Hey nichemarketers & nicheseekers

We've reached the end of April and have now been up and running for about 3 and a half months. Which means it's time to stop stuffing our faces with chocolate eggs and hot cross buns and begin the April Round-up! Here's what the nichemarket team have been up to in April.

What is the round up all about?

In a bid to show you that we are indeed community focused and want to be as open and transparent with South Africa we will be posting monthly summaries of how our services have improved and what's been happening on nichemarket, so you never miss out on vital information. We're not like other startups and tech business where we want to keep things shrouded in mystery, and we're happy to share our progress with all of you.

We realise we cannot grow without the support of both nichemarketers (business owners) and nicheseekers (consumers) and would like you all to feel part of the nichemarket community.

Summary for April 2019

Website performance summary

Visitor performance

• 58 194 Visits
• 89 989 Pageviews
• 46 585 New Visitors to the site
• Average time spent on site per user 5 minutes and 29 seconds

User Signups (nichemarketers & nicheseekers)

• 283 new user accounts created

New Businesses added

• 173 business

Most Viewed Business

• Nizaam Auto Spares
• LIVEX Software
• Party PA
• Newleaf Health & Wellness SPA
• ETM Event Function and Hire

Top 5 Categories

1. Construction & Home Improvement
2. Automotive & Vehicles
3. Retail
4. Freelance
5. Entertainment & Party

Most popular business search terms used

• Music
• Fashion
• Boats

Geographical breakdown

A break down of where our visitors are coming from in South Africa

• Gauteng - 51%
• Western Cape - 34%
• KwaZulu-Natal - 9%
• Eastern Cape - 3%
• Free State - 0.83%
• Limpopo - 0.81%
• Mpumalanga - 0.59%
• North West - 0.51%
• Northern Cape - 0.27%

New features

• We now have a category listing page live. You can access a full list of all our live categories from the header and the footer menus.

Partnerships & collaborations

• Netpeak Software: nichemarket partners up with SEO software auditing company NetPeak Software to help you get the best out of your website with improved SEO reporting. Netpeak gave nichemarketers 20% off their subscriptions in April.
• Shopify: nichemarket partners up with eCommerce Site Builder Shopify to help you get the best out of your website by allowing us to manage multiple Shopify sites. 

Special thanks to

Personal shout-out to my business Che Kohler who has done a smashing job of keeping the ship running while I have been off on maternity leave. He continues to impress every day. 

Guest Bloggers

Thanks to the following guest bloggers who have contributed valuable insights towards the nichemarket blog over April:

• Chloe Bennet - Post: 10 Amazing Jobs For Older People
• Sizakele Nene  - Post: Why I Hate Millennial Ads
• Nora Mork - Post: How to Write an Effective App Description That Generates Downloads
• Matt Price - Post: How Co-working Office Spaces Are Beneficial For Startups
• Ashley Li Tang - Post: 5 Reasons Why Fashion Brands Introduce New logos
• Ujëbardha Bekolli - Post: How To Expand Your Restaurant Outreach by Using Social Media
• Khanyi Moshia - Post: Why Your Marketing Does Not Impress The Born-Free Generation

List your South African business for FREE

Create your free business listing on nichemarket. The more information you provide about your business, the easier it will be for your customers to find you online. 

Registering with nichemarket is easy; all you will need to do is head over to our sign up form and follow the instructions. If you require a more detailed guide on how to create your profile or your listing, then we highly recommend you check out the following articles. 

• How to create a nichemarketer profile
• How to create a nichemarket business listing

Share your thoughts

What do you think of our performance this past month? What did you find most interesting about this month roundup? Do you have any tips and tricks we should be looking at? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve the site? Please let us know in the comments

Recommended reading

If you're interested in tracking our progress, then check out roundups from previous months

• nichemarket Round-up For March 2019
• nichemarket Round-up For February 2019

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