Editor’s note: This article was first published in September 2010. Falta1.com’s 1,700 registered users, its Granada-only coverage and its plans for padel and tennis are 2010 figures. Tuenti closed as a social network in 2016.
Some people think the social network business is already saturated and everything has been done. Big names such as Facebook, Twitter and Tuenti cover practically the whole market. Still, we have seen new business ideas break through with networks like LinkedIn and Xing, which are geared more toward becoming professional networks.
There is no doubt that the crisis and the lack of jobs have pushed people to use these social networks more, out of necessity. Well, not everything has been invented, and there are still opportunities to create social networks focused on a particular sector.
Without looking any further, today I came across a new social network built around sport. Camilo López, a 28-year-old from Granada, has created a province-wide social network. The site, Falta1.com, brings together football fans: people who know each other, or don’t, can get two teams together and rent a pitch to play a match.
The network currently has 1,700 registered users, bearing in mind that, for now, it only covers the province of Granada. That’s not many, but that’s how Facebook started. Given Camilo López’s notable success, he is now planning his first expansion of services, so soon they will also organize padel and tennis games. He hasn’t added any advertising to the site yet, so it isn’t making money, but that will come in time.
This is the idea for a new social network, and once again we can see that not everything has been invented. Social networks can still be created for different groups, such as lawyers, sales reps, gay and lesbian people, people living with HIV, people with obesity who want to lose weight, and so on.
Every profitable business starts with a good idea, so, once again, you could be the next entrepreneur with a business in the social network space.
Further reading
- Business ideas in social media management for companies
- Business ideas in leisure and tourism
- How to start a business with no money
- How to find business ideas
- The mindset of an entrepreneur
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