Well, it’s been a little over a week since I set up my first Build A Niche Store.  The niche for that first store was something I was very familiar with.  For anyone who is thinking of getting involved with BANS and finding that first niche, look into yourself and find something that you know very well.  This method helps you determine if the niche you choose has the potential to be profitable.

I put up the first store in under an hour.  I did a little bit of on-page optimization, but I have done virtually no off-page optimization.  The keyword I chose does attract a good number of searches per day (although it’s under the 300 threshold I like).  Nevertheless, I went with this niche because I know it very well, understood the market, and, thus, I was confident that a store built around it would generate some passive income.

I checked my EBay Partner account this morning, and I found that some change has finally trickled in:

Build A Niche Store good start

Now, I know that 43 cents is not a lot of money.  Heck, I know that 43 cents probably won’t buy me a soda.  But that’s not the point. 

The issue is that I threw up this store in under an hour, and I customized the colors a bit, which took me another half hour.  I did nothing else.  The site has a boring header, and it honestly doesn’t look very professional.  (I’ll eventually make it look better.)  

Yet despite all that, I made money.  And I made it without actively selling to someone, buying or holding inventory, shipping a product, or providing customer support.  Now that’s passive income.

Time will tell if I can make more than 43 cents with this site.  But I’m confident that, with increased search engine optimization (both on- and off-page optimization), and a nicer-looking template, I can make a good chunk of passive change off this site and with any other site I throw up with Build A Niche Store.

And if I can do it, so can you.  I highly recommend getting started with your own Build A Niche Store today.

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