Site Flippers, How Do Beat Market Saturation?

15 years ago

To set yourself apart, take a little bit of time to MARKET your sites. With a little bit of love and persistence - A.K.A work!

You can get each site to average a few bucks here or there. That will insure your sites SELL quickly and for higher profit than the "other guy's sites"

Plus your sites will be more attractive to buyers with backlinks and a history.

These are just some ideas and can be done quickly, specially if you have a blog, just submit your rss feed to rss directories.

Another good selling point is have UNIQUE content. Hire a writer or write 5 or so articles yourself. Unique content always sell.

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Hugh

15 years ago

With so many new people going online every day, I don't believe in saturation.
The ranks of the incompetent and/or lazy will always be crowded.

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M0n3yMan

15 years ago

I have to say most "site flippers" are just creating startup packages and selling them, If you actually market the website and get some traffic and a few adsense clicks or affiliate sales you will have far less competitors.

also you could try propper site flipping ie buying an established site earning money as it is often easier to increase the revenue of an established site than it is to get a new one off the ground.

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Sheryl Polomka

15 years ago

Stand out from the crowd. Offer nice looking, good quality sites and always give your customers great customer service so that they might come back and buy more sites from you.

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yommys01

15 years ago

Thanks guys, I am trying to stand out as much as possible but I am not seen any good results, not sure why but it is annoying.

Sold a site for 167 dollars about 4 days ago with $3 earning in adsense but unfortunately my second auction is not impressing me so far even though I added a squidoo lens and other some bookmarking service to buyer.

I got a 57 dollar bid so far but I am definitely not going to sell for 57 dollars.

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Desmond Ong

15 years ago

Hi Yommy,

The best method to beat market saturation is LIST. I can stress the importance of getting a private buyer's list. Ever since January, I have been sending offers to my list and sold about 1 site in 2 days or so.

If you are new to site flipping and don't have a list, start by selling on DigitalPoint forums. I see too many newbie site flippers made mistakes by jumping straight to SitePoint Marketplace which requires listing fees.

On DP, you can list a site for free and sell your site for small profits to establish your list.

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BODH

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Desmond Ong

Hi Yommy,

The best method to beat market saturation is LIST. I can stress the importance of getting a private buyer's list. Ever since January, I have been sending offers to my list and sold about 1 site in 2 days or so.

If you are new to site flipping and don't have a list, start by selling on DigitalPoint forums. I see too many newbie site flippers made mistakes by jumping straight to SitePoint Marketplace which requires listing fees.

On DP, you can list a site for free and sell your site for small profits to establish your list.

But desmond i saw there is difference in sitepoint and dp buyers.Dp guys want to get the stuff for dirty cheap.But in st ,it seems if the buyers like the stuff ,they will be ready to have it for BIN price

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Desmond Ong

15 years ago

Originally Posted by mithunhero

But desmond i saw there is difference in sitepoint and dp buyers.Dp guys want to get the stuff for dirty cheap.But in st ,it seems if the buyers like the stuff ,they will be ready to have it for BIN price

Hey Mithun,

That's a big stereotype there dude. Yes, it's true that most people in DP wants cheap stuff because they are looking for good deals. So, I advise you to give them deals.

About few weeks back, I sold an acne site on DigitalPoint for $70 (a profit of $30). $30 profit is not worth all the efforts at all. But till today, this same buyer had bought 6 sites from me (a total sales figure of $4,000).

Plus, on DP, you have nothing to lose. On SitePoint, you will lose $10 listing fee minimum.

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Another thing is that people are too prone to sell blogs. Blogs are great - no doubt. But most of the blogs are really just blogs -- nothing else. If you are scared of sitepoint marketplace saturation -- don't flip your sites there. simple.

I've ran plenty of tests for this so-called "market saturation" but trust me, there is no such thing as market saturation. The term should be changed to SitePoint Marketplace saturation.

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shopperama 15 years ago

The thing is, if you've done all the above and created a successful site, why would you want to sell? Unless you really need the money, you probably wouldn't.

Very well said. I've always wondered the same thing.
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- Desmond Ong 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by shopperama
  
  Very well said. I've always wondered the same thing.
  
  I used to get 3 emails a day asking the very same question, "Why Sell when you can squeeze cash flow from it for times to come?"
  
  The answers are simple.
  
  First, site flipping is addicting. Who doesn't like quick instant cash that you can withdraw almost immediately? You can flip a site 2 hours from now, get the cash in your PayPal, go to eBay and buy yourself an iPhone.
  
  Secondly, by keeping a site, you are also carrying a "prospective-liability" as well as the risks involved. About a few months back, my friend's product site had to shut down because his domain name was taken away by GoDaddy because his affiliates were spamming. He then approached me and I taught him about site flipping. He is now a great site flipper and never look back.
  
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tonybhachu

15 years ago

Hi Yommy,
I've said it before and I'll say it again ...
Try selling a "profitable" site - you won't have any problems selling it.
All the best,
Tony

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MeTellYou 15 years ago

Originally Posted by tonybhachu

Hi Yommy,
I've said it before and I'll say it again ...
Try selling a "profitable" site - you won't have any problems selling it.
All the best,
Tony

Exactly.

it's a bit harder to make sites that generate profit, but selling them is a breeze.

Sebastian
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Armaan.Zafar

15 years ago

Make it easier for others, and the market will find you, not the vice versa.

And there are many other things than just blogs and product sites. For example - membership sites, landing pages, review sites etc. Try your luck with those, the market ain't saturated there. Or...

Come up with an idea of your own, see how it could help people, foresee potential objections, solve 'em and you'll be beating the market.

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Tyrus Antas

15 years ago

Create a brand, not another cookie cutter spam blog.
Create a community.
Create a website with multiple traffic sources.
Create a newsletter and regularly communicate with subscribers.
Create a relationship with your readers.

The thing is, if you've done all the above and created a successful site, why would you want to sell? Unless you really need the money, you probably wouldn't.

Therein lies the problem with site flipping. Most flippers are selling crap and they know it.

Tyrus

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Biggy Fat

15 years ago

Unlike Desmond, I actually DO NOT recommend you sell on Digital Point. It is the land of the scammers.

I said this in an earlier post that flipping startups on Sitepoint no longer works unless your username on Sitepoint is SuiteJ, Kate Anderson, desmond28, or TheAtHomeCouple. Sitepoint is trying to become eBay as far as the 90% of the crap websites are concerned.

Established sites are the way to go now. Too bad I can't, for the life of me, turn the traffic I (easily) get into revenue. Which is why I'm gonna ask more questions and whatnot and see what I can do.

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