What do you think is a high market niche right now?

[Darren06]

In terms of building a site from the ground up with no money to invest except for hosting and the domain, what do you think can grow rapidly and earn alot money right now? Whats popular on the internet? My brain is on stand by :(.

[Jonathan]

I think original gimmicks are the way to go, as shown by milliondollarhomepage. Original is the hard part, the gimmick is easier. But I think if you come up with something original, you get into the media and then your site is gold for a period while hundreds of imitation sites appear.

You could be one step ahead by having a script of the gimmick for sale. For example, if the creator of milliondollarhomepage had sold copies of a modified version of what he uses on his site, he could have had some additional huge earnings.