Some Questions Regarding Forum Traffic and Website Flipping

by AbdullahKaragoz

Posted: 11 years ago 17 replies

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Hi,

I wonder when selling a website, is it possible and makes sense to sell the website with the forum-accounts that are used to drive traffic to the site?

I think since the forum posts etc. will be somewhat personal, and the "networking" part will be very personal, then selling something that's too personal will not be so much for the "buyer",

But on the other hand I think since the forums will be a traffic channel too, then they'll be worth selling.

Does it make sense to sell forum accounts, or include the forum accounts when selling a website?

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butters 11 years ago

If I am not mistaken, this will go against the TOS of pretty much every forum, just so your aware.
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kary yucef 11 years ago

I don't think it's legal to do this
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salmanijaz

11 years ago

You are absolutely right ... it makes no sense to sell your account which is your personal property ....
But its becoming common now like selling facebook fan pages etc ... even i have been contacted by a person who was looking to buy a WF account ... I was really amazed to talk to him and he told me that people usually are selling it ...

In my opinion its really absurd ...

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kary yucef

11 years ago

Originally Posted by salmanijaz

Wonder for how much he will bought it, all I know is that it will be nearer to 37 $, so why the hell he would'n buy it from here :s :s

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salmanijaz 11 years ago

Originally Posted by yuuzokun

Wonder for how much he will bought it, all I know is that it will be nearer to 37 $, so why the hell he would'n buy it from here :s :s

The idea behind this is to buy an account with high number of posts and use it to post WSO's ...
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- kary yucef 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by salmanijaz
  
  The idea behind this is to buy an account with high number of posts and use it to post WSO's ...
  
  still seems stupid to me,
  first why any well known member here will "risk" his reputation to help another person that isn't ready to buy a cheap 37 $ membership
  second, there are many marketer here that have less than 40 posts and their WSO are very good,
  
  this gives an idea about the services that those people will offer
  
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sbucciarel Banned 11 years ago

Don't try that here or they'll just end up with a banned forum account. I imagine it's against forum TOS for just about any forum.
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- salmanijaz 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by sbucciarel
  
  Don't try that here or they'll just end up with a banned forum account. I imagine it's against forum TOS for just about any forum.
  
  I think this sums it up ... better to not do this sort of discussion which does not lead anywhere apart from banning my account from the forum
  
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AbdullahKaragoz 11 years ago

Even it's not allowed to sell a forum account, one person can well change his NickName and/or every other registration details (like name, last name, address, email etc.) to transfer the ownership of the forum,

or I'm taking it wrong?
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- mymegawriter 11 years ago
  
  I have to say that the forum accounts would have to much personal attachment to try and sell them...even though it seems somewhat wrong. It is best to just do what everyone is saying and not do it at all.
  
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  professorrosado 11 years ago
  
  Well, what you should have done was use only redirects to link traffic to your sites. When it comes to flipping a site, you now have another asset that you can indeed sell which adds value to the offer. It also prevents your buyer from playing with you after the transfer.
  
  Adrelink.com (I own) gives you a few options that you can use to increase traffic, promote offers and direct your traffic to any destination you like. So in essence, you can take any link from any account and control it and transfer it with no hassle for perpetuity. But this has to be done while you set accounts up for your specific blog properties.
  
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AbdullahKaragoz 11 years ago

So it's not wise to use yor business' name as nick-name when registering on forums?
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- sbucciarel Banned 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by AbdullahKaragoz
  
  So it's not wise to use yor business' name as nick-name when registering on forums?
  
  Actually, it's not wise to be discussing selling forum accounts on this forum at all.
  
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onSubie 11 years ago

I think it depends on how you sell them.

The accounts could be seen as transferable assets of a business.

If Google (or Fox) bought the Huffington Post, then I think the Huffington Post Twitter, YouTube and Forum accounts could be transfered to the new ownership.

Google (or Fox) wouldn't have to close all the various Huffington company accounts around the Internet and open new ones.

There have been many small companies with accounts that have continued to be owned and used by the new owners after the company is sold.
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- Paul Myers 11 years ago
  
  Here's our take on it: Get caught buying or selling accounts registered at this forum and we nuke your existing account(s), and any we can trace back to you in the future.
  
  There was a gentleman from India who advertised on another forum offering to buy WF accounts. He had been selling WSOs here for quite a while, and was not happy when we nuked his primary account and started digging out accounts with suspicious connections.
  
  This happens, on both sides of the formula, more than most people know. It's one reason that using proxies and VPNs to log in here automatically counts against you when we have to look into issues.
  
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AbdullahKaragoz 11 years ago

An example:

Let's say WarriorForum have a member with profile name ABC, and he owns a business named ABC (ABC is just as example, a lot of members here use his business' name as his profila name)

And let's say he wants to sell his business, and the new owner doesn't want him to use the business's name.

Then he's allowed to transfer the forum account, or change his forum profile name?
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- Paul Myers 11 years ago
  
  Abdullah,
  
  Then he's allowed to transfer the forum account, or change his forum profile name?
  
  He could easily change the name on his profile. All it would take would be a PM to me, or a note through the help desk, explaining the circumstances. Most of the time, we'd be happy to change it for them.
  
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