Think of yourself as the SAS.
Find the weakness in the game and then get in and out fast taking a profit with you.
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The Z15 Profit System
Kind regards.
John Harrison.
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