Why Is No One Bidding On My $450 Per Month Site On Flippa

Ok,

Firstly I would of probably put the Success Fee your way rather than the buyers way! Just a thought, may not matter, but if someone buys for 4k it can be a substantial sum to some people.

Secondly, there are spelling errors in the title and subtitle and I believe your title should have been more thought out. Did you research other high traffic listings to see what titles were pulling eyeballs in???

The first block of content is also very heavy on the eye, maybe format this a little better and break it up as I actually couldn't be bothered to read it, get some bulleted benefits near the top, so straight away potential buyers see what they are getting without having to read the whole listing.

This will draw interest and the interested parties will then read the lot!!!

I am not a site flipping expert though and I may be wrong, but those things stood out to me straight away!

I hope that helps and Good Luck with it!

GoGetta

One reason may be that serious bidders will wait and post their bids last day. Your site is online less than two days. I get most of the serious bids on my flippa auctions last day.

D.Marze

HI,
Don't give up already! Everything takes time; and if you give up or sound desperate, then you will end up losing out; so be hang in there. Good Luck

just looking at your auction. Yes, there's misspelling you did. But that doesn't matter for me. And you've got your first bid when I see your auction site. Just be patience and not to go rush for it.

But, there is something I notice about your site. Your site has PR0 on the main page, and many unranked in depth pages. Maybe that's why your auction go up slowly, since you said Google rank it high. Secondly, your site theme is usual for me, and not eye-catching.

But anyway you still have 3 more days, right? So, with your first bidder there, you will get another bidder very soon.

-Malik

Thanks for the replies. I really appreciate your suggestions. I have seen some of the spelling errors but it seems you can no longer edit your title and sales letter with flippa.

@ Javern, is that suppose to be your first post on the warrior forum? Sincerely, I could not have done better than that. People like you are the main reason I am still in this business.

@ everyone, I will keep watching to see if someone will buy the site, if it is not sold, I will work on it for another 1 month and then relist in December.

The only problem is that Clickbank is not sending my checks and I have urgent financial problems to attend to.

Funny enough, I just checked the stats and the site has done it first $100 day. It made $105.94 yesterday.

very nice site!

Why would you want to sell it? I understand about a quick 4k but still if it keeps growing I am sure you will make more....

I dont flip many sites as I like to hang on!

Good luck I will be watching

Danny

What were the comments that you deleted? When you delete comments you should update your listing to explain why. There are a lot of scams on Flippa and one of the most obvious signs is deleted comments, which is usually people asking questions the scammers don't want to shine a light on.

Not saying that is the case here but you should realise that is the perception a lot of people will have if you don't explain.

I have just posted about the new sales and also restored all the deleted comments.

Hi,

I just wanted to ask if you could PM me with an outline of how you achieved this.

I'm interested in turning a few of my blogs into auto cash generators like this and any pointers would be helpful.

Thanks
Andrew

Sure, I will do that when the site has finally be sold or when the auction ends. Will pm you link when the time comes.

Just wait until the last few days, and the bidders should come in. Also, you might want to accept the current bid, even if you won`t sell the website for that amount of money. This will help you get the ball rolling.

Also, I have noticed (but I might be wrong here, so don`t take this as serious advice), that websites that are listed for a longer period, they do not get as much attention as the ones that are listed for say - 7 or 10 days. Again, that`s just my ecperience.

Wish you luck!

Alex

from your ad...

I think you should have taken an extra day or two and done this yourself as well as outsourced a backlink package and worked on the site PR (many buyers still love PR).

Aside from that... 4 months isn't enough time for me to buy a site. I'd want to see consistent earnings over a year.

BTW... very nice site.

I think the language used on your website is too SEO centric and looses the actual feel of reading the content.
I guess that is turning of the reader.. apart from which I don't see a problem in your auction.

Selling a website always comes with a bit of waiting.

Patience is a virtue my friend

I will have to take a look at it. Maybe perception is that the value won't last long.

Question : I have 11 people watching the site are this 11 potential buyers or sellers trying to see if the site will sell?

I suppose there is no way to check but I still want to know if it is that flippa will send those watching the auction a message to remind them about the listing before it closes or is there a way they will be notified about activites going on with the auction?

yommys01, don't get to upset yet. I follow lots of sites on Flippa and most of the serious bids happen near the end of the auction. I also wanted to ask if you have a reserve price in mind please pm me.

I just checked the listing and you have two bids and your price had gone to $600 so stop worrying and Chill Out

Patience, it'll sell for sure and IMO, at the BIN price. In fact, if I were able to afford I would probably buy it right now and might do that if I can get enough clients overdue invoices paid soon

Nice site and work to get it to that point. Congrats.

If I were you Id format your sales copy better for a better read and offer to pay the success fee over at flippa

Don't worry, I'm sure it will sell. Most of my previous flips were sold later before the auction ended.

If it makes you feel any better My network didn't sell and it makes about $650 a month and has over 700 newsletter subscribers that come with the sites.

Site for Sale: Network of PR3,PR2 Blog sites, 3K EPN revenue, 100 Adsense w/ 103k UV average — Flippa

Some sites take longer than others to sell.

Good luck!!

Affiliate sites are usually valued way below sites that are producing its content or selling its own content.

Most presell sites (assuming that's your case) are valued at 2X the monthly income while a minisite can be valued at 5X the monthly income.

That is one reason why I don't flip affiliate sites anymore.

sometimes you just have to wait, don't worry

your site is selling at a bargain price

Yommy,

You can alter the description once the listing is LIVE!

You can't alter the title, thats all!

If you are logged in at Flippa, visit your page and then your listing. Now down the right hand side you will have some options. One of these options is to "Edit Your Listing".

Click on that and you can edit the description all you want. I did it just before on one of my listings!

HTH

GoGetta

Its weird, I saw on time a business that made 10 grand a month sold for ten grand.

I think the buyer definitely one in that case!

nice site design and work mate

The bidding is up to $600 with 2 days and 2 hours to go, so advertising that site at Warriors paid off, alongside any help and advice taken for your sales copy

I've bought a couple of sites on flippa - and don't think this one will sell for anything like the BIN price.

In my experience, sites on there with 2 - 3 years of consistent profits, fail to attract much more than 10 x monthly profits as a selling price.

I think it will go (or not go) for something like $800-$1,000.

Yeah the market is much different from a few years ago ... I bough the free web hosting company Spacetowns.com back in the day (2002) for $4k-6k from ebay... can't remember the exact amount, that had traffic but no revenue streams. Scrapped the project not long after because of a complete hash up by the owner's transfer of the site & content to my servers :/

Regards

James

How on earth could they not be bidding up to 1k for this site ?
If the content really is unique, that's what the site is worth at least

Thanks to everyone. I am hoping the bids will start coming soon. To those who think I am trying to advertise here, I am not in anyway trying to do that. I only started this thread because I am frustrated.

I have done everything including move away from Nigeria due to power problems and the issues associated with Nigeria that you and I know but it is over 1 year I have been online now and I still yet to be able to be making $1k per month consistently which is not because I am trying. I honestly think I am doing all I can to succeed but God knows better.

To worsen the situation. Click bank is not sending my checks. I have close to $2k in the account but only $946 have been sent since I have been online which is not helping. I have emailed them but they can't seem to see what is going on.

So please note, I am not trying to advertise here for free. I know the consquences of doing that and I will not be stupid to ruin the already fragile reputation I have ( due to being a Nigerian).

Just thought I'd add my own comment here, as I've bought up several sites before. You already got some great tips with spelling mistakes (which can put off some serious bidders), but here are my main issues if I were a potentially interested bidder:

1. Your site is unproven. Unless I misread, it looks like you've been making money for three months. So it's not really a steady $450 / month -- it's $450 for the last three months. Even though this isn't bad, someone can have a $100 day and not make a dime later -- doesn't mean that they'll get $100 / day forever.

This is especially true with sites that are based only on articles or search engine placement for short periods of time, as there's no proven record and often times the rankings can drop and the owner would be left with minimal to no sales.

2. Having said that, your asking price of nearly $4,000 is almost 4x what the site has ever made since it's been in existence.

3. You don't give a lot of details on what it sells or how the buyer can continue selling the same stuff (you say you can make up to $30 commissions -- what's the lowest, what's the average, etc.?).

4. You also don't seem to have a list or any assets like that, which might add value to your purchase since it might be deemed a higher risk purchase.

5. Overall, I'd just say that the price you're looking for is high considering the short lifespan so far of your site, the risk factor to the buyer, etc.. I bet if you lowered that to half of what you're looking for, you might get some more interest if you fix up the other parts, but you might even have a hard time with that.

- Brian

Another 2 bids of $1,000 and $1,100 just came in. I am sincerely hoping this site will sell but if not, I will keep it for another month.

Hey Yommy,

Best of Luck with your Sale.
You have got already enough tips for this.

I know how it feels in a difficult situation you are facing there...
otherwise in normal circumstances you would have maintained this site
for your own and enjoy the passive income for years to come...

Hope you get best ROI for your efforts. God help you!

Regards,
Mohsin

Thanks to everyone, true to your predictions the bids are beginning to come in but I can not believe my hard luck. I have had no internet connection since 1 pm my time yesterday and could not accept the 4 bids that came in.

Though the bids have now been accepted but I believe more and higher bids would have come in had I accepted the bids on time. The good thing is that the site keeps good money meaning it will probably surpass the $450 average at the end of this month.

I want to sell the site but never at a price lower than $3900.

Hey bro,

Just saw the listing again, CONGRATS!

You DID IT! Its SOLD at BIN of $3,900. On your way to success

Cheers,
Roshan

Hey Yommy,

I've seen your rise to success step by step for over a year now.

The thing that I admire the most about you given the amount of adversity you've faced, you never gave up. This is what happens when you persevere.

You're proof anyone can do it. I'm inspired.

Congrats on selling your site for the BIN price.

I am so happy now. I had the most peaceful sleep in recent time even though I did not know the site has been sold.

I gave up on selling it when the highest bid was $2700 but waking up this morning there was a BIN bid which is soooooooooo WONDERFULLLLL.

I don't know what to say but I will like to say a big THANK YOU to the warriors. When I started this site, you guys were there to guide me through. When I need to write articles ( with my not so goog English) it was you guys I relied on.

When I was frustrated about the site recieving no bids, it was you guys that God Used to give me assurance, hope and the needed strenght to go on. In fact it was one of you who I relied on to help me keep an eye on the auction and to help accept the bids when I could not get online to do it by myself as a result of the cyber cafes being closed for the night.

You guys ( Ok I don't want to be sterotype, you guys and gals ) have been my heros and heriones. It is almost 2 years now but I have no regret(s). The wait has been worth it. I have made over $3999 in the offline world before but nothing delights me as much as this.

If this is a dream, I hope I don't wake up from it.

@ Rosetrees, if you are reading this post, I want you to know you are a warrior indeed. You have been a wonderful addition to me ever since I met you here on the warrior forum. I know without God using you, I probably would not have sold that site. You not only gave me the money needed to list the site, you help customised and redesign the site and not only that you also stayed in front of the computer as late as 1 am your time accepting bids for me.

I really appreciate everything you have done and pray that God, the rewarder of man will surely reward you. Today is the best day I have ever had this year and I am sure that HE THAT WATERETH SHALL BE WATERED. As I am glad, so shall you be glad.

I need to stop now before tears that dropping.. Thanks to everyone.

Perserverence and your faith payed off in the end my friend. Good job.

Awesome Yommy,

I am happy for you!!

You obviously put a lot of work in and this shows what happens when you do!

Awesome!!!

GoGetta

Interesting thread to follow,

I love this forum whenever anybody is having any
difficulties in his/her niche and ask warrior member
for help someone will surely get an answer to solve
the problem,
Yommy as come out to discourse the problem in his
niche that has made him success for selling his site
for that price... Keep it up.....