What to sell online in 2018? Perfect eCommerce niches

13/06/2018
  • Would you like to end this year with your business in full performance? We are going to tell you what to sell online in 2018 in perfect eCommerce niches.

  • Are you still wondering what you can sell online in 2018? We share with you a handful of perfect eCommerce niches to start your digital business in the second term. 

  • Why eCommerce niche?

  • It is a no secret that the market trend goes towards hyperspecialization to stand out against the competition. 

    The market situation is what it is: it is getting more and more saturated and horizontal marketplaces have increasingly more presence presence (even Amazon is launching its own brands in order to become vertical). Faced with this situation, anyone who starts a new project has to bet on two strategies if he wants to succeed: 

    • Having an almost unlimited financial capacity that allows to get to the level of the large players in the market (objectively this seems little feasible). 
    • Bet on profitable niches with a lower saturation index and ROI possibilities in much lower period of time. 

    ECommerce niche strategy has some obvious advantages in addition to a more controlled investment. It also means to point better when it comes to segment, it is more feasible to gain SEO traffic in a medium term and PPC prices are more affordable. 

    Most of us are in the second stage so we are going to focus on it and discover a few interesting alternatives. 
  • Searching for niches in 2018

  • I could send you directly to services like Google Trends or Trend Hunter or advise you to keep trying with what is in trend, turn them into keywords and check the monthly volumes of search to get an idea of the possibilities. Basically this is the tactical procedure, but unless we add a minimum of the strategy to business definition we will be acting without thinking.

    I would recommend you consider niche research always from a very user-focused point of view, its needs, motivations and lifestyles

  • #1 – Needs

  • Something very specific, that user is concerned about and that is not being covered or not sufficiently. 

    It does not have to be something significant, just something to make life a little bit easier. This is always a good idea because we are going to make a space in his little heart. We will not be seen as a seller but as a friend who has given him a hand with something. This creates a very interesting link and offers many possibilities for future loyalty. 

    A good example of this is Tallerheels.com. They have a simple web page but that sells thanks to their excellent choice of product and segmentation. Basically, they offer height insoles and insoles that increase users height several centimeters discreetly. 

    Notice that I said users because the segmentation is not just for short people, it adds a gender component to the segmentation. Many short men or having difference in the length of their legs feel have a complex, so they look for a solution that is essentially negligible. 

    On the basis of this insight, they have started their business. From the product, obviously, to communication (do not miss the logo), the content marketing, the acquisition strategy, ... everything is designed by and for the niche of online store (and it should be like this if we want to make it profitable). 

  • Just take a look at the product sheet to realize who is aimed and what cases it can solve (beauty and health). 

  • #2 – Lifestyle

  • Anything having a component of passion makes a niche more profitable. If purchases associated to a specific lifestyle also involve that irrational component, they will make us buy without feeling guilty, if anything almost collectors. 

    Craft alcoholic beverages, especially beers, are a good example. There is an emerging market that has been growing at an exponential rate for years. In 2018 the eCommerce niche of craft beer will keep on being more than interesting. 

    The issue is not only to sell beer. We should take into account several aspects: the manual labor, quiet or slow consumption (these beers break the pattern of consumption of small beer and olives) and the craft made. There is an ecosystem that we can explode (courses, merchandising, subscription boxes...).soloartesanas.es is a simple and well stocked web regarding product and services.

  • As you can see, they have many of those lines of business that we have told you about. Bottles of beer sold both individually and in packs or subscriptions, kits for making your own drink and all kinds of accessories. 

    In 2018, there is also a niche with many similarities to that of beer that will be booming: specialty coffee, almost all said fits perfectly with this segment

  • #3 – Social awareness

  • We can also find the opposite case: ultra-rational niches, involving a certain militancy or awareness with different causes. We can go from sustainable to healthy, through any initiative which goes beyond a certain corporate responsibility. 

    We can talk about ethical trade but you should not necessarily go there. There is a very interesting current which refers to eco-responsible consumption, products that have a durability at the opposite end to the obsolescence and that are not quickly replaced due to wear and tear. They are products built to last, from a bottle to a pair of shoes or a travel bag. 

    I like the example of Datsuara Gear that has used hemp to a different use. Everything in this project give off storytelling but, behind a very interesting exercise in brand. The result is products made with raw material quality, natural processes and durable products (although another type of industrial articles were added over time). 

  • Seriously, it is worth taking a look at this company´s motivation which began as a job opportunity and a change of lifestyle of its founder. Martial arts give a spiritual component to the business and commitment with its original product he feels so proud of. The positioning of the company and the responsibility with its employees become, although indirectly, in a sales pitch. 

  • Did you find this post inspiring? Which eCommerce niche are you going to launch? Which one do you think will stand out the rest of 2018?

  • Images | Fotolia and linked trademarks. 

Laia Ordoñez


Laia Ordóñez is a copywriting & eCommerce content marketing expert. She is Content & Marketing Manager at DueHome, a copywriting & content independent advisor, and Oleoshop's blog's editor-in-chief.

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