Furthermore, find out the user-demand or interest for your niche. Apart from reading your blogs and viewing relevant content about your niche, the audience, at the same time should be willing to buy the products that you recommend. This is an important criterion to get sales and make your efforts purposeful.
However, if you have a favorite tool of your trade, a must-have gadget that will make your readers’ lives easier, or a high-quality recommendation that you’re sure people will be thrilled with, go ahead and offer it. Niche shopping — Product Review Mom (parenting), Compost Mania (gardening), Roemer’s Workshop (hobbies), Pinch of Yum (food) Tech or gadgets — Engadget, Gizmodo, Craziest Gadgets Cool stuff — This Is Why I’m Broke Advantages Once you have an established blog, companies may approach you and offer you free products in exchange for a review. (You should always disclose this, as it could be seen as a conflict of interest.) If you can afford to purchase products on your own in order to test them, you’ll be seen as a truly objective reviewer. Disadvantages Commissions from e-commerce stores are usually a lot lower because of the overhead, so you’ll have to sell a whole lot more products to make a decent income. Buying products so you can review them before promoting them can be expensive. Offer physical products only under certain circumstances: They’re directly related to your blog topic and something your audience absolutely needs. They’re not commodities. Specialized and distinctive products from e-commerce stores reflect better on you, boosting your reputation and credibility.
