Search Engine Problems: If the website is banned by at least one search engine, it’s likely to get in the bad favor of others too.  No matter how good it looks, flipping the site will be an uphill battle – one you’re not likely to win.

Zero Promotion: New sites deserve bargain basement prices.  Even though the owner put in a ton of work on the technical aspects, it’s still a shaky buy, at best.  Unless the domain name is a keyword-goldmine, it’s usually better to pass.

Heavy Competition: If the site being sold is a small fish in a large pond filled with plenty of established players, there’s far too much work needed to bring it up to speed.  Unless you can successfully turn the site’s fate around, future buyers will be wary.

Short-Life Span: Sites about particular products or niches that are bound to be gone in a year or two (e.g. a particular movie or a game) are a losing gamble.  After the buzz passes, anyone who gets it will be left with residual traffic that may not even be good enough to pay for its own rent.

Easy To Duplicate: When you check the bargain basement sections of site flipping, you’ll notice the exact same types of properties for sale – wallpaper sites, proxy sites, arcade games, PLR blogs, etc.  With the right content and tools, those sites can be turned out in mass.  There’s no point buying them – just make ten of the same thing yourself.

Make sure to think twice about any website you do buy, many times if it seems to good to be true it usually is.  Make a checklist and go through it every time you are in the market for a new site.

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