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Selling my Amazon review site advice please

by mike gregory
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Hey warriors

Im looking for a bit of advice on an amazon review site of mine that i want to sell. I have a little idea of what selling a site means and where to sell such as flippa but as I have never actually sold one before would like a bit of advice.

Thanks
#advice #amazon #review #selling #site
  • Profile picture of the author Ruth P
    The best advice I can give you is get on Flippa and research all similar sites to yours. By similar I mean similar models, similar earnings, traffic figures, unique content, design etc. You'll get a feel for what they sell for. Then you can follow the most successful sellers and get an idea of what makes their sales copy successful etc.

    In general you can expect 10-12 times the monthly earnings of your site. However, showing that screenshot above won't be enough. You'll need to show whether the earnings have been consistent or whether it's seasonal, a fluke, whether you spent money to get them and so on.

    Unfortunately it does take time but I know if you take the time to do all that research you'll end up with a much better result.

    Good luck!
    ~Ruth

    EDIT: just thought to add, the fact that your site has "Kindle" in the domain may not do it any favors, as your buyer could get caught by Amazon at any time for using the term and be asked to take the site down, unfortunately.
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    • Profile picture of the author mike gregory
      Originally Posted by Ruth P View Post

      The best advice I can give you is get on Flippa and research all similar sites to yours. By similar I mean similar models, similar earnings, traffic figures, unique content, design etc. You'll get a feel for what they sell for. Then you can follow the most successful sellers and get an idea of what makes their sales copy successful etc.

      In general you can expect 10-12 times the monthly earnings of your site. However, showing that screenshot above won't be enough. You'll need to show whether the earnings have been consistent or whether it's seasonal, a fluke, whether you spent money to get them and so on.

      Unfortunately it does take time but I know if you take the time to do all that research you'll end up with a much better result.

      Good luck!
      ~Ruth

      EDIT: just thought to add, the fact that your site has "Kindle" in the domain may not do it any favors, as your buyer could get caught by Amazon at any time for using the term and be asked to take the site down, unfortunately.
      Thanks Ruth,

      It funny this was an example site I did a while back then gave it to my partner/student to work on although he got busy and never touched it either,

      There has been no content or anything added now for a while and it was more of just curiosity I went and took a look at it i was actually surprised to see the earnings!
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      • Profile picture of the author JRCarson
        Mike,

        Amazon doesn't allow Amazon trademarks in domain names for people who are a part of their Associates program.

        So you would be selling someone a time-bomb. They are pretty active with shutting down Associates accounts, especially if you start earning good commissions.
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  • Profile picture of the author ArticlePenguin
    I would second what the first guy said. Sites that make money tend to sell for about 10 times their monthly income. However, depending on the features of your site, and how much work whoever is buying it has to do, that can go up or down. Sites that are pretty automated get up to 12 times their monthly income and more.
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  • Profile picture of the author mike gregory
    Thanks guys
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