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Flippa websites

by amilo70 Banned
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Is it profitable to buy a website for example $5000 that takes in approximately $900 per month ? I understand that you'll get more back than $5000 but are you guys using this strategy ?
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  • Profile picture of the author Thomas Smale
    It's highly unlikely you'll find someone legitimately selling a site making an easy $900/month for $5000. If it was that easy, most buyers on Flippa would be millionaires, not complaining on forums about getting ripped off all the time.
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    • Profile picture of the author amilo70
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      Originally Posted by Thomas Smale View Post

      It's highly unlikely you'll find someone legitimately selling a site making an easy $900/month for $5000. If it was that easy, most buyers on Flippa would be millionaires, not complaining on forums about getting ripped off all the time.
      If the buyout price was $10k ?
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      • Profile picture of the author Thomas Smale
        Originally Posted by amilo70 View Post

        If the buyout price was $10k ?
        Possibly, but that's still not a particularly high multiple.

        I wouldn't recommend getting into buying sites on Flippa until you've got your feet wet with a few smaller purchases or have spent a few weeks researching due diligence. Even the most experienced buyers get burned from time to time, especially on places like Flippa.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Barber
      12 to 24 times monthly profit is a more likely asking price for genuine site sale and that will need maintenance by you to maintain the income (or an out worker)
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  • Profile picture of the author AdamYoungpeter
    You have to be careful with Flippa. It's really easy to get ripped off on websites there.

    Here are some things I would look for to find more legit websites:

    1.) Are there bids on it? That means others are comfortable with it.
    2.) Check the comments. Do people seem weary of the information the seller has given?
    3.) Look at sites with a PR of at least 1. Sites with higher PR ranking have a better chance of being legit.
    4.) Does the seller have a lot of Flippa verified stats on it?

    In your case, if the site is brand new and he's making $900 a month on it. There is a good chance he's paying high amounts of money to drive traffic and hitting it with unnatural SEO.

    If its an established site, maybe its legit. Some sites sell for 2x their yearly income so 10000 would be reasonable.
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    • Profile picture of the author Thomas Smale
      Originally Posted by AdamYoungpeter View Post

      1.) Are there bids on it? That means others are comfortable with it.
      2.) Check the comments. Do people seem weary of the information the seller has given?
      3.) Look at sites with a PR of at least 1. Sites with higher PR ranking have a better chance of being legit.
      4.) Does the seller have a lot of Flippa verified stats on it?
      1) Most scammers will shill bid their own auctions, so this isn't particularly fool proof. The majority of buyers on Flippa either aren't serious or haven't got a clue what they are doing - so just because they have bid, doesn't mean it's legit.
      2) This is a good thing to look for, especially if those commenting have a solid transaction history.
      3) This is not true. PR does not equal legit. I have PR6 sites making a few dollars a month and PR0 sites making $10,000 a month.
      4) This helps, but make sure it's actually verifiable. Flippa don't actually "verify" stats, they just pull data from Google's API. This mean you could be buying traffic/clicks etc. and it will show up as legit, when in fact it's not.
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  • Profile picture of the author andrawisnaser
    9 out 10 times the seller don't monetize it well

    check the site and see if there is a possibility to increase the revenue

    i bough a website that was making about 400$ a month and after 3 weeks of testing it was making around 1200$

    and i sold it for MOREEE

    i do this all the time

    but you must be careful of scam and adfly traffic
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