Niche Market: Expand Your Dating Pool via the Internet

With the advance of technology comes many advantages. One of the most significant for daters is the geographic expansion of dating potentials. This is especially good for people who appeal to a specific niche market.

Imagine if you live in a very small town with a limited population. It’s pretty easy to exhaust the dating pool there if you went to elementary school with every current single in town. This is particularly hard if what the person looking for/offering is unique (be it the love of tofu ice cream, early chamber music, or kinky positions).

By definition, a niche market is a small pocket of demand, but “those who love it, love it a lot.” The problem is finding that person who has a matching preference becomes very much a numbers game. Going online is the best way to beat the odds, because no matter what your preference is, you could find someone out there who is into it too*.

Of course, I’m not saying that you should go for someone on the other side of the world, because it’s very hard to make things work if you have to be on the plane for twenty hours for your very first date. But we’re not in the age of traveling to see your honey on the horse for five days either. So use your judgement regarding the limitation of your geographic range.

*Unfortunately, the internet also attracts a lion’s share of sexual deviants who otherwise would never meet up. I mean, swingers are one thing (it’s a personal choice and all), but pedophiles are quite another.  Now THAT’S one niche I would hate to see buzzing with activity!