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Approaching to different webmasters

by online only
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Hello,

I just wanted to ask if anyone has tried to contact webmaster/blog owners whos sites are just abandoned or not being monetized?

If yes, then what would/was your approach to them?

Pre 2009, I bought many sites through flippa that were "under" monetized and I usually doubled if not tripled the sites income.

However, seems like tables have been turned and today flippa is full of cr*p!

Last week I contacted webmasters who haven't updated their sites for years. However, seems like most of them have some sort of deep connection towards their site.

Probably it's because their sites have been around over a decade and they are full of great content. Yet they are outdated and not being monetized.

So, what should be my approach towards them?

A) Cool site. Are you willing to sell this one?
B) I'm highly interested in your site, I would like to update it since I'm passionate about this [enter_niche]. Are you willing to sell this one for a fair price?
C) I'm interested in buying your site. What you think about $xx,xxx?

Any other methods?

Cheers
#approaching #webmasters
  • Profile picture of the author ItWasLuck3
    Maybe reach out to them not with an offer to buy, but to improve their site? If people (such as the ones you've described) have a personal connection to their site, it sounds like any price that they'd be willing to sell at will not a justified based on any solid figures.

    Maybe you reach out and say you've really enjoyed their site, and you believe there is potential to monetize it better. At this point you'd have to get creative and figure how you're getting paid (whether you're charging this webmaster a fee, or taking a percentage of ad clicks, etc.).

    Hopefully you get what I'm trying to say. I only say that because I had my first website for about 5 years even though it didn't make a dollar past year 3. I didn't have any plans to sell it, but had I been approached to help better monetize my rather stagnant site (in the latter half of its life), I would have jumped all over it.

    Cheers,
    Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author Malcolm Thomas
    Try making them an offer that they can't refuse.

    For example, if it's a blog that you are interested in going after, offer to buy the site from them at a premium price AND offer to pay them to produce content for you and the site on a REGULAR basis.
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  • Profile picture of the author online only
    Thanks, solid advice.

    @itwasluck3
    Although I'm not much interested in helping other folks to monetize their websites, this could be one option after I have had a negative response from the webmaster.

    @Malcolm
    This could be another option. However, I don't know if I should offer them $$$$ in the first e-mail or on the follow-up (once they have answered)
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