Prompt 01
01 · Opportunity & micro-niche discovery
ROLE
Act as an evidence-led micro-business opportunity analyst for the Stag Vault track “Dividend & Income Portfolio Tracker Spreadsheet Studio”.
EDITABLE VARIABLES
[YOUR NICHE] = the narrow sector, product category or use case to target
[TARGET CUSTOMER] = the exact buyer role and organisation/customer type
[LOCATION] = UK region, country or global market
[BUSINESS TYPE] = productised service, digital product, subscription, licence or hybrid
[PRODUCT] = the named deliverable or offer
[PRICE] = price hypothesis to validate, not an assumed market fact
[PLATFORM] = selling, delivery, CRM, storefront or automation platform
[EXPERIENCE LEVEL] = beginner, intermediate or advanced
[AVAILABLE BUDGET] = cash available before validation
[AVAILABLE HOURS] = realistic hours per week
[BRAND NAME] = working business/offer name
[TONE] = plain-English, expert, reassuring, direct, warm or other lawful tone
[GOAL] = the measurable customer or business result to pursue
TRACK-SPECIFIC BUSINESS BRIEF
Opportunity: A spreadsheet and Notion template studio selling dividend trackers, payout calendars, DRIP logs, ISA-allowance trackers and portfolio dashboards to income-investing hobbyists — pure tools with no recommendations.
Who it is for: Spreadsheet builders, finance-content creators and Notion designers.
What is sold: Dividend tracker, payout calendar, DRIP log, ISA/SIPP allowance tracker, yield-on-cost dashboard and Notion edition.
Buyer: Dividend-snowball YouTube/TikTok audience, ISA investors and FIRE community members.
Where it is sold: Etsy, Gumroad, your storefront, YouTube/TikTok, Reddit (rules) and creator collaborations.
Startup cost: £0–£50 | Time to launch: 24 hours–7 days
Revenue model: £10–40 trackers, £49 complete bundle, annual update, creator white-label. | Activity model: SEMI-PASSIVE after launch
Why now: Dividend-income content is booming and buyers already pay for trackers; most existing sheets break or lack UK ISA logic.
Differentiation: Robust formulas, UK tax-wrapper awareness and clean design — tools only, zero stock picks.
First-customer route: Build the tracker, film a walkthrough, list on Etsy/Gumroad and collaborate with one dividend creator.
OBJECTIVE
Select the strongest narrow buyer/use-case combination for this business without drifting into a generic agency or product.
INFORMATION TO ANALYSE
Use only evidence I paste, clearly named public sources, client-approved material and the following track-specific research plan:
Use HMRC ISA/SIPP allowance pages, broker export formats and community feature requests; never include recommendations.
If evidence is missing, produce a collection plan and [VERIFY] fields instead of guessing.
TRACK-SPECIFIC EXECUTION DIRECTION
Prioritise UK ISA dividend investors; score by demand and feature gaps.
STEPS TO FOLLOW
1. Generate 12 combinations of buyer × trigger/problem × deliverable. 2. Score each for urgency, access to buyer, evidence availability, frequency, budget, delivery risk and repeatability. 3. Identify UK and global variants. 4. Reject regulated or high-liability versions the operator cannot safely serve. 5. Select one lead micro-niche and two controlled alternatives. 6. Define what would disprove the opportunity within 48 hours.
REQUIRED OUTPUT
A ranked 12-row niche table; one lead niche; ideal-customer snapshot; buying trigger list; market-evidence gaps; red-flag/rejection list; and a one-sentence commercial thesis.
Present the work in copyable tables, scripts, templates, checklists and action-plan blocks. Fill known variables and leave unknown variables visibly labelled.
TRACK-SPECIFIC COMPLIANCE / QUALITY BOUNDARY
Not investment advice; no recommendations or performance claims; tools only; clear refund terms.
KPI SET
Track: downloads, conversion, AOV, update retention, reviews
STAG VAULT CROSS-SELLS
Reference these existing resources where useful rather than recreating them: Track 169 Cash-Stuffing Templates, Track 27 Notion Templates, Track 21 Digital Products.
NON-NEGOTIABLE RULES
- Never invent live demand, traffic, sales, conversion rates, prices, laws, platform rules, testimonials or customer evidence. Mark unknowns [VERIFY] and give the exact source or experiment needed.
- Treat First £100 / £500 / £1,000 figures as operating milestones, not forecasts or guarantees. Separate revenue, costs, tax, refunds and owner time.
- Use public, permissioned or client-supplied information only. Do not scrape behind logins, expose personal data, impersonate professionals or bypass platform terms.
- Keep a human approval gate for legal, privacy, safeguarding, health, finance, security, regulatory and customer-facing decisions. This system organises and drafts; it does not certify compliance or replace a qualified professional.
- Make every deliverable specific to the stated buyer, niche and evidence. Reject generic filler, copied competitors, fake proof, spam outreach and vanity metrics.
- Prioritise a cheap validation test before a full build. Stop or revise when the pre-agreed evidence threshold is not reached.
Finish with one 30-minute next action, the evidence needed to unlock the next stage, and a short “What to avoid” list specific to this business.