I certainly don't mean to say you're even remotely 'stupid'. It's just that I've been a birder so I know that this is an enthusiastic group and wanted to share that perspective.
As for what they buy, they do buy a bunch of things like books, binos, recorders, clothes, travel to those places etc. etc.
I have no idea if this particular TC50 company will execute well. And even if they do, whether they'll make any money at all. But you seemed to be questioning the very premise of such a site and I think you should reconsider that. Birding is not that small a niche within a niche... Perhaps a site for Latvian poetry that was written after the Soviet Occupation but before Gorbachev - that's a niche! Not birdwatching.
Sure, I could be wrong. It just seemed to stick out a bit. Do you think a social news site for birdwatching would be a hot acquisition target? or get a few million funding? or turnover millions in revenue?
I don't know about birdwatching... maybe everyone apart from me is doing it and spending a lot of money on it :)
Do you think a social news site for birdwatching would be a hot acquisition target? or get a few million funding? or turnover millions in revenue? - I have no idea. You might be right after all. I do think that if well executed, it is in the category of something people (birders) want.
When I was into it, I bought a few books, a nice pair of binoculars, took a trip to a National Park in the north of India in the middle of winter and often woke up at daybreak to watch birds. That last thing required real commitment. I guess we'll leave it at that.
As for what they buy, they do buy a bunch of things like books, binos, recorders, clothes, travel to those places etc. etc.
I have no idea if this particular TC50 company will execute well. And even if they do, whether they'll make any money at all. But you seemed to be questioning the very premise of such a site and I think you should reconsider that. Birding is not that small a niche within a niche... Perhaps a site for Latvian poetry that was written after the Soviet Occupation but before Gorbachev - that's a niche! Not birdwatching.