How To Sell Websites On Flippa?

12 years ago

Sorry for the bump

Can anyone offer any help on this?

I dont want it to get to the point where my auction ends and I dont know what Im doing

-Richi

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a17ddt

12 years ago

if you join the war room, theres a great free guide in there that will tell you everything you need to know

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largo45

12 years ago

Originally Posted by RichiiCapone

Despite the newb question, I have actually been in IM for nearly 2 years now. However, I have a load of old websites lying around that I have no interest in anymore, so I'm going to sell them on Flippa.

There is currently only 1 up at the moment, and so far 2 people are bidding on it, which is good. I just wanted to double check the process for the site handover to the winning bidder.

Would they simply need the nameservers, and the wordpress login?

Ive never done anything like this before so forgive me for sounding stupid

Any info would be great.

Cheers,

- Richi

You will have to transfer ownership through the registrar that has the domain name. The process can vary a little, but there should be an FAQ section at your registrar's site that gives instructions.

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imposant 12 years ago

Agree with Largo - every registrar has instructions on how to proceed. Also flippa has a safe option of holding up payments until the rights are transferred.
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AndreasJacobsen

12 years ago

Originally Posted by largo45

You will have to transfer ownership through the registrar that has the domain name. The process can vary a little, but there should be an FAQ section at your registrar's site that gives instructions.

I am in the same position as Richiie, so thank you for the advice

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Here's instructions on how to transfer a Wordpress site to new owner

http://domainingdiva.com/transfer.pdf

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iyerkedar 12 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Here's instructions on how to transfer a Wordpress site to new owner

http://domainingdiva.com/transfer.pdf

Thanks for the above document. It was very informative.
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RichiiCapone

12 years ago

Cheers guys.

Bit shocked. Just looked at that PDF and it looks like a massive process :S half the stuff on there I don't even understand.

Oh dear.

Wil the buyer provide all his details for his Cpanel etc?

Again sorry for sounding like such a n00b

- Richi

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mrtreyk

12 years ago

Originally Posted by RichiiCapone

Cheers guys.

Bit shocked. Just looked at that PDF and it looks like a massive process :S half the stuff on there I don't even understand.

Oh dear.

Wil the buyer provide all his details for his Cpanel etc?

Again sorry for sounding like such a n00b

- Richi

If you have any questions let me know...I can help...

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RichiiCapone 12 years ago

Ok so can I just double check what I need to do, as these auctions are ending tomorrow.

1: Change website registrars
2: Transfer WP blog
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I think I can manage the WP transfer, as theres loads of detailed things online showing exactly how to do it.

But how do I go about changing the registrar? I really have no clue

Will they provide me with all their information that I need as well?

Well confused at the moment... :S
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ldiaz117

12 years ago

I did this last week. Transfer domain, zip up webhost files, backup WP database and thats it.

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cherchar 12 years ago

I am so not tech savvy. I wish I understood the whole thing on Flippa, and word press. I have a few of my own web sites to sell I haven't had any luck with Doba parking the domain names
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Patrick13

12 years ago

Good question Richii.
Is there anybody on the forum that offers that sercvice of transfering websites for people that sell them on flippa?
Maybe somebody will see this and start one when they see this thread.

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ldiaz117 12 years ago

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- Patrick13 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by ldiaz117
  
  Not a bad idea...If anyone needs help, give me a shout
  
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kea55

12 years ago

I was just wondering, are the sites making any money at all. Did you just give up on them?

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RichiiCapone 12 years ago

Originally Posted by kea55

I was just wondering, are the sites making any money at all. Did you just give up on them?

No the sites that I'm selling currently have not made any money.

I wouldnt say I gave up on them, but I was less experienced when I set them up, and have just lost interest in them. I have some better sites that I wont sell, and I am constantly putting all my effort into those ones. One of them hit page 1 for its KW last night, so thats exciting.

However, I do know that people will pay for a ready made site, even if its not making any revenue (for some reason). I've put one of them up so far, which has already made me a profit, and its still got a week left.
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hustlinsmoke

12 years ago

It's not completely simple, where does your mail go, to the website or to you.
What hosting has it.
Will you need a coder to move it because you don't know the database passwords and they are built in.
It won't be hard to figure out but the question is broad.
Usually you just transfer the name, transfer the site or ask the hosting company if they can take over.
change the mail if the mail is being forwarded ect.

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RichiiCapone

12 years ago

Again, sorry for the bump...

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Thomas Smale 12 years ago

Originally Posted by RichiiCapone

Again, sorry for the bump...

If you haven't specified, you'll transfer it for the buyer, let them do it themselves if you're not sure what you're doing.

Just give them cpanel/FTP access to the site for X days.

Most decent hosts will offer a free transfer service as well, so your buyer can probably just use that.
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RichiiCapone

12 years ago

I've never considered that option before. Thats a good idea.

The only thing that concerns me is that I have several websites registered in my cpanel. Is there i chance that they could 'steal' those ones as well as the one that they have bought?

Is there a way of securing my other sites?

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by RichiiCapone

I've never considered that option before. Thats a good idea.

The only thing that concerns me is that I have several websites registered in my cpanel. Is there i chance that they could 'steal' those ones as well as the one that they have bought?

Is there a way of securing my other sites?

The best way to let them install it is to just zip up the files and let them download the files. I wouldn't give them access to cpanel. Just go to file manager to the site in question in cpanel and click on Select All and then Choose Compress from the nav bar and zip them all up. Then use phpMyadmin to go to the database and export the database. Give them the database file and an url to download the zipped file and it is transferred.

I personally would set it up for them. You get far better feedback from customers if you do.

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RichiiCapone 12 years ago

Ok that sounds good.

When you say set it up for them; You mean set it up for them on their hosting?

How would I go about doing that?
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- sbucciarel Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by RichiiCapone
  
  Ok that sounds good.
  
  When you say set it up for them; You mean set it up for them on their hosting?
  
  How would I go about doing that?
  
  Complete instructions are here
  http://domainingdiva.com/transfer.pdf
  
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12 years ago

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Osman_M

12 years ago

Wow, I had always thought it was an easy process to transfer sites. This thread has given a of information.

So Im guessing the easiest way is to let them download all the files which you grab from your cpanel? In addition transfer the domain through the domain name registrar?

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Osman_M

Wow, I had always thought it was an easy process to transfer sites. This thread has given a of information.

So Im guessing the easiest way is to let them download all the files which you grab from your cpanel? In addition transfer the domain through the domain name registrar?

They will need to have an account at the registrar that the domain is in. That's free. Then you just "push" the domain to them. Very easy. Each registrar the process is slightly different. Just google push domain namecheap, or push domain godaddy or whatever registrar it is.

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RichiiCapone

12 years ago

Ok Im going to go for the compress to .zip file option. And send them the zip file and the database file. I think thats easiest

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sbucciarel Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by RichiiCapone

Ok Im going to go for the compress to .zip file option. And send them the zip file and the database file. I think thats easiest

That's very easy as long as they know how to install it. Above I posted a pdf with instructions on how to install it. Give that to them to help them if they need it.
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RichiiCapone

12 years ago

Brilliant. Thanks so much for your help.

I've got the SQL file and zip file on my desktop.

What needs to happen now?

Also what happens regarding the nameservers?

Sorry for all the questions

you must be sick of me now lol.
I just want to make sure that I get this right.

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by RichiiCapone

Brilliant. Thanks so much for your help.

I've got the SQL file and zip file on my desktop.

What needs to happen now?

Also what happens regarding the nameservers?

Sorry for all the questions

you must be sick of me now lol.
I just want to make sure that I get this right.

You need to upload the zip and the database to a location on your site ... say create a folder for it domain.com/temp/ and upload it there. Put the database in it's own zip first. Then give the customer the url to the files,
say domain.com/temp/sitefiles.zip and domain.com/temp/database.zip

Don't do anything with the nameservers. Once you push the domain to them, they will change the nameservers to their own host. And just in case something happens, leave the site intact on your own server until it is up and running fine on theirs.

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arranrice

12 years ago

1) Get the site ready to sell.
2) Write a good flippa listing/title
3) Pick how you want to list the site.. do you want upgrades or not?
4) The good luck selling!

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RichiiCapone

12 years ago

Ok I've sold 2 websites on Flippa yesterday. One of them is a domain registered with GoDaddy, so that should be simple to push over to him.

The other one however, is my main domain on my cpanel. and I have several add-on domains coming off it.

How would I go about pushing that over to my buyer?

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by RichiiCapone

Ok I've sold 2 websites on Flippa yesterday. One of them is a domain registered with GoDaddy, so that should be simple to push over to him.

The other one however, is my main domain on my cpanel. and I have several add-on domains coming off it.

How would I go about pushing that over to my buyer?

That's tougher. You're going to have to contact your hosting support and see how to do that, since it's registered through your host and connected to your cpanel.

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TryBPO

12 years ago

Hey there,

We did a series of videos on how to transfer sites after you've sold them on Flippa that you can check out here:

Niche Site Migration - 8 Steps To A Quick And Error-Free Transfer Process | AdSense Flippers

Additionally, we have a post where we give away our absolute best tips for selling our types of AdSense-earning websites. Nothing held back:

Site Flipping Secrets - Selling Websites At A Premium | AdSense Flippers

Lastly, if you dig audio content, we did an interview with a guy for his podcast that was all about flipping websites. (These are tips/tricks for selling...not migration related issues) It's about an hour long, but I thought it was one of our best interviews yet...you can check it out here:

OIL 017: An Interview with Justin and Joe of AdsenseFlippers.com | The Online Income Lab Blog

Hope that helps!

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RichiiCapone

12 years ago

Sorry for reviving an old thread, I just have one more question

The client now has the website successfully loaded onto his cpanel, and I have made the arrangements on my cpanel ready to push my domain to him.

However, he has no idea what to do his end, in terms of registering the domain name.
And I dont know how to go about it either lol.

Can anyone help?

I promise I'll stop asking qustions about Flippa after this

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