site flipping: what kind of sites sell?

Any site/niche will sell as long as it has steady revenue. Start-up sites even with traffic but no revenue will barely sell. Site flipping is a bit over-rated in my opinion, if you actually visit Sitepoint marketplace, start-up sites don't really sell well. On the other hand if you visit the premium/established sites category, there's where the money's at.

Hi,

Sites sell because of the value attached to them. Value can be anything - revenue, traffic, history, assets such as products, subscribers list etc.

It depends on what sale price you're targeting. If you're looking to flip start up websites, you won't have much traffic or revenue, if at all, and thus are depending on other assets. Observe the marketplace, and you'll see most start up sites are selling based on the content, the products associated, the graphics etc. With cookie cutter sites literally flooding the marketplace, it's become a bit hard to get the much needed exposure for even a good site.

If you're targeting something like $1,000 and above, you'll have to take a look at established sites. They sell based on traffic and revenue mainly, and then come other things such as the list(s), history, income graph (suppose a site's income is increasing every month for the past 6 months, the 12x monthly profit formula fails there...) and other things.

Any kind of site can sell, and for a good price, if it possesses the quality.

Good luck!

I would sell my site. Mp3 audiobooks. Site is near breakeven. Over two years old. Needs a traffic bump, but low maintenance site. Feel free to contact for more details.

I agree with most of the above. For new sites, the key is to offer something unique. I've seen new small sites with unique and exclusive articles sell faster and for more.

I've personally sold sites with age of course, and sites with excellent domains. I've also sold newer ones (not just out of the box though) with customized designs and/or customized software installed on them too.

Scrapers and PLR sites - particularly with common templates - are a dime a dozen. They don't sell well and when they do they're really bottom of the barrel prices.

I sell brand new sites all the time on Ebay and most of them sell well. I think you need to stand out from the crowd, offer good sites and good customer service.

If I were selling established sites then I would stick with Sitepoint. Sure established sites will make more money usually (as long as they are making an income) but you can do quite well selling newly created sites also.