I think you suffer from Paralysis by Analysis (I am saying that based on this thread and several other similar threads over the years). I suffer from exactly the same thing, so I can totally relate. I have several excellent domains from 95-97 that I never developed until now. My reasoning has always been that a great domain needs a large player developing it with large marketing budget. In my case I needed to forget marketing budget, forget large players partners, and just start developing great domains gradually.
In your case, you don't need to worry about competition. There is always room for small players to compete with large players if small players have a great domain and virtually no costs. It does not matter that your competitor has 100 times more traffic than you. You can still make a great living if you have virtually no costs.
If you were to design a boring-looking site like craigslist that links to 10-20 useful sites in a couple of hundred categories, I am sure your traffic will be at least doubling each year, mostly from repeat visitors. And you can find 20 useful sites per category in 2-4 hours of surfing the web.
In your case, you don't need to worry about competition. There is always room for small players to compete with large players if small players have a great domain and virtually no costs. It does not matter that your competitor has 100 times more traffic than you. You can still make a great living if you have virtually no costs.
If you were to design a boring-looking site like craigslist that links to 10-20 useful sites in a couple of hundred categories, I am sure your traffic will be at least doubling each year, mostly from repeat visitors. And you can find 20 useful sites per category in 2-4 hours of surfing the web.
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