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I just flipped my first site!

by AFI
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Pretty cool! I got exactly what I wanted for it and it was a painless process. Now I wish they took adult sites.

Anyone else flipping any sites?
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  • Profile picture of the author donnan
    I'd like to give it a try....

    It is hard to get started? What is involved? Do I need to create a full website and have good traffic going to it before it is saleable?
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    • Profile picture of the author champstar
      Originally Posted by donnan View Post

      I'd like to give it a try....

      It is hard to get started? What is involved? Do I need to create a full website and have good traffic going to it before it is saleable?
      You can flip a virgin site with no traffic stats. You should know that the more the traffic and revenue made from the site, the more the money you will make flipping.
      I have three sites all together that i am flipping now (see my signature below) with 400 monthly unique traffic but the sites are gorgeous with money making potential build around hot niche.

      Once you create a full website, you can flip it if you want.
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      • Profile picture of the author champstar
        In Flipping a site a lot of factors come to play to make the end business worth while; the traffic, the revenue, the niche, the design and content,
        Among all these traffic and revenue have a lot role to play with how much bid you receive for the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    Sold a site last september for 20,000. I've been thinking about just flipping sites but I don't want to do smaller sales, too much work involved for the money.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alan Petersen
      I've tried a couple times one time the bids didn't meet my reserve so I kept it. Another time it sold but the bidder never paid. I didn't send him the files so no loss on that front.

      Was it a new site or established?

      Hey you can setup the adult site Flippa version. Fill the void.
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      • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
        Originally Posted by Alan Petersen View Post

        I've tried a couple times one time the bids didn't meet my reserve so I kept it. Another time it sold but the bidder never paid. I didn't send him the files so no loss on that front.

        Was it a new site or established?

        Hey you can setup the adult site Flippa version. Fill the void.
        That's a great idea!

        What could we call it?

        Flippaporn, pornflips, flippasex, oooh let me have a think about this one.
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        • Profile picture of the author profitsforall
          Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

          That's a great idea!

          What could we call it?

          Flippaporn, pornflips, flippasex, oooh let me have a think about this one.
          ooh - that just makes me imagine dodgy stuff with dolphins.
          Don't think i'd go there.
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        • Profile picture of the author Alan Petersen
          Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

          That's a great idea!

          What could we call it?

          Flippaporn... oooh let me have a think about this one.
          Flippa might flip out about that.

          XXXFlips has a nice ring to it.
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        • Profile picture of the author Flipfilter
          Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

          That's a great idea!

          What could we call it?

          Flippaporn, pornflips, flippasex, oooh let me have a think about this one.
          How about Clickwank?

          (does the W word mean something in the States too or is it a British term?)

          Trish - 600 sites?!? You must be getting killed in domain renewals?!?
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          • Profile picture of the author Alan Petersen
            Originally Posted by Flipfilter View Post

            How about Clickwank?

            (does the W word mean something in the States too or is it a British term?)

            Trish - 600 sites?!? You must be getting killed in domain renewals?!?
            Just UK but for us fans across the pond of Guy Ritchie movies like Snatched and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels we know what it means.
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            • Profile picture of the author paulie888
              Originally Posted by Alan Petersen View Post

              Just UK but for us fans across the pond of Guy Ritchie movies like Snatched and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels we know what it means.
              I'm a big fan of Guy Ritchie as well, Alan...let's see, we could call it WankerFlips.com? LOL
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        • Profile picture of the author paulie888
          Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

          That's a great idea!

          What could we call it?

          Flippaporn, pornflips, flippasex, oooh let me have a think about this one.
          Richard, while the titles are quite catchy and have a certain je ne sais quois about them, I think Flippa might take offense to your proposed names.

          Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author Colin Palfrey
        Originally Posted by Alan Petersen View Post

        I've tried a couple times one time the bids didn't meet my reserve so I kept it. Another time it sold but the bidder never paid. I didn't send him the files so no loss on that front.

        Was it a new site or established?

        Hey you can setup the adult site Flippa version. Fill the void.COM
        I added the .com out of devilment :rolleyes:

        Well done, flipping websites is something I've always considered but never tried.
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

      Sold a site last september for 20,000. I've been thinking about just flipping sites but I don't want to do smaller sales, too much work involved for the money.
      You sold a site for 20k but your unsure about flipping smaller ones?

      What was the site you sold for that much? A long established one that had been going for years? I'm just interested in what the site was like that got that much and how long it took to get it to the stage it was worth that much.

      That's a lot of dollar, can you shed some more light on that. I have lot's of sites, I could do with a quick cash injection like that.
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      • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
        Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

        You sold a site for 20k but your unsure about flipping smaller ones?

        What was the site you sold for that much? A long established one that had been going for years? I'm just interested in what the site was like that got that much and how long it took to get it to the stage it was worth that much.

        That's a lot of dollar, can you shed some more light on that. I have lot's of sites, I could do with a quick cash injection like that.
        Oh... it is not quick at ALL! Sorry if I made it seem like it was easy and quick, it was a message board community that had about 10,000 members in the music industry niche. I had it since 2001. Monetized it by selling advertisement space monthly.

        A few years ago I had a domain that sold for 15,000 to a local news station. That was pure luck. No technique to it. Just a city related domain name that I was lucky enough to have a news station want to own!
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      • Profile picture of the author pickthat apple
        Good for you AFI, that shows your work is appreciated. And glad it was quite straightforward, it makes life easier!
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      • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
        Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

        You sold a site for 20k but your unsure about flipping smaller ones?
        Well, I struggle with letting things go. I have ideas for all my domains just sitting there, and the potential income from them can far outweigh what I could get for it. I don't have a domain name, that I don't believe can make over 1,000 a month. So I really don't want to make a site that I believe has huge potential, and not getting what I want for it.
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        • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
          Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

          Well, I struggle with letting things go. I have ideas for all my domains just sitting there, and the potential income from them can far outweigh what I could get for it. I don't have a domain name, that I don't believe can make over 1,000 a month. So I really don't want to make a site that I believe has huge potential, and not getting what I want for it.

          That's fair enough. I just thought you'd built a site and sold it for 20k. I was thinking we may need to talk!

          I didn't mean I didn't believe you, I was just thinking, I'd be doing it quite a lot if I was turning a few of them over a month.

          Good for you, keep it up.

          I may put a few of my sites up to test the water.
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    • Profile picture of the author Perdant44
      I just went to your website. Did I miss the link to sign up as an Affiliate? I need a website plus I have a friend that does. Let me know.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chri5123
    Awesome work, yes I have had mixed results with flipping website when it is this painless though I would rinse and repeat.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dash Evra
    Congrats. I am thinking about going in the flipping business as well.

    The first site I flipped was for $850 dollars. I own it for almost a year.

    The second site was for $350 which I had owned for 2 months.

    The hard part is, MAKING A SITE THAT GETS GOOD ORGANIC TRAFFIC IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME!!
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    • Profile picture of the author suemax
      Hey - encouraging for us to consider flipping. Anyone got any information on "target customers"?
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  • Profile picture of the author bravo75
    I remember not to long ago that you were having a hard time monetizing this site. Why would someone pay $600 for it?
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    • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
      Originally Posted by bravo75 View Post

      I remember not to long ago that you were having a hard time monetizing this site. Why would someone pay $600 for it?
      I was thinking the same thing. I'm really happy for you Jennifer if you got $600 for it, but I do have a hard time understanding why someone would be a site that isn't making any money for $600!
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      • Profile picture of the author Alan Petersen
        Originally Posted by Sheryl Polomka View Post

        I was thinking the same thing. I'm really happy for you Jennifer if you got $600 for it, but I do have a hard time understanding why someone would be a site that isn't making any money for $600!
        Is that the Christian baby names site? From the looks of it she's got top rankings for most of the main keywords in that niche including on the first page (#7) for Christian names and #1 for Christian Baby Names.

        The site looks great it's running a mySQL db that is pretty cool. So I can see it being valuable for someone in that niche already or a super affiliate type who knows that they're doing marketing-wise in that niche.
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      • Profile picture of the author ladywriter
        Originally Posted by Sheryl Polomka View Post

        I was thinking the same thing. I'm really happy for you Jennifer if you got $600 for it, but I do have a hard time understanding why someone would be a site that isn't making any money for $600!
        x3

        But from a newbie perspective lol. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the bidding....seems like some sites like the OP's go for $600...but in the next minute could go for $150. Have to study it more carefully I guess.

        Domain flipping and site flipping are my calling I think...just don't know where to start. Stories like the OP's inspire me...but baffle me too.

        Jennifer, what was your learning curve on this? Did you just jump in and hope for the best or....?
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    • Profile picture of the author AFI
      Originally Posted by bravo75 View Post

      I remember not to long ago that you were having a hard time monetizing this site. Why would someone pay $600 for it?
      Because it's good for list building. I don't build lists, I sell products. There are a lot of "information seekers" that come to the site that might not buy on the site, but they might buy later.
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  • Profile picture of the author Wordpress Guy
    I second you Dash Evra. How to get Organic traffic flowing?
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  • Profile picture of the author trishworks4u
    Congrats!

    I have actually been wrestling with this for the past week. I have 600 sites, want to flip a couple and make some cash but I have no idea what I'm doing. So, have been reading, analyzing, reading, thinking, reading...

    Basically, I don't want to screw it up. could be an expensive mistake.

    good for you for jumping in there. I assume on Flippa? was it a problem that you had no feedback history there?
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    • Profile picture of the author kimberly Aita
      Originally Posted by trishworks4u View Post

      Congrats!

      I have actually been wrestling with this for the past week. I have 600 sites, want to flip a couple and make some cash but I have no idea what I'm doing. So, have been reading, analyzing, reading, thinking, reading...

      Basically, I don't want to screw it up. could be an expensive mistake.

      good for you for jumping in there. I assume on Flippa? was it a problem that you had no feedback history there?
      thinking about it forever... I have a lot of how to's but with so much info and too much to do I haven't taken the time to figure it out.

      As in how much trouble to transfer and how much trouble or do I "even" transfer all my work... I guess I have been lazy when it comes to this and have actually let page one #1 spots go because I don't know how to do this...

      I have an expired can still save it domain that is #1 or #2 on google (depends on the day I guess) that I am not going to renew because it didn't really make me any money.... is that dumb or smart?

      If I could flip one or two that do make me a buck or two per month so I could build more I would be happy
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  • Profile picture of the author dialseo
    Grats! I just flipped a domain for 10x profits. Very exciting!
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    • Profile picture of the author paulie888
      Originally Posted by dialseo View Post

      Grats! I just flipped a domain for 10x profits. Very exciting!
      Congratulations - 10X monthly earnings is definitely towards the higher end of the spectrum, so you must have done a good job in marketing/selling your domain!

      By 'domain', I assume you mean a complete website with a domain attached to it?

      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author Tom E
        I'd love some input on selling a domain I don't know what to do with: antiagingreviews.com. I started out doing massive Unique Article Wizard backlinking, as well as tons of EZA when I first got it, so at any time when I put even a tiny bit of backlinking effort into it, it sits between the number 1 and number 2 spot in Google for the domain-matched keyword "anti aging reviews, which gets around 12 000 searches per month in Google.

        The thing is, it's in a niche I'm not that interested in, so I can't for the life of me muster up the effort to be creative enough with the site that it makes good money. So for the time being, the domain rests on a somewhat uninspired anti-aging related FLOG.

        How do I go about selling it (once I've popped it back in the #1 position), and how do I know what to ask for it?

        Any help is appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rhiannon Beckham
    600 sites Trish?! That blows my mind.. I see 'autoblogging' referenced out there of course, but haven't looked into it, I don't think it's for me- but nonetheless, that peaks my curiosity on just how the hell does that work haha
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    Oh yeah it's a good site and ranking well, I just know that Jennifer was having trouble monetizing it and I believe Adsense was banned on this site. So I suppose that's the thing that would worry me buying a site that was difficult to monetize.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alan Petersen
      I wonder how that works with Googs... if you swap out the banned account ID with your own un-banned in good standing account would that make it all good? Then it would be an even better deal.

      First thing I would do on that bad boy is put an opt-in form to start building a list. Export all the names in the DB and pretty them up by creating an e-book with all the names in there to sell or use as the free report for the email address.
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  • Profile picture of the author DrewG
    Good feeling isn't it? My goal is to flip 10 or more sites this year.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnsmart
    I think website flipping is one of the best ways to make money online though it might take a bit of the time but it really pays off at the end. This is how I do mine.
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  • Profile picture of the author trotterstraders
    to be able to see a site for big bucks does it already have to be earning? or can it just be a great idea with the domain and nice layout -
    maybe someone like me owns a site but doesnt know how to monetize it or get traffic to it but someone else sees the potential? and knows the niche market for the site
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    • Profile picture of the author AFI
      Originally Posted by trotterstraders View Post

      to be able to see a site for big bucks does it already have to be earning? or can it just be a great idea with the domain and nice layout -
      maybe someone like me owns a site but doesnt know how to monetize it or get traffic to it but someone else sees the potential? and knows the niche market for the site
      My site wasn't earning at all. That's why I sold it. I couldn't monetize it whatsoever. I tried AdSense and CPA offers.

      I think the only reason it sold so high is because of its rankings. No idea. :confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author Adie
    The biggest site I sold were $3500 and $3300. Both are established sites..
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    • Profile picture of the author Jay B
      Great news Jennifer!

      Keep on truckin.

      Best,

      Jay
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      • Profile picture of the author trishworks4u
        that's fantastic! inspiring. I set this aside a few days ago but am going to pick it back up.

        It's the whole "earnings now" vs. "potential" that has me scratching my head I guess.

        Yes - 600 sites - domain renewals suck but are spread out. Not all are autoblogs, but many. It's a bear to manage but that's why I have 3 full-time outsourcers.

        The thing is, I start almost ALL of my sites on used domains already so there's already value there.
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  • Profile picture of the author JustinDupre
    Congratz!! The hardest part now is over.. now keep them rolling in.
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    • Profile picture of the author peerconomics
      Congrats!

      We just launched the beta of our free community flipping/website & domain listings directory and promotion service at www.fliptweets.com
      Please feel free to list and if you have any feedback we'd love to hear from you!
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  • Profile picture of the author copy4wealth
    Is it easy to flip sites that have databases attached to them?

    How have you managed to transfer the domain and the database, if you have flipped a with a DB?
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  • Profile picture of the author shademan
    If you are making "X" amount of adsense money per month, how much should you sell it for?
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    • Profile picture of the author Heavenstorm
      Originally Posted by shademan View Post

      If you are making "X" amount of adsense money per month, how much should you sell it for?
      you can sell it for 10X - 12X I suppose
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    hah, that's a great ..... congrats
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  • Profile picture of the author briancassingena
    Does anyone have any experience in flipping local business websites like adelaideairconditioners.com? The domain is less than a year old, it does get some traffic, I need to get it back from #4 to #1, any ideas?
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  • Profile picture of the author Valuable Solos
    Congrats on making the sale. I have heard of many people making good money from flipping sites on flippa.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sweely99
      Congrats on making the sale! I'm putting up my first website on flippa in a few weeks. Wish me luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author JBroyer44
    nice job Jen!

    I have a site that has 200 uniques a day and makes a few amazon sales a month but I know someone who really knows the gaming niche could kill it with this site! I want to keep it because it has potential, and a nice #1 ranking in Google but haven't had time to keep up with it, it almost needs to be updated and content added daily.

    I wonder what the going rate is, do people sell sites that are monetized via amazon affiliates?
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