In this video,
we're going to be looking at my top 19 KDP puzzle book
niches on Amazon,
and we're going to be using the Helium 10 Chrome plugin to analyze these
niches. And in particular,
we're going to be looking at the number of search results.
We're going to be looking at the average revenue for these niches,
for the books on the first page,
and also looking at the best sellers ranks of the better selling books on the
first page as well. And there's some really interesting niches here.
Some I'd never thought of and some making more money than I would've thought of
as well.
So use this information as a starting point for your own niche research and
keyword research.
And these particular books are very good for themes and events.
And remember Q4 is coming up,
which is Halloween and Christmas being the two big events during that period of
time. These books sell very well during that time.
And all of these books are labeled in the timeline below.
So you can come back to this video or you can jump to whatever particular niche
you want to. And also I've done videos on some of these individual niches,
which I'll leave a link to in the description below.
And some of these videos I'm going to update in the near future as well.
So we've got 19 to cover about 30 seconds per niche.
So let's get on with it. Now, first of all, we've got the nonogram niche.
Now this is where customers build up images from grid references,
and there are 1000 search results.
Now we're going to be using the Chrome plugin as I mentioned.
We're going to be using the x-ray research module and we're going to filter the
results to exclude those sponsored products.
And I've listed these books in order of best sellers rank. So, first of all,
we can see that the average revenue per book is $137 with the
book with the highest sales, a revenue of $1,399. Now,
remember this is revenue. This is not profit or royalties that you receive.
So just as an estimate,
you probably expect about 30% of that figure as actual pure profit or
royalties, which you would receive. Now, looking at the best sellers ranks.
This is very interesting in that the top 11 books on this first page
have best sellers ranks of less than 300,000.
So books sell very well in this niche. Next is crossword books. Now,
understandably, we've got 10,000 search results.
So this is a very popular niche. So if you were to think of going into this,
you'd really want to find those sub niches that you could rank your books for.
And looking at the helium 10 results,
we've got an average revenue of an astonishing
$9,031 with the book with the highest revenue
bringing in $48,000 per month. And this is based off the best sellers ranks.
And I actually compared my books with this tool and actually it was surprisingly
correct.
And one of the reasons for the high revenue of these books is that they tend to
sell for higher amounts. Now, in terms of the best sellers ranks, these.
Are are incredibly low. We've got one thousand, two thousand, three thousand,
four thousand.
To rank on the first page for this particular niche would be very difficult.
And as I said, you'd want to find those themes,
sub niches and dig down to find those books that you could rank on the first
page for. Next one, we've got the secret code puzzle books.
This is where adults and kids can solve secret codes. Search results,
1000. That's good.
I always look for niches and for keywords with search results of 1000 or
less. Just found from personal experience,
I've got a better chance of ranking on the first page for those particular
niches and keywords. Average revenue, $92,
and the best sellers ranks start at 111,000.
And you've got three books here on the first page with best sellers ranks of
less than 300,000. Again, that's one of my criteria I use,
because I like to go for books where on the first page you've got
three or more books of best sellers ranks of less than 300,000.
It means these books are making sales or books in this niche are making sales.
Okay, next we've got the big niche, word search niche. 30,000 results. So again,
you'd want to find those sub niches and less competitive keywords for these
types of books. And on Helium 10, unsurprising,
we've got a large average revenue of $9,000 and the best sellers ranks similar
to the crossword puzzle books are very low indeed.
So this is a great niche to go into in terms of making money,
but is competitive. So again, you'd want to find those themes, dig down,
go down the rabbit hole of niche research and find those niches that are less
popular, but still bringing in decent amounts of money.
Next is the kakuro puzzle book and these are number arithmetic
type puzzles. One that I'd actually not heard of. Only 538 results.
So that's promising in terms of being able to rank on the first page.
And on Helium 10 has a surprisingly larger average revenue than I would've
thought of $334. Looking at the best sellers ranks.
we've got 10 here with less than 100,000.
And actually we've got quite a lot of books on the first page with best sellers
ranks of less than 300,000. With this tool,
you can also look at the review counts for these books as well.
So you do have books ranking on the first page with got one here with
only six reviews. So again,
a decent chance of ranking on the first page for this particular niche.
Next we've got the spot the difference books.
Now this has got surprisingly large number of search results, 30,000,
so very competitive. On Helium 10.
The average revenue is very large,
$3,677. And the best sellers ranks,
understandably, with those sorts of figures are very low as well. But again,
a lot of competition.
So you'd want to find those themes and sub niches within this niche. Next,
we've got the hidden picture puzzle book.
These are where we have pictures and within the pictures are tasks,
hidden objects, hidden items that kids and adults can look for.
Competitive with 8,000 search results. On Helium 10,
a surprisingly high average revenue of over $8,000.
And understandably with that amount,
we've got these low best sellers ranks here.
That is a jumbo book of hidden pictures. And if we scroll down,
we can see that all the books listed on the first page here have low best
sellers ranks again, a competitive niche. Next we've got the dot to dot niche.
I like this one,
particularly because the interiors are relatively easy to create and you
can do them with tools like Book Bolt, competitive 6,000 search results.
We've got an average revenue of $2,400, which is good.
And looking at the best sellers ranks, again, all these are very low.
So these are books that sell incredibly well and similar to the word search.
These books are very amenable for different themes and events.
So you can have things like, you know, Halloween theme do to dot books.
And I just spotted this one a dot to dot mandala, a mindfulness dot to dot book.
So that's obviously aimed at more the adult market. So my advice is,
if you are researching these,
have a look on that first page and then start to dig down spot books that look a
bit different and see if they are less competitive than those basic dot
too dot books that will rank on the first page for this very root
keyword. Next we've got cryptograms and this is where adults and children
solve these puzzles,
where they take what looks like a random string of letters and turn it into an
actual normal sentence. 1000 search results so not too bad at all.
Decent average revenue, $668. Again,
that would make average royalties probably of around the $220 to $230 mark.
Looking at the best sellers ranks. They look very decent as well.
And we've got what looks like about 15 to 20 books with best sellers ranks
below 300,000. So that looks a good niche to get into.
Next we've got word scrambles with 1000 search results,
which is good. And it's where you solve what again,
looks like a random collection of letters into actual words using
clues. And we've got here an average revenue of $100,
and we've got four books on the first page with best seller's ranks of less than
300,000.
So this is probably a niche that you'd be able to rank for relatively easy on
the first page.
And we can see also that the review counts for these books that are selling are
not particularly high. Next we've got anagram puzzle books.
Where as the name suggests you solve anagrams with only
269 results for this particular keyword, which is excellent.
And we've got a lower average revenue of $49 with three books
on the first page with best sellers ranks of less than 300,000.
Next we've got logic puzzles where you have to
solve these puzzles with a mixture of clues.
I have looked at these in the past and they are quite challenging to create,
but you'd have to create them yourself. Unfortunately,
there's no software that I know of that will enable you to create these.
Quite competitive 10,000 results, which is surprising.
What really surprises me is the actual average revenue, $6,000,
which is very high. And again, all these low best sellers ranks.
So these are similar in popularity to things like word search and crossword
puzzles, which you know, was something that surprises me, but very competitive.
Again, you'd need to niche down on this one. Next we've got maze books,
understandably, very popular. We've got 7,000 search results.
I don't have to explain to you what these books are and not surprisingly we've
got a high average revenue of over $8,000. And again,
all these very low best sellers ranks.
One of the things I do like about maze books is that you can get software to
create these. So creating the interiors, doesn't present a huge challenge..
But like all the other high competitive niches you'd want to find those less
competitive sub niches. Next we've got Sudoku. Again, understandably,
very competitive, 10,000 search results.
Unsurprisingly high average revenue of over $5,000 and looking at
the best sellers ranks again all very low because these books sell very well
and are very popular. Again,
this would be very competitive and you'd have to find some theme or idea,
do some research to find those less competitive areas within this large niche.
Next we've got code word puzzles, only 846 results,
which is promising. These look very similar to crosswords,
but you have to solve a code and then fill in the letters within the puzzle.
Now this one has average revenue of $140 and looking at the best
sellers ranks,
it looks like we've got around seven books is that with best sellers ranks of
less than 300,000. So this would be one that would meet my criteria.
I like to go for those books that not hugely competitive,
but just bring in regular sales. So on to the next, which is binary puzzles,
something I'd never heard of before with only 175 results.
Now I'm not overly sure what these puzzle books are about,
but it looks like they use binary code in some way to solve a puzzle.
They look very similar to Sudoku puzzles.
So I'm not sure if they're Sudoku puzzles, but in binary format.
Now this one only has an average revenue of $13 and only one book with the
best sellers rank of less than 300,000.
So this wouldn't actually meet my criteria,
but if these types of puzzles are your thing and you want to go into it,
then there's one for you. Next we've got tridoku,
which are Sudoku puzzles,
but in triangular format with only 616 results. But let's have a.
Look at what Helium 10 says.
Only an average revenue of $5 with the lowest best sellers rank of
230,000. So there's only one there less than 300,000.
Now before you actually dismiss these puzzle books or these particular puzzles
as not worth looking at, remember, there are people,
there are publishers that produce compendiums of puzzles,
so different puzzle types.
So you can use this information I'm giving you if you want to create those books
of mixtures of different types of puzzles.
So next we go over to nurikabe puzzle books.
I think that's how you say it anyway. 1000 search results.
This is one that I've seen before.
Average revenue of only $3 and all the best sellers ranks are
very high. So this is probably not one you want to go into,
unless you were creating as I say a mixture of puzzles and maybe have these
types of puzzles within that. And next we've got numbrix. Again,
this is not a puzzle I'm familiar with or heard of before only
201 results. I'm not optimistic about the Helium 10 results,
but let's have a look.
Actually slightly higher average revenue than I would've thought of $91.
And we've got a couple of books here with best sellers ranks of less than
300,000. So a niche that's not overly competitive,
but doesn't sell a huge amount either. Also with these less popular ones,
if you were creating a brand of puzzle books,
there may be a sort of type of book that you wanted to slot in there so that
people that have bought one particular type of book from you may actually go on
to buy something like this. So that's a lot,
that's a good starting point for your KDP puzzle book,
niche career. Now,
if you are new to this whole KDP publishing business,
then I do have a book publishing playlist on this channel,
which I'll link to right here. Thank you very much for your time.
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