Is it a good idea to sell sites After adsense account being suspended?

by Gozang
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Hi to all Warriors:

After being suspended by Big G from Adsense account, I have tried few other cpc networks similar to adsense but to no avail.

Firstly,the conversion is not that good as the network does not feed that much of targeted ads related to the content. Secondly, the cpc rate is miserable compared to adsense. Therefore, I did not see any other options other than to sell my sites which are getting some decent free traffic. Right now I'm selling four of my sites on flippa and all of them are health and treatment related sites. Because of the nature of the sites, those were performing not bad with adsense and was profitable for me although those were not making full time income but I was satisfied and was in the process of putting up more of those sites and accumulate the income eventually to make it a full time income but it just did not go well.

I also tried CB affilate links but no conversion despite getting few clicks. I don't know if there is any health related cpa affiliate network.

All of the sites have EMD and unique articles with more than 1000 words on front page. I have used CTR theme to build the sites and looks suitable for content rich sites.

Is it a good decision to sell the site or not?

I would also like to know what would be the good price for 4 sites that gets 300 visits a day on average all together.

If you would like to know the flippa auction then search for scar acne treatment dot com. If any of the warrior memebers would like to buy the sites then I will give you 6 more sites with emd which all have 5 unique articles and built on CTR theme.

Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author cashtree
    What CPC's did you try exactly? As i've heard some make a lot more with others over adsense actually.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Originally Posted by Gozang View Post

    Is it a good decision to sell the site or not?

    I would also like to know what would be the good price for 4 sites that gets 300 visits a day on average all together.
    The only way you could ethically sell them is divulge the fact that Adsense was suspended on them. Since they are not making any money and Adsense is suspended, I wouldn't expect much from them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jubu
    You could also try approaching seo companies and see if they want to buy ad space/text links on your site for their clients. That could be profitable.
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  • Profile picture of the author cashtree
    Adsense being suspended on a site doesn't matter, unless it's because the site itself violated adsense terms based on its theme(say something illegal or adult related). They can just put their own adsense on the site if they decide to buy it. What matters is if the sites been slapped by google or what kind of traffic it gets.
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    • Profile picture of the author Ldimilo
      Originally Posted by cashtree View Post

      Adsense being suspended on a site doesn't matter, unless it's because the site itself violated adsense terms based on its theme(say something illegal or adult related). They can just put their own adsense on the site if they decide to buy it. What matters is if the sites been slapped by google or what kind of traffic it gets.
      That's not true. Google will suspend domains as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author brunom
    I believe if they put Adsense in there again, they will probably raise a flag, so please warn the seller.
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  • Profile picture of the author sovereignn
    Well considering they got your adsense accounts banned.... You should probably warn people it will get their adsense accounts banned as well
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    Thanks for your interest. I just sent you a pm please check.
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  • Profile picture of the author MeetMe@TheTop
    Depends on the site, If it has a lot of traffic you can angle the pitch as you've done all the work for to get the traffic and its ready for you to monetized it. You can also tell them the many ways they can monetize it too
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  • Profile picture of the author wadboram
    My Advice:

    1. Never use CTR theme again
    2. Putting Adsense on that site again will be a problem
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  • Profile picture of the author Gozang
    Thanks to all warrior for responding to my thread and trying to help with suggestions and offers.

    As many of you have suggested, I have mentioned that my adsense account has been suspended in the auction but I have not typically warned them that the site linked to adsense account has been suspended.

    I think site has nothing to do with the suspension of the account because I'm hundred percent sure that the invalid clicks they said happened was not on this site and I also want to let everybody know that I have never participated in any such unethical activities. For me it would be cheating and stealing advertisers money and I would never do that. I'm not sure what was the reason behind my account suspension although they claimed that I was generating invalid clicks. One of the reasons could be that I bought a site with adsense guaranteed service from wso but I'm not sure.

    I used adbride, chitika and other services but these network have been not been generating 1/8 of the income as I was getting from adsense.

    My suggestion not to buy those adsense guaranteed sites as you don't know what kind of traffic you are getting and who is clicking the ads.

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  • Profile picture of the author nonin
    before choosing Chitika, check out this graph of "impressions v clicks v revenue":


    I felt like I was raped when saw this report.

    Already before the payment were low, but 4 clicks to get $0.01??? c'mon... morons
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  • Profile picture of the author nonin
    is amazon better? .. hell no - if you don't cheat..

    but I am going to try luck again with amazon on that particular website :/
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  • Profile picture of the author JBanis
    You can warn people about it, but that's just politeness..i think it's unnecessary. It's you adsense account that was banned, and not the site...so a new owner should be totally fine.

    Make sure you mention in your listing that your sites made money etc...don't hide that fact. It's fine if it didn't make money for the last while...but it's good to know for a new buyer that it was profitable before.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by JBanis View Post

      You can warn people about it, but that's just politeness..i think it's unnecessary. It's you adsense account that was banned, and not the site...so a new owner should be totally fine.

      Make sure you mention in your listing that your sites made money etc...don't hide that fact. It's fine if it didn't make money for the last while...but it's good to know for a new buyer that it was profitable before.

      No ... it is far more than just politeness and it would be highly unethical and dishonest not to divulge an important aspect of the site. Adsense is one of the more popular methods of monetization on Flippa and many people would not want to buy a site that had been banned by Adsense.
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  • Profile picture of the author JBanis
    Yeah I know what you're saying..and intuitively I tend to agree...

    I asked for advice from various sources about this...and although it seemed morally the right thing to do...the question/discussion at the time was also about whether it was entirely necessary.

    The reason was simply that once it was established that the site was totally fine and that ads would still show on it, it should be no issue at all for a new person.They would never know because things would simply continue as normal with their own adsense account.

    So yeah...although it seems like "the right thing"...it can actually also mislead the buyer that something is wrong, where there isn't anything wrong...

    I certainly didn't imply to lie or anything or be unethical deliberately...but there are more sides to the story...

    And...yes...many people don't wanna buy a site that had been banned...but...the site itself may not have been banned...but rather the adsense account...it's a different situation.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      So yeah...although it seems like "the right thing"...it can actually also mislead the buyer that something is wrong, where there isn't anything wrong...
      Really? Losing an adsense account is serious - and usually permanent. Would you risk YOUR adsense account by buying a site where there might be a problem? It's not ok to sell sites like this without disclosure.
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  • Profile picture of the author JayWiz
    Try to put other monetization source like kontera, chitika, or maybe sell some ads spot then you can sell the site. If you want to sell it as it is then let the buyer knows that your adsense account was banned previously so you can't use it anymore and you can give advice to the buyer to be careful when putting adsense.
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  • Profile picture of the author JBanis
    @ Kay King...yeah I know what you mean of course...and I would disclose the fact that my site had been banned...but the thing is...if you adsense account (not the site itself) has been shut down...it is definitely ok for a new owner to take over the site with their own adsense account. I just wanted that clear.

    So I'm not telling people not to say anything to anyone ever...not at all...jeez...I certainly wouldn't be happy with that either...but from an earlier discussion with others I learned the difference between adsense account being banned vs the site itself being banned...

    Now..I better go do something...

    @ Gozang Good luck with the sale
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      You are right about the site - but adding a new account to a site of a previously banned account is not always as easy as it seems.

      Point is - you disclose what happened and any buyer then knows exactly what he is buying.
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  • Profile picture of the author NBaller
    To be honest with you, I wouldn't sell these websites (assuming the Penguin update didn't hit you). However, if you are to sell, I would do a few things:

    * The first website I saw (scaracnetreatment) had a message up top that said that CTRTheme is not properly registered. While I know this isn't a big deal, it may raise red flags since you already have your adsense account suspended.

    * Do you have any proof of what these sites made before they were suspended? If so, you may want to throw this in. Even if it is just based on estimates.

    * Do you have a friend or relative who isn't in IM who can sign up for an adsense account for you? As odd as it sounds, just use your friend or relative to get codes back up on your site (assuming they were making good money).

    Let's assume that your sites will sell for 10x monthly profits. If your sites were making, combined, $60 / month, you're looking at a $600 sale (roughly). If your sites are clean, like you indicated, get someone to throw them up on an adsense account. Generate history of revenue and then sell the websites.

    If you don't want to go to this trouble, sell up the idea of promoting affiliate offers on your websites. Find a good one for each, mention the payout and then the estimated earnings off of a 1% conversion rate. If buyers can visualize the potential earnings, you can make more money.

    Right now, you're fighting a losing battle. There is no way you will sell for $500 with the information I see on your auction now.

    Hope this helps,

    Mike
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