Buying Existing Sites for Cashflow - Your Thoughts?

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Hi Forum,

I'm a novice internet marketer, making good money in several niches. In 2 of the 3 I've pretty well maxed out my potential. I'm considering buying a few sites with existing revenue and then using my IM skills to up the revenue via increases in the product line, bundles, better marketing etc... I'm not thinking of "flipping" the sites, but rather keeping them for cashflow.

Has anyone done this and if so what were the results?

What sites should I look at to buy? I've heard Flippa is good to sell but not a good place to buy.
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  • Profile picture of the author seamusb
    This can work out very well, but you must, must, must do due diligence on any figures supplied for the websites you are buying. Also look out for things the issues that the owners have forgotten to mention - things like changes of contract in affiliate programs, changes in market conditions, share prices, updated laws, even Google updates. All these things can be invisible - remember the figures you get are in the past! It does not mean the future will be the same.

    Just ask yourself, if there any reason that these people might be selling up quickly?
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  • Profile picture of the author TryBPO
    That's funny...

    We do the exact OPPOSITE to improve cash flow. Our "problem" is that we're successful at creating niche websites, monetizing them, and then sitting back and collecting the revenue...but we need more cashflow to scale!

    In our sig, you'll find our site where we give away exactly how much our sites are earning. You'll also see an auction we have on Flippa right now for 4 websites that are currently earning $80/month. Hope that helps!
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    • Profile picture of the author topan
      Originally Posted by TryBPO View Post

      That's funny...

      We do the exact OPPOSITE to improve cash flow. Our "problem" is that we're successful at creating niche websites, monetizing them, and then sitting back and collecting the revenue...but we need more cashflow to scale!

      In our sig, you'll find our site where we give away exactly how much our sites are earning. You'll also see an auction we have on Flippa right now for 4 websites that are currently earning $80/month. Hope that helps!
      Thats what is Flippa for , connecting supply and demand.
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      • Profile picture of the author TryBPO
        Originally Posted by topan View Post

        Thats what is Flippa for , connecting supply and demand.
        Yeah, it works out pretty nicely!

        We do wonder, though, how much future profit we're giving up selling our sites on Flippa. We're really getting the site creation and early monetization steps down though, so I guess as long as we're reinvesting the profits from the sale into new sites we'll continue to grow rapidly...it's just hard to let some of our babies go though, heh.
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