Quick-Flipping: Buying and Selling Websites for Immediate Profit

Most people involved in website flipping take an under-performing site, put some development work into it and seek to maximize its potential before deciding to sell it.  A few, however, may not have the same desire to spend as much time on the properties they buy, looking instead to put it back into the market immediately.

Quick Sale

Some sites sold around the web simply go for less than what they’re worth.  Whether it’s due to plain ignorance of their properties’ actual value or a quick need for liquid funds, the owners are putting it up at a price that makes it a veritable steal.  Knowledgeable website flippers can identify these opportunities, sweep them up and list them up for resale at their actual value, earning a profit with absolutely no work.

Adding Value

While it’s always nice to make a quick buck from directly arbitraging a website without any work, adding a little more value to the property can raise its stock in considerable ways.   In fact, that’s how most seasoned website flippers will approach this same situation.

A few tweaks in some key areas like on-site SEO, backlinks and flagship content can easily double a cheaply-acquired site’s resale value.  If you can quickly implement these changes before the market renders it obsolete, you can be looking at a hefty revenue.

A Challenge

While that may all sound easy, the reality is that quickly flipping a website at a considerable gain is one of the hardest things to master.  The web, after all, is one of the fastest-changing industries in the world.  Unlike the stock market or real estate, your hot new acquisition may only stay that way for the next two months.  If the buzz fizzles out before you can capitalize, you can end up with just another loser in your portfolio.

-Brett

ps. if you need help getting started in website flipping I use and recommend siteflipacademy.

Website flipping is obviously a word derived from the terms “website” + “flipping”. The term flipping in this word is in turn, derived from the lingo of real estate industry which literally means buying a property (website in this case), enhancing it and then selling it on a higher price.

Factors that Affect Website Flipping

a) Website to flip – This is a big determining factor in website flipping. You should buy the right website to start with.

b) Website Development - This is not just an artistic thing, but also a witty step that must be done carefully. You should generate good contents for the website. This will pave the way to high traffic and conversions.

c) Website Marketing – This is the part wherein you have to market the website at a higher price. Normally you could start marketing the website at the same site where you first bought it. Of course, you should sell it in a higher value and remember to keep it at a reasonable price too!

Forms of Website Flipping

a) Set up Website Flipping

Fundamentally this is to create a website from scratch, do some marketing and then sell the site once it has traffic. This category takes more time but gives higher control on choosing the direction, setup and contents of the website.

b) Long-Term Website Flipping

This engages buying a website for its income and utilizing it as a long-term investment. So you investor will hold onto the site for multiple years profiting with its income capacity and then selling once the site reaches its profit boundary.

c) Standard Flipping

This is the universal website flipping – real estate model. As defined above, buy the right website, improve its contents and market it at a higher price.

Flipping domain names is a money-spinning business if you are familiar with what to look for and where to look.

Pointers to consider:

1. Domains with Google PageRank

Normally people purchase domain names with PR without considering of the actual domain name…

People that are purchasing domain names with Pagerank have high probability of selling links on the domain.
But the truth is that selling links is not really the deal. Your aim should be to acquire a domain name and flip it for a profit!

 2. Aged Domains are Good as New

Aged domain names have the advantage of preventing the Google “sandbox”. It usually ranks higher and faster in search engines for the targeted keywords.
Google is likely to grant aged domain names more weight and ranks them better.

Several tools can be used to sort out the domain name results depending on what you are searching for. Domain name lists are renewed every hour so it is advisable to check often and catch some GREAT dropping domains.

Some say flipping domain names is not a reliable full time online business. But Domain flipping, done with the right strategy at the right time, will undeniably give you high profits in a snap!

Ways to be a Good Website Flipper

Being a part of the website flipping business requires a sense of uniqueness for you to give a good innovation on the sites that you plan to buy and sell. An alternative way to get into this trend would be hiring a professional who has a broad knowledge on getting a highly profitable site to trade in the most cost effective way. Whatever way you would decide to use, a good research on website flipping would still mean a lot.

Learn and Practice the Website Flipping System

Online business is now greatly occupied by traders and “website flippers”, these are the ones who practice systems that are very similar to real estate and stock trading wherein they buy and sell in a short time then produces a swift profit from it. This system is well-established and serves a very great way to have a constant income.

As a starter, you must first choose the right website to invest for. You can do this by selecting a website which is highly marketable on the time you foresee to start selling or marketing it.

My guides for getting a profitable website are as follows:

Determine the website’s target market.

If you have a product that you’ve already started getting profit from, then this would be very helpful for you to find a website that fits your target market.

Find a website loaded with good contents.

This would mean just a simple rewriting of the contents and then proceed to optimizing the advertisements to get high conversions.

Venture for day-trading websites.

These are websites which has both good target market and good contents but not excelling in online marketing/promotions.The only thing you should work on this is maximizing its online presence and creates appealing promotions.

Community-centered websites means high profit.

These are websites which has well-established target markets thru their forum communities or networks. Be sure to select the site with high value to advertisers and has a wide list of affiliations where you can establish good marketing partnerships.

Consider the current and the foreseeable popular keywords that give a high impact to the online market.

If you have an idea about the current trends that’s booming around, then you have an idea of the current keywords that produces good results. Find the sites filled with good keywords to ensure that you’re competitive enough with the latest trends.

If you can’t beat them, join them!

Why would you compete with the high ranking websites when you could be one of them by simply joining their circle? This would lead you to finding a website which may be characterized similar to a circle of high ranking sites that you could offer partnership and once you’ve done this, voila! You’ve started a stable online investment!

Now, here are some tips that you can use when innovating the website that you’ve chosen to flip.

Make use of effective Adsense campaigns

Start Search Engine Optimization

Monetize with the use of purposeful blogs and articles

Tweak the articles/blogs with highly used and profitable keywords

Engage in affiliations to increase its value

Take Advantage of the Opportunities Ahead!

Once you’ve realize how easy it is to start a website flipping business. You’re now ready to take advantage of the opportunities that the World Wide Web is offering, provided you’re serious about it and knows how to deal with it.

With over 40,000 new blogs started everyday it is obvious that most are not dedicated or do not know how to grow there blog. There are thousands of things you can do to better your blog. I’m going to share a few with you that are fairly simple, yet very effective.

1. Post OFTEN:

And by OFTEN I mean as much as you can! Everyday is great, but at the very least try and post every couple days. New content will benifit your blog in many ways. FIrstly more content will get indexed on search engines which in turn will bring you more traffic. Secondly, your readers will appreciate how often you update and will be sure to check back regularly because they know there will be new content. Lastly, the worth of your blog will be increased every time you post, so if you are into blog flipping this is essential.

2. Original Content:

This is extremely important for someone in the website flipping . If your going to spend your time on building a website or blog to flip it you NEED original content. Sure you can build a blog up with copied content and sell it, but your going to get around 90%-95% less than you would if it was original. Trust me, it is key!

3. Encourage Comments:

If you simply ask a questions or ask for your readers feedback you will be surprised at how many comments you will get. When there are comments on a blog post people have the tenancy to read those posts, which will often trigger the new reader to comment as well. The more comments the better!

4. Interact With Readers:

This goes hand in hand with comments, respond and respond often to commenter’s on your blog. Also respond to your readers email with helpful and friendly help. This is very important in gaining the trust of your readers, when they trust you they are going to be returning knowing the great experience they had at your blog.

5. Recognize Your Readers

If you have a few readers who comment a lot and give helpful feedback and insightful observations, show them some love. If you have readers the comment often throw them an email thanking them. Also if they have a blog put it in your Blogroll, when others see that you really do appreciate them they will contribute more and more.

Well that’s it for now, if you follow those simple steps I guaranty your blog will grow. Word a little harder and it will pay off in the end. The best of luck to all of you. If you have anymore ideas feel free to add them.

Thanks,

Brett – WebsiteFlippingAdvice.com

When I bought my first website I looked for a couple days and found one that looked amazing and had a product to sell and I thought I was going to make so much money off it… Not… I bought it and it ended up being a site that had 1,000 others just like it on the web.

So Is it Worth it?

Before you purchase a site there are some things to look at.

Is it worth it tip #1: Is the content on the site/blog copied or original? You can check this by entering the URL at copyscape. If Copyscape comes up with anything then the sites value drastically decreases.

Is it worth it tip #2: Is the site banned by google or other search engines? Check iwebtools.com to see if the site is banned from Google. A website that is banned is basically useless, so watch out for banned sites.

Is it worth it tip #3: How many backlinks does the site have. Backlinks are one of the most important things to search engines, so a good quality backlinks are worth a lot. Check backlinks by going into Google or Yahoo and typing link:www.yoursite.com and the results will show the backlinks coming to that site. Yahoo is said to give better results, but try both and see what you get.

Is it worth it tip #4: Check the Page Rank. Page Rank is how google ranks websites quality. Nobody really knows exactly the way page rank works, but backlinks are very important. If you have good backlinks your going to start moving up the PR ladder. Check a websites Page Rank Here.

These are some important things you need to be thinking about when looking into a website. Don’t be taken advantage of because you don’t know what to look for.

I hope this has opened your eyes a bit and given you something to look for in the future.

Thanks,

Brett – WebsiteFlippingAdvice.com

This is actually a post from Bryan Clark over at Site Flip University. I’m going to put it in my own words but the credit goes to Bryan! Go check out his site!

High Quality Backlinks

Getting high quality backlinks is one of the most important jobs for you as a webmaster to make your website successful. Whether its a website or a blog, you want backlinks, ESPECIALLY if your planning of flipping them. When a potential buyer is looking into your website/blog they are looking for PR(page rank), traffic, backlinks, and revenue. Like Bryan said, you can kill two birds with one stone by building high quality backlinks, which in turn increases your PR.

Both quality and quantity are important when it comes to backlinks. I personally believe that it is better to have 10 HIGH QUALITY BACKLINKS rather than 100 not so great backlinks… But of course it is more difficult to get the high quality backlinks.

Certain sites are “looked up to” by Google when it comes to backlinks. The word is that .edu sites are best when trying to get backlinks, it’s a gamble trying to get one but it will pay off in the long run.

The Good Stuff – High Quality Backlinks

So heres the good stuff to get your backlinks. Go to google and copy and paste this string.

site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” -”comments closed” -”you must be logged in” “your topic”

site:.edu [finds edu domains]
inurl:blog [ find blogs]
“post a comment” [makes sure we can post to this blogs]
-”comments closed” [does not show these closed blogs]
-”you must be logged in” [does not show blogs where u need to log in]

Great stuff right!

Also if you or a friend are in college use there free webpages to backlink to your website… there you go a .edu backlink!

Thats it for now, I would like to thank Bryan over at SiteFlipU for this great article and best of luck to all you website flippers.

Make Money,

Brett – WebsiteFlippingAdvice.com

Hosting And Domain Provider

So what’s up with this… Today I was on the Wealthy Affiliate forums and was helping a newbie pick out a domain and hosting provider. He said he was checking out this one domain provider and it was $15.00 for a domain… WHAT! Thats ridiculous… I hope no body is doing this. So I figured I would go over some providers I have used and my experiences with them.

With Website Flipping you will be buying a lot of domain names and will need a reliable hosting provider to keep your Website Flipping business going. There are lots of places out there to choose from, so here are my favorite Hosting And Domain Providers.

GoDaddy:

So when I first got my website up I got both the domain and hosting from, still my favorite place, Godaddy. To this day I have not had any problems with this hosting and domain provider. I still have brain-farts to this day and forget how to do something and I will call them up and they will help me within minutes. Also, there prices are pretty reasonable, they have $0.99 .info domains and $9.99 .com domains, but I have codes to get the .com for $6.99 if anyone is interested. All in all great customer service, and yes, you CAN understand them! If your just starting out AND/OR customer service is a big thing for you, choose Godaddy.

HostGator:

If you ask any one that deals with websites, they will almost always recommend HostGator for your hosting. I mean it’s $10 a month to host unlimited websites, you can’t get much better than that.

1and1:

I have mixed feeling about 1and1. I don’t know if I was just used to GoDaddy but when I signed up with 1and1 I really disliked the layout after you logged in. Another thing, I have called there support and have found it difficult to understand some of the technicians and after asking them a question they always put me on hold, seems like they are looking up the answer.

Others:

I have also used namecheap.com and name.com and they are also really great for domain names, I don’t believe they have hosting but I could be wrong.

Hosting And Domain Provider – Conclusion

Well those are the companies that I have had experience with and I hope this helped some of you out. The best way to start Website Flipping is to get your feet wet. So go find your self a hosting and domain provider and start building a website!

The Best Of Luck,

Brett – WebsiteFlippingAdvice.com

Sell $10 websites and make hundreds… Justin will show you how!

Hey all, check out this video from my buddy Justin Brooke.

The Website Flipping Backend Model :

Justin has a great website called Site Flip Academy that will teach you the ways of website flipping just like he did in The Website Flipping Backend Model video. Him and his wife, Chaunna, also do a live TV broadcast over the internet every Moday, Wensday, And Friday. Come join the club, I’m there almost every night, and start learning how to flip websites.

PS. Unfortunately Justin and Chaunna are on vacation until the end of July so there will be no shows, but make sure to check back in August or join SiteFlipAcademy.com and start making money with his techniques

To Your Success,
Brett – WebsiteFlippingAdvice.com

So what the heck is website flipping you ask? Well, we have all heard of house flipping right? You buy a ugly, beatdown, house that nobody takes care of and you work your magic! Painting, repairing, showing it some TLC and then selling it for some good cash to buyers who love the new look!

So what is website flipping?

- It is the same concept except for with virtual property. Buy a runned down website fix it up, get traffic, add content and sell to someone interested.

- OR, create websites with the intent on flipping them in order for you to make a profit.

Well, as you can see I didn’t go in depth about what website flipping is. A basic understand of how it works is a good start. Of course it’s not as easy as I made it sound but it’s a very entertaining way to make money online.

I think the best way to get started is to go buy a website from eBay for anywhere from $1 to $10 and start working on it. If you know web design and how to get traffic you will have no problem, if not just keep reading and I will teach you everything you need!

I want to welcome you all to WebsiteFlippingAdvice.com and thank you for reading!

Please leave comments and share with your friends if you found any posts helpful, and CONTACT ME if you have any questions or post ideas. I would love to hear from you.

To Your Success,

Brett – WebsiteFlippingAdvice