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also, certain niches may have limited time windows where it's relatively easier to make profits and/or there are no competitors active in it or only a few. afte

also, certain niches may have limited time windows where it's relatively easier to make profits and/or there are no competitors active in it or only a few. after this window, profits are driven down to commodity levels and/or a large number of strong competitors enter the same space and bite off some percentage or all of the market that was previously yours

derefr 16y ago
It'd be fun if, every once in a while, a post was just dropped on HN pointing out a time-limited niche as it begins. The result would be somewhere between a flash-mob and a gold-rush: hundreds of competitors popping into existence in the same space over the course of a weekend.
- davidandgoliath 16y ago
  Of which very few would survive 2 years. :p