Another excellent example of fulfilling a unmet need comes from Steve Loyola from BestWebBuys.com. Steve designed a site that enabled people looking to buy books and music CD's online to search for a title of a book and then display all online stores that sell that book listing them in order of least expensive to most expensive.

Online book and music stores are not new to web but Steve saw a need with in a niche that was not being met...so he met it. Steve figured out a way to meet this need and make money from it by signing up as an affiliate with sites he lists. He simply provides a search tool to help people find best deal and by doing so his site has now become more popular than some of them he lists.

I want to share with you one last example that you may find helpful when it comes to developing your own business online. Bob Bingham and Jeff Swearingen saw a need in a highly competitive market that was not being met. These two entrepreneurs designed TheGift.com to be a benefit to gift buyer by helping them choose right gift.

Giving a gift is a very personal thing and it can be somewhat frustrating so Jeff and Bob made this process much easier by designing their site in a way that actually assists gift buyer. You can easily select a gift by using their handy GiftFinder tool, or shop by department, relationship or occasion.

I asked Jeff his thoughts as to why his site has become so popular, he simply replied.

"It's an unmet need. Most e-commerce sites are like a department store, which is a lousy way to select and send a gift".

When developing your business online you might want to ask yourself if you are meeting needs of those who are visiting your site. You may not be first one to meet this need but you may be able to do it better than anyone else.

7. The List. Simply create a list of resources for a much needed topic. Suppose you were looking for places to advertise your ezine. As there are many places to do so it would be much quicker to purchase a list already created. Consider these products: "56 ways to accept credit cards with no merchant account" and "Ultimate Ezine Promotion" Both products are simply lists of resources, but they sure did make my life easier!

8. The Newsletter. This is also a winner. Create a subscription that you sell access to. Decide on frequency. Perhaps weekly or twice weekly. Then create a newsletter on a topic that either provides them with more knowledge of subject or resources to help make their life easier pertaining to that subject.

9. Templates. These are best. They certainly save both time and money. Especially if it is something that is time consuming or difficult to learn. Create templates that user can customize to fit their own needs. For instance: customizable web templates, ebook cover templates, fill in blank sales letters or auto responder follow ups, Java scripts, and cgi-scripts.

10. Tutorial. Once again for every subject to be learned there is someone who needs to learn it. Create a tutorial teaching a task or process to someone. You could provide diagrams to help illustrate process. You could create a screen cam of yourself performing same task using Lotus Screen cam http://www.lotus.com/home.nsf/welcome/screencam

Or create a movie or talk someone through process using RealProducer http://www.realnetworks.com/products/producer/index.html

With thoughts in this article and thoughts in your head, you now have everything you need to create your own products. You have everything you need to continue to create them. What comes next is up to you. I hope I have given you a good start.

Here are a few final thoughts. Some of best products start from here:

Create products that you need and have not been created yet.

Study products created by others to stimulate ideas and improvements.

Write about your own experiences and how you have accomplished something.

Most importantly look inside yourself. There is a great product in everyone.

I wish you every success!