Comments on: Weird Niche Wednesday: Halloween Costumes for Dogs

By: The Mom

The Mom — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:06:22 +0000

Thanks for the reminder… Halloween’s coming and we must dress up our pets! Are we nuts? Yup. Is it a marketable niche? Yup. What’s Einstein going as this year? 😀

Love Weird Niche Wednesdays!

By: The Mom

The Mom — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:05:37 +0000

I have to chime in here. You know what’s even funnier than dogs in costumes? Cats in costumes! Because cats don’t tolerate nonsense well, they always have a nasty look on their face. Ha!

Having worked at Drs. Foster & Smith (pet stuff) call center for a short stint, I KNOW pet people are CRAZY people. We LOVE LOVE LOVE our pets and spend huge amounts of money on them, sometimes on very silly stuff.

Yeah. If you can fit pet supplies of any kind in your niche, it will make $$$$!

p.s. On the Crazy Scale (based on my experience at the call center) here’s the ranking, in case you want to know…

4th place – dog people
3rd place – cat people
2nd place – fish people
1st place – bird people

Based on that info, maybe a bird costume niche would be your best bet. Ha!

By: Lisa Wells

Lisa Wells — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:52:10 +0000

I have two pugs so I’m always on the lookout for an inexpensive “Frank” costume (Men in Black). Love those hot dog costumes – I’m thinking one ketchup and one mustard.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:33:47 +0000

Oh, Einstein looks thrilled about that 😉 It’s definitely a crazy obsessive niche, there are even dog costume parades and contests in some places! Sadly, I don’t live in one of those places – Halloween around here is practically nonexistant, we don’t even have decent stuff for the kids to do let alone the dogs.

By: DeAnna Troupe

DeAnna Troupe — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:04:38 +0000

Those are simply adorable. If I still had a dog, I’d definitely want one of those.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:54:16 +0000

LOL… these are some funny costumes. My wife actually made some for the dogs a couple years ago. They were a hot dog and a tootsie roll. She made them out some sort of felt material. They also looked pretty funny.

By: Lisa Marie Mary

Lisa Marie Mary — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:42:42 +0000

These costumes are so so so funny! I love Einstein’s – it is unique and one I haven’t seen a million times before – or ever! And it might just be one that wouldn’t bother the dog so much – and still let you have your fun! So how does Einstein feel about it?

Shrek and Yoda are way too funny, as well!

By: Sheila Atwood

Sheila Atwood — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:58:29 +0000

This is a great niche….I think just about anything pet or dog would be. I saw a ferret show on TV where thousands of ferret owners go and compete. The ferrets were dressed up in costumes too.

In fact my neighbor always has her dog dressed up

This niche looks like a lot of fun.