Continuing on with our gift website business idea, how about a website with lots of homemade gift basket ideas?
If you read Business Idea #65 -
Gift Idea Website,
you might remember that the last keyword listed from our WordTracker search was gift basket ideas with a demand of 105.
This means that about 105 people each day are searching for gift basket ideas.
And that’s just one wording of the search term.
Check out all the searches for variations of the search term “gift basket ideas”:
240 homemade gift basket ideas 131 gift basket ideas 35 gift basket making ideas 15 gift basket ideas for men 11 make your own gift basket ideas 10 christmas gift basket ideas7 ideas for gift basket 7 inexpensive gift basket ideas 7 margarita gift basket ideas 6 gift basket ideas to make yourself 5 $15 gift basket ideas 5 gift basket theme ideas 5 sewing gift basket ideas4 baby gift basket ideas 4 corporate gift basket ideas 4 gift basket ideas for a bridal shower 4 unique gift basket ideas 3 bachelor party gift basket ideas 3 holiday gift basket ideas 3 ideas gift basket for charity auction 3 non food gift basket ideas 3 themed gift basket ideas 2 fun gift basket ideas 2 get well gift basket ideas 2 gift basket ideas for auction 2 gift basket ideas for guys 2 gift basket ideas for teens 2 gift basket ideas women 2 gift basket raffle ideas 2 kids gift basket ideas 2 wedding gift basket ideas
Now when you look at these numbers you see that around 240 people are searching for homemade gift basket ideas every day.
And the demand for the search term gift basket ideas has gone up from 105 to 131.
All in all if you add up all the numbers from WordTracker you'll see that over 500 people each day are looking for gift basket ideas.
But it gets even better!
This idea has so much potential that I decide to do a search with the Brainstorm It Keyword Tool from my favorite website builder
Site Build It (SBI),
and the number is even higher with 11,998 people looking for the search term homemade gift basket ideas last month.
That's not including all the other keywords mentioned and there would be many more if you start looking for other variations of each keyword.
The Brainstorm It tool also tells me that the supply (the number of "real" websites that are providing content for this search term) is only 497, which in the internet world is a drop in the bucket.
That's one of the things I love about the SBI Brainstorm It keyword tool, even though Google may say that there are thousands of competing websites for this search term, SBI weeds through all these sites and tells you only how many actually are of value and would be your competition.
And the profitability potential for this idea is very high according to Brainstorm It.
Now of course these numbers are going to fluctuate daily and monthly according to the number of searches, but just looking at these numbers should get you excited.
There is a big demand for ideas for gift baskets, and lots of great keywords to find ideas for and build content around.
Just look at the variety of ideas people are looking for, Christmas, inexpensive, margarita, bachelor, baby, wedding , themed, and on and on.
And even though the numbers are smaller for these keywords, there is a great variety of demand and lots of inspiration here for a great website!
Now if you have a creative side, and would love to come up with great ideas for gift baskets you could
build a website
showcasing different gift basket ideas.
Website building is one of the best home based business ideas and perfect for work at home moms.
But you have to have a good idea and gift baskets are always popular gift ideas. People love receiving them, it’s like receiving a little treasure chest.
So how would you make money with a website like this?
With affiliate marketing of course!
There would be a number of ways to do this. For instance, let’s say you were putting together an autumn gift basket idea. You might suggest wine, apples, cheese spreads and crackers.
Add in some cider and hot cocoa mixes and recommend lining the basket in a colorful fall plaid napkin and including some themed mugs.
Now when you mention cheese you could recommend some specialty suppliers of cheese such as Wisconsin Cheeseman.
This company has an affiliate program through one of the largest affiliate program managers -
Commission Junction.
You would sign up with Commission Junction and apply to become an affiliate of the Cheeseman.
Then whenever anyone who visited your site and liked your gift basket idea went to the Cheeseman site to purchase some specialty cheese, because of your special link that you used on your site to send them there you would receive a commission on their cheese purchase.
And you can do this with a multitude of different suppliers.
Think about the specialty items you could recommend and the sources you could find for them. And you could also find resources to save your website visitors money too.
Perhaps you have some candy gift basket ideas. Candy Warehouse is another company with an affiliate program through Commission Junction. You could recommend them as a site to find lots of different candy for gift baskets and save money too.
And you would receive a commission of the visitors purchases through your link.
If you really start thinking about the possibilities for this idea you will get pretty excited.
Not only can you make recommendations about the gift basket contents, but how about fun linings, beautiful ribbons and unique baskets and other containers?
Besides finding suppliers of these items, you can also send people to eBay for deals. eBay has an affiliate program too, and you could send people there to find lots of great baskets and containers, along with great deals on fabrics and ribbons.
You will learn everything you need to know about building a website and making money from it with affiliate marketing.
To add even more value to your website you could also add articles about how to tie ribbons, where to find unique containers for gift baskets such as yard sales and flea markets (besides eBay), and so much more.
And you could add Google Adsense ads to your sites to bring in even more income.
Now one thing that will really make your website stand out would be pictures.
You should actually make up the gift basket examples yourself and photograph them.
This would involve some expense, but you could arrange to sell your finished baskets at small boutiques, shops or galleries in your area to recoup your cost.
You could also sell them to friends and family, donate them to fundraisers and use them for your own gift giving purposes.
This would give you some local exposure for your website and if you wanted to you could have an add on gift basket business and sell your baskets locally and/or take orders for custom gift baskets.
But the beauty of this home based business idea is that you don’t have to do any direct selling if you don’t want to.
All you have to do is put your creativity to work and provide great gift basket ideas, resources and recommendations, along with inspiring photos on your website.
As far as internet business ideas go, I think this is one of the most creative and fun ideas you could pursue.
And if you use my favorite website building tool SBI and follow their action guide faithfully, your website traffic will start to naturally grow.
And the income will follow!
Be sure to read my article
What Is The Best Way To Build A Website
to compare the options you have in building a website, and to learn why I wholeheartedly recommend Site Build It.
