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[Website Flipping] The Death of Startup Websites?

by NewLevelMarketing
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I found this article about website flipping and selling startup websites. It's a pretty good read.

Check it out:

The Death of Startup Websites
#death #flipping #startup #website #websites
  • Profile picture of the author Biggy Fat
    Startups are definitely dead. People want sites that are already making money.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Interesting article and for the most part I agree that selling startups is not what it was last year, but then we have a new site: therugged dot com selling on Flippa for $17,000 with no revenue (but great traffic).

    Very nice site with some good assets, but still a startup with no revenue.
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  • Profile picture of the author InternetSuccess001
    Start up websites are still fine, alive, and kicking.

    It is a matter of what value you add. The sites where someone simply does a 5 minute wordpress install, takes another 5 minutes to install a theme on top of that, outsources 5 poorly written articles and then expects $200 for that, that may be a lot less. But something of really high quality that someone can use -- saves them time, is still very alive, even if it doesn't have traffic OR sales.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Louis Monk
    "There is still hope" Yes, as visiting sites like Flippa will give you ideas on making start up websites of your own.

    If you kow you can do something better then your are likey to succeed; even if it is only to sell it on Flippa.
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  • Profile picture of the author Imran Naseem
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    I don't think there is the death of start up sites. If you have a good reputation, and offer value then your site will sell.

    The market is changing and the way you flip sites is also changing. It depends how you define the word "death of".

    I remember when people kept saying the death of "Adsense" - but people are still making money from Adsense.
    This article is just hype - people are still making a lot of money flipping start up sites.

    People also find that the market often gets saturated but they need to make sure they brand themselves and are one step ahead of their competitors.
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  • Profile picture of the author DuncanMae
    I think it's agreed that startups aren't the issues, just the type that is thrown together and sold the next day for $297 that doesn't work anymore. Six months ago, you could sell as many as you could make.
    I've had amazing results lately at building new sites on aged domains, growing them for three to six months and turning the original investment of $20-$50 into $1500 plus sale.
    It's not really that much more work than selling a quick startup for $150. It just takes a little more research and some time to grow.
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