Lately, I’ve been really thinking of creating a website project that I can monetize to my fullest capability. Reading about the success of WhateverLife.com has inspired me to start my own project, and for about the last week or so, I’ve been thinking of ideas for a site that would make me as much money/exposure as possible.

But the hardest thing has been finding a niche/theme for the site. For WhateverLife, the niche/target audience is any girl that uses MySpace. This is quite brilliant because the target audience is pretty much endless. Teenage girls are always looking for new layouts/graphics/whatever to show off on their page. It’s like buying new clothes for their personal page on the web. Except these clothes are free. So I have been thinking about large target audiences and since I don’t use MySpace and the fact that Facebook’s only customization is their applications, a site based off of a social networking site would not be the best idea for me.

So I have been thinking about my hobbies/things I enjoy the most, but the site needs to be somewhat unique and original because there are so many websites on the web it is really hard to distinguish itself from the rest of that particular niche. I have come up with a couple ideas that I think might work but I am not totally sure. Nothing has come across me as a sure-fire winner. I guess that is the ultimate struggle for internet entrepreneurs; separating yourself from the rest.

So I’ll keep thinking about more ideas, and maybe start a project in the near future to see how far I can take it and learn from my mistakes. This sort of thing interests me to a great extent. And no, to me it’s not just about the money. My site getting hits and exposure and knowing that what I made is getting through to other people is a great reward in itself.

For me, the site needs a good amount of originality though to make an impact. If your idea is great and other people copy you, which is inevitable, at least you were the first of your “kind”. People will remember that.