Hair Color - Fetish or Niche?

[robin]

OK, I'm trying to wrap my mind around this...

Is hair color (redheads, blondes, etc...) considered a fetish or a niche? Or are they both?

[basschick]

some link lists and tgps list haircolor as a category. as far as fetish, hmmm... i'm sure many would consider it a fetish.

fetish, as listed on dictionary.com:
Something, such as a material object or a nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification.
or
An abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment; a fixation.

i know guys who only find men with one hair color sexually attractive, so i guess the second definition could cover it.

[robin]

some link lists and tgps list haircolor as a category. as far as fetish, hmmm... i'm sure many would consider it a fetish.

To put the question into context I was mulling over the options for listing a few sites at my links list.

My first inclination was to treat it as a category but then I was thinking that it might be more at home in the fetish section.

I've never thought of color as a fetish before but then I'm trying to figure out where your "average" surfer would be looking for or expecting said types of sites.

[Chilihost]

My first inclination was to treat it as a category but then I was thinking that it might be more at home in the fetish section.

when I think fetish sites, I think extreme stuff like bdsm, watersports, etc. I don't think of "soft" fetishes like hair colours, as a result if I had a thing for redheads I would never look in the fetishes category.

just my opinion as a surfer

cheers,
Luke

[basschick]

an option is to put redheaded hunks in hunks, blond twinks in twinks, and so on. when i did freckled girls as a niche most link lists and tgps just put the girls under babes.

[joneze]

I consider hair color to be a category.
If you were to get very technical everything could be considered a fetish.
Asian, Black, etc.
With a category you have a better focus rather then being jumbled in with the extreme stuff.
That I think most of us consider to be in the fetish area.

[Madame0120]

I've never thought of color as a fetish before but then I'm trying to figure out where your "average" surfer would be looking for or expecting said types of sites.

In the context of marketing, sure. Most surfers don't know a kink from a fetish. I'm tired of fighting simantics. So if I shot content of my hair, it could cross-sell to a variety of surfers? :penny:

Using feathers is kinky.
Perverted? The whole chicken.

[Lee]

Robin,

Strictly speaking, its a fetish however, if you are listing it so that people can submit sites to you, id give the hair color niche its own category, that way, they can list blondes, brunettes, redheads, ravens, etc etc.

The problem we have in the gay market right now, is there there are really only 3 sites that i know of to promote hair color, Amazing Blondes from Zooted, RedHeadGuys which is a BadPuppy site and, Blonde Buddies, which is one of the Condom Cash sites.

Ultimately, because of this, if you feel you'll be able to get enough listings to give it its own section on your site, do so however, id personally be more inclined to list it under 'misc fetishes' at least until we're able to see more sites developing in this area.

Regards,

Lee

[robin]

Robin,
Strictly speaking, its a fetish however, if you are listing it so that people can submit sites to you, id give the hair color niche its own category, that way, they can list blondes, brunettes, redheads, ravens, etc etc..

Interesting take - thanks Lee.

Nope, I don't accept submissions anymore -- just want to try and keep things organized.

The problem we have in the gay market right now, is there there are really only 3 sites that i know of to promote hair color, Amazing Blondes from Zooted, RedHeadGuys which is a BadPuppy site and, Blonde Buddies, which is one of the Condom Cash sites.

Yep that was my other problem -- I'm currently signed up for the latter 2.

I'll come up with something this week -- I can always change things around later; I've done that before.