Flipped my first site!

[Christian Sawyer]

Ok I am not bragging whatsoever, I just want others to share this amazing moment because we all enjoy it once in our lives.

I have successfully flipped my very first niche site. The site included a sales page, ebook, download page, and affiliates page.

Here is a link to the SitePoint auction:

?EasyBeginnerMarketing.com? - Hot Work At Home Niche! - ClickBank Ready!

Thanks for the support, I am so happy right now!

-Christian

[Sonni]

Congrats on your 1st flip. May there be many more.
Sonni

[Owen Mailer]

congrats dude well done

[alfa_375]

Congrats and well done. Please tell us more about it.
How do you do that?
If possible?

[Christian Sawyer]

Ok I will elaborate!

This was my first time and I actually got really lucky! I mainly outsourced most of my work.

First I figured out a niche and went with the Work at Home niche, which sells well especially right now.

I got with a friend from Minisitedesignz.com and he did the graphics free of charge. Now he can't do that for everyone, but he is really cheap!

I found a writer to write me an ebook for a measly 100 bucks! As for the sales page, I also got lucky and found a WSO offering sales copy for 50 bucks.

After gathering all of the stuff I threw it all in Dreamweaver and customized everything to my liking.

Then listed it on SitePoint.com and it sold...

I know this is brief, so if anyone has any specific questions, just ask!

Thanks,
-Christian

[Habitat]

I've always wanted to flip a site. I can make em..but I can't flip em..haha Well congratulations..and thats a great flip too

[jasondinner]

Hey Christian,

Congrats on the flip.

After reading the salespage I was thinking to myself that you may have been
better off keeping this and driving some traffic to it and getting some affiliates
for it.

I'll bet you'd make a lot more than $397 for a little bit of effort getting targeted traffic.

I'm just sayin

[Christian Sawyer]

I totally agree and you're right. However, I did it for one reason and one reason only. That was to flip a website.

Most importantly, based on your comment, that means I did my job!

-Christian

Originally Posted by jasondinner

Hey Christian,

Congrats on the flip.

After reading the salespage I was thinking to myself that you may have been
better off keeping this and driving some traffic to it and getting some affiliates
for it.

I'll bet you'd make a lot more than $397 for a little bit of effort getting targeted traffic.

I'm just sayin

[Christie Love]

Hey Christian!

Good job! Keep up the great work. It looks like you are on the right track to success!

[SiteFlipRemix]

Awesome!

Great job on your first flip. In my opinion, I think you did everything right when it comes to flipping Start-up websites. The feeling is addicting, you'll be flipping tons more sites soon!

Your sitepoint listing is executed perfectly! Did you follow anyones guides/e-books, etc on how to do this site flip?

[Christian Sawyer]

Well I really followed Kate Anderson around a bit (kinda weird I know).

Seriously though, I took advice from her and just basically did exactly what she did.

I recently picked up her Flip Mastery course, which I highly recommend!

-Christian

[SiteFlipRemix]

Originally Posted by Christian Sawyer

Well I really followed Kate Anderson around a bit (kinda weird I know).

Seriously though, I took advice from her and just basically did exactly what she did.

I recently picked up her Flip Mastery course, which I highly recommend!

-Christian

I knew it! That's amazing - I was about to bring up her new course.
I am going to grab myself a copy very soon!

Keep up the good work

[vsl.online]

Nothing but congratulations to you dude. I've been planning on making one myself, but I dont seem to find the perfect niche for me yet...

Good luck and more luck.

[Biz Guru]

I agree with Jason that you could/should have hung on to it. Then again you had a goal so ... GREAT job. Plus you turned a nice little profit a couple of those a week on top of some other profit pulling ventures and you are rolling.

Cheers

[Christian Sawyer]

Originally Posted by vsl.online

Nothing but congratulations to you dude. I've been planning on making one myself, but I dont seem to find the perfect niche for me yet...

Good luck and more luck.

Thanks. If you are having trouble with ANYTHING I would recommend Kate Anderson's WSO:

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...-200-only.html

It's only $57 and you get a lot of bonuses. She also goes over how to find a profitable niche to use for your flip.

Best of luck!

-Christian

[traces2757]

Darnit...the page won't come up for me. Maybe because it's in transition? I'd love to get a look at it. Guess I'll try tomorrow.

[Ron Killian]

Awesome job Christian! Congratz, bet you are flying

[Oscar D]

I have a question. How do you get paid once you have sold a site. I live in South Africa and I do not have a credit card or a Pay pal account.

If I was to flip a site, how will I get paid?

[Traffic-Bug]

Great job youhave done

[Ivancho]

That is pretty good for a first site. Great start...

[Mike Hersh]

Flipping websites has always been a good source for easy and fast cash.

Keep up the good work, I hope you'll have more sales like this one.

Mike G Hersh

[Kate Anderson]

Christian,

You did a fantastic job with this auction.

I will say though, that your unique ebook was quite lengthy (65 pages) so I suggest if you are outsourcing this, that you slim it down a bit if you are going to stick at the current BIN price range..anything 40 pages or so will still yield the same results, and it will save you time and/or money.

Love your auction copy, btw! :P

Keep it up, kiddo..

Originally Posted by Christian Sawyer

Ok I am not bragging whatsoever, I just want others to share this amazing moment because we all enjoy it once in our lives.

I have successfully flipped my very first niche site. The site included a sales page, ebook, download page, and affiliates page.

Here is a link to the SitePoint auction:

?EasyBeginnerMarketing.com? - Hot Work At Home Niche! - ClickBank Ready!

Thanks for the support, I am so happy right now!

-Christian

[SuiteJ]

That's excellent. It definitely shows that you followed (or stalked? lol) Kate. Good for you on taking action and making it happen on your first try!

Cheers!
Jay

[cdrom1]

cool. there are lots of good deals at that market. looks like your buyer got a good deal too.

[twistedpixel]

Congratulations!

You inspired me to put up my first site auction on SitePoint after reading your post today.

I have purchased domains and sites from SP, but never tried to sell one there.

Despite the lack of any copy, I had two ask for the buy it now price within five minutes of posting. Probably due to the quality of the domain(s) and the web site.

I think I'll see what happens with the auction for a bit before deciding on a "buy it" price.

[Aldiyar1]

Hi!
Congrats. Well done but it is not working! Links are empty.

[austinscrate]

Great Job!

[Alan Petersen]

Awesome job. I just bought Kate's course after reading this post. I'm interested in flipping some niche sites/eBay Wordpress sites. I agree with Jason that for creating ClickBank product type site you would make more keeping the site.

It would a good case study. Make two following that model. Flip one. Keep the other. See what the bottom line looks after a few months.

[Biggy Fat]

Great job there, man. Keep on truckin' - It will be your source of income if you keep it up.

[emjayce]

Awesome hussle man! Congrats on your flip!

All the best,




Matt

[Mohsin Rasool]

Hi Christian,

GREAT JOB!

I have got some Niche site for selling...
and your post and success gives me more tips and
encourage to flip them soon!

Best,
Mohsin

[prairiedog]

Well done...hope this is only the beginning for you. Congrats!!

[Ephrils]

AWESOME!

I need to get into this area. I can make sites pretty quick. The current one is a spider magnet. I wonder how much I can flip it for.

[nksurf]

If you can I can. thanks !!

[Biggy Fat]

Hey Christian, where was that eBook writer and that sales copy WSO?

[esr]

Originally Posted by Biggy Fat

Great job there, man. Keep on truckin' - It will be your source of income if you keep it up.

Congratulations, Chris! It is a total rush, isn't it?

Biggy Fat, I have a question about your post, if I may.

I also just started flipping sites. I've sold 8 of them in the past 10 days. Most of the time I've just been happy. After 9 months of struggling online, I finally found what works for me.

However, in the last couple of days, this thought keeps creeping into my mind; "Will it last?"

What I'm worried about, and hopefully this is just a personality quirk in me, is that soon people will stop buying sites and blogs, or maybe Sitepoint will go out of business, or... and the list goes on and on.

Is site flipping a new thing, or has it been around for a while? And, is it going to continue to be a means of a full-time income?

[Biggy Fat]

Originally Posted by esr

Congratulations, Chris! It is a total rush, isn't it?

Biggy Fat, I have a question about your post, if I may.

I also just started flipping sites. I've sold 8 of them in the past 10 days. Most of the time I've just been happy. After 9 months of struggling online, I finally found what works for me.

However, in the last couple of days, this thought keeps creeping into my mind; "Will it last?"

What I'm worried about, and hopefully this is just a personality quirk in me, is that soon people will stop buying sites and blogs, or maybe Sitepoint will go out of business, or... and the list goes on and on.

Is site flipping a new thing, or has it been around for a while? And, is it going to continue to be a means of a full-time income?

I am not absolutely sure how long site flipping has been around, but by the way all of these site flipping books are coming out (I can't count them all on one hand haha), it's definitely the hottest new money making trend out there. I'm glad you jumped on it, man.

I highly doubt SitePoint will go out of business. There will ALWAYS be a demand for websites, especially through these very tough economic times when people are looking for income.

And yes, as long as you stand out from the crowd, it CAN and WILL be a full time income for years to come.

[twomasters]

Well done Christian.
May this be the first of many....

[awesometbn]

Hello Christian,
Excellent job and thanks for posting your description/background of what you did leading up to the SitePoint auction. This is exactly the kind of thing people love to hear about, because you took an idea from start to finish. Next would be the "rinse and repeat" step to reproduce your result and multiply the income stream.

Just wanted to ask a few questions since this is fresh in your mind.

1.) What was your timeline? Curious to know if the entire process (first idea, research, outsourcing, auction listing, getting paid, post sales support) took a couple of months or if you did it all in a week?

2.) Where did you get the initial funding for your project? I was thinking this was simply money you had saved up or credit cards. But you also mentioned having friends who helped out by doing some stuff for free.

3.) Did you keep track of your expenses and income on a spreadsheet? Just wanted to know if we could use you as a real life case study at the Warrior Forum. Maybe you used other tools besides spreadsheets, like project management software or just pencil and paper.

Wow! You know this might be a perfect fit for a simple business plan. Thanks for your inspirational story.

[BabyBlueEyes]

Congrats. You are an inspiration. I am a full-time writer and I wish I have a partner who can do the graphics part so we can flip sites just like you did. LOL

[lacraiger]

congrats bro

[Dennis-White]

Great job, keep it up the hard work will pay off

[vvv12]

Christian,

Congratulations!!! That's very inspiring as I am just getting in to blog flipping and still have to build my first blog! Good luck to you!

[Brett Kruger]

Hi Christian.

Great work mate.

May it be the first of many successful flips.

Cheers Mate.

Brett.

[trinigirl]

WOW!
congratulations, brag away, this is awsome! Your rock. keep up the good work maybe this can give someone like me the inspiration that I can do it.

[Brad Gosse]

awesome news. I remember my first site flip. It felt amazing.

Ride the feeling and have a great weekend

[DiamondPed]

Hey Christian,

Way to go .... well done .... congrats !!

It's not bragging if it's done in the way you have done, announced , then opened for questions .... & (importantly) answered them & gave kudos to those who helped/ inspired you.

These type of posts inspire people.

Lots of people just "lurk" on Forums (looking but not posting) & this is "proof" that these methods really work if you ..... just DO it !


Onwards & Upwards ....

[Lindsay Brynn]

That's pretty awesome for a first flip!
It can get pretty addicting so keep up the good work and keep flipping

[allink13]

Hey Christian,

From the look of the site it looks very professional and I immediately saw the trademarks of Kate Anderson as well. I think you managed to find the key ingredient needed to be successful at site flipping, keep it up and genuinely wish you the best of luck.


Regards,

-Allink13

[alpalino]

Did you make enough profit? I hope more flipping will follow.