Flipping Blogs for Cash on Flippa

depotgang · 04-18-2011, 03:00 PM

If you think of a niche blog as virtual Real Estate, flipping blogs can be compared to buying a ramshackle house, renovating it and selling it for a profit. Flippa.com is a website where people buy and sell millions of dollars of virtual Real Estate in the form of blogs and websites. In this article we’ll take a quick look at Flippa, and how you can use this website to make some extra cash.

The first thing you'll see on the Flippa website is to big buttons. One says by websites the other says so websites, because those are the two things that this website marketplace is focused on. Flippa is an online auction site where people can either buy or sell blogs and websites.

When you scroll down a little bit you will see a series of blue navigation tabs. The first tab is the featured listings tab and you will see on the front page all of the featured website and domain names that are for sale at that time. The next tab is New Listings, then Most Active, High End, Coming Soon, and Just Sold. There is also a Browse tab where you can browse websites for sale under specific topics such as the website niche, site type, implementation, or monetization.

How do you make money using Flippa.com?
You make money using flippa.com when you sell a blog that you own to a buyer. Let's take a look at a couple of ways you can make money on flippa.com.

Flipping websites that you built yourself
One method is to do all of the research purchase a domain name and create a blog yourself. You would then list that site for sale to the highest bidder. This method is great if you have the time and energy to invest in creating websites. When you create the blog yourself you can add all of the extras that will help you fetch a higher price at auction. This method, however, does take a lot of time and energy before you get paid unless you have develop system for cranking out websites quickly that will generate a profit.

Buy a website, improve it and re-sell it
Another method is to search for blogs that have some good basic characteristics such as a keyword rich domain name, decent page rank, traffic, some basic content, and good search engine ranking. Sometimes, blog owners can be sitting on a potential gold mine without realizing it. If you have the vision and foresight to find these sites and negotiate with the current owner to purchase the site from them, and then make some changes before you sell it there is a potential for significant profit.

Just like with actual real estate, when you are flipping blogs you want to work as quickly as possible, invest as little time and money as possible to reap the biggest rewards when you sell your websites for cash. This involves doing your research in advance, knowing how to value a website that might not be living up to its potential at the moment, and knowing exactly which enhancements can help boost that sites profit potential when you sell it.

To learn more about how to make money flipping blogs, visit, http://www.nicheprofitblogs.com, where you'll find lots of information about blogging for profit.

04-18-2011, 03:00 PM	#1
depotgang Laser Traffic Pro War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego, Ca , USA. Posts: 1,253 Thanks: 12 Thanked 154 Times in 69 Posts Contact Info	Flipping Blogs for Cash on Flippa If you think of a niche blog as virtual Real Estate, flipping blogs can be compared to buying a ramshackle house, renovating it and selling it for a profit. Flippa.com is a website where people buy and sell millions of dollars of virtual Real Estate in the form of blogs and websites. In this article we’ll take a quick look at Flippa, and how you can use this website to make some extra cash. The first thing you'll see on the Flippa website is to big buttons. One says by websites the other says so websites, because those are the two things that this website marketplace is focused on. Flippa is an online auction site where people can either buy or sell blogs and websites. When you scroll down a little bit you will see a series of blue navigation tabs. The first tab is the featured listings tab and you will see on the front page all of the featured website and domain names that are for sale at that time. The next tab is New Listings, then Most Active, High End, Coming Soon, and Just Sold. There is also a Browse tab where you can browse websites for sale under specific topics such as the website niche, site type, implementation, or monetization. How do you make money using Flippa.com? You make money using flippa.com when you sell a blog that you own to a buyer. Let's take a look at a couple of ways you can make money on flippa.com. Flipping websites that you built yourself One method is to do all of the research purchase a domain name and create a blog yourself. You would then list that site for sale to the highest bidder. This method is great if you have the time and energy to invest in creating websites. When you create the blog yourself you can add all of the extras that will help you fetch a higher price at auction. This method, however, does take a lot of time and energy before you get paid unless you have develop system for cranking out websites quickly that will generate a profit. Buy a website, improve it and re-sell it Another method is to search for blogs that have some good basic characteristics such as a keyword rich domain name, decent page rank, traffic, some basic content, and good search engine ranking. Sometimes, blog owners can be sitting on a potential gold mine without realizing it. If you have the vision and foresight to find these sites and negotiate with the current owner to purchase the site from them, and then make some changes before you sell it there is a potential for significant profit. Just like with actual real estate, when you are flipping blogs you want to work as quickly as possible, invest as little time and money as possible to reap the biggest rewards when you sell your websites for cash. This involves doing your research in advance, knowing how to value a website that might not be living up to its potential at the moment, and knowing exactly which enhancements can help boost that sites profit potential when you sell it. To learn more about how to make money flipping blogs, visit, http://www.nicheprofitblogs.com, where you'll find lots of information about blogging for profit.
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