Archive for 2009
Where To Sell Sites Quickly
I have had a few people ask me recently where is the best place to sell websites quickly when flipping sites. The answer to that is really no different than where to sell sites in general. Most of your website selling sites will give you the option of how many days you want to list your sites for.
EBAY
Let’s start by taking a look at Ebay. Ebay is my number one choice for selling websites. It isn’t everyone’s first choice but it’s mine as it is the place where I have had the most success. When you list a site for sale on Ebay you can choose to list the site for 7, 5, or 3 days I believe. Read the rest of this entry »
Are Your Website Getting Indexed?
If you are in the site flipping business then I’m sure that you want to do the right thing by your customers. So you wouldn’t want to be selling websites that have very little chance of being indexed or ranking well in the search engines.
When I am creating a new website, there is an extra step that I have now added to the process. If I don’t do this step then the website is probably not likely to get indexed so it is important that this step is done.
If you go into the admin area of your Wordpress website and in the left sidebar menu choose ‘Settings’ and then ‘Privacy’ you will see two options.
Is Site Flipping Easy Enough For Kids To Do It?
Recently my son told me he wants a PSP and so I’ve told him to start saving for one. Kids these days just expect to be given everything and I want my kids to learn the value of money, so perhaps if they can earn some money themselves then they might appreciate what they buy with that money.
As I have a site flipping business myself, why not teach my kids what I do. So is it easy enough??? My son is 11 and to be honest I don’t think he could do it completely on his own – not just yet anyway. I do think it is easy enough to start teaching him though but I will teach him in stages.
Firstly, he is going to learn how to create the templates that I use for my sites. I will show him how to create a template and then when I sell that site I will give him a percentage of the profit made.
Investing In Site Flipping
It’s true that to start site flipping you do need to invest a little cash and in fact you wont find too many online business opportunities where you wont have to invest anything. The good news is that there isn’t a lot of start up costs involved with site flipping and those that you do have are usually covered fairly quickly.
A Good Site Flipping Manual
The first thing I would suggest to invest in is a good site flipping manual so that you can learn everything that you need to learn before you jump into it. If you go into website flipping blind then chances are that you will make mistakes that could cost you more money in the long term, however if you get a good manual and learn everything correctly then you will save money be reducing the chance of making costly mistakes.
Can You Flip Sites If You Don’t Have Much Ebay Feedback?
Ebay has a lot of rules and regulations and they also run on a feedback system and I know a lot of people worry that if they don’t have much feedback since their Ebay account is still quite new, that they won’t get many sales. I tested this theory a little while back by starting a completely new Ebay account for my site flipping business and I am happy to say that it didn’t take me that long to build up some feedback and a good DSR rating and I have been verys successful with selling sites on my new Ebay account, so don’t let a low feedback rating stop you from starting a site flipping business.
DSR rating is something that Ebay brought in about a year ago and it is a little different from feedback rating. It is left at the same time as feedback is left, but this is the rating when your buyer gives you a rating out of 5 stars for different aspects of the transaction.
