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Guess what? Today’s niche was again, inspired by something that happened in our family. A couple of weeks ago, I presented research on Road Trips the day after my son arrived home form Canada. Yesterday, he had  PRK Eye Surgery (photorefractive keratectomy), a type of laser eye surgery used to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and/or astigmatism. I think it’s an awesome niche, so let’s dig in.

Top 10 Highest Paying Keywords(from the Google keyword tool)prk eye surgery $5.04

wavefront prk $5.01

custom prk $4.94

prk eye $4.91

prk surgery $4.46

prk laser eye $4.30

prk laser vision correction $4.19

prk laser surgery $3.96

prk laser eye surgery $3.90

prk versus lasik $3.62

Bonus:

prk vision $3.18

prk laser $3.16

prk lasik $3.00

lasik and prk $2.43

lasek prk $2.35

prk vs lasik $2.27

photorefractive keratectomy prk $1.76

Top 10 Most Searched Keywords(all phrases are exact matches in Google)prk eye surgery 8,100

prk vs lasik 1,900

prk surgery 1,600

prk laser eye surgery 880

prk recovery 880

prk lasik 480

prk lasik 480

prk eye 390

prk laser 390

prk laser surgery 390

*photorefractive keratectomy 720

Bonus Phrases with searches between 46 and 260 exact searches a month:

cost of prk
custom prk
lasek prk
lasik and prk
prk healing
prk laser eye surgery recovery
prk laser vision correction
prk procedure
prk treatment
prk versus lasik
prk vision

Resources

I would say the best resource for this is a local ophthalmologist: offer him a free listing  on your site, and pick his brains about all there is to know about this surgery (and others, especially lasik :))

Another resource are people who went through the procedure, and family members of those who went through the procedure.

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Possible Affiliate Programs This is one niche where Amazon.com doesn’t have too much. but you can get creative and still use it (keep reading and you’ll find out how, under the monetization).

Monetization Suggestions

Adsense has very good payouts, but there aren’t a lot of advertisers for the specific key phrases. But, if you expand into lasik surgery, as well as other types of eye procedures, there are plenty of ads, and the payouts are even better (as high as over $10).  Would you like to attack the lasik niche? Use my keyword research service.

There isn’t much affilatae monetization for this niche, but you can be creative and come up with some offers for the people who went through this surgery. Think about it: someone wearing prescription glasses, could never wear sunglasses. So  once they have this corrective surgery, they’ll be looking for some fun, cool, trendy sunglasses. Create an affiliate sunglasses store on your site.

What are other things these people weren’t able to do? Snorkeling, swimming, etc. Come up with an angle to introduce all these things they weren’t able to do before and offer it to them.

You can also have a section for contact lenses: many people are researching this procedure, but are not ready to do it yet, or can’t financially. Offer them an alternative until they can get the surgery.

The best monetization for this niche would be to create a very informative site that attracts potential candidates, and then create a directory of doctors who can perform the surgery. Offer them a listing in your directory for a price.

Here are some domains available to buy today: they are all lower searched for phrases, but very specific.

costofprk.com

prkcomplications.com

prkhealing.com

prklasereyesurgeryrecovery.com

prklaservisioncorrection.com

prkprocedure.com

prktreatment.com

prkversuslasik.com