Buying Existing Money Making Websites On Flippa?

They are really not making that much. And if they were they would be selling for 6500-10000.

Check the traffic stats most the traffic comes from listing it on flippa and people looking at it.

I would never buy one of those sites listed there. You can just build a similar one for nothing (hosting and domain) and drive some traffic and you will save yourself $400.

Obviously one benefit of buying a a pre-made site is the time savings. Of course you could build your own, but for many people they would rather buy something ready to go. Either they are new and don't know how to build sites, or for many, they would rather spend that time promoting and marketing.

And there are flippers that enjoy building and selling sites, they dread actually running and marketing them. I think it's even the thrill for some folks, the selling and the flipping that is.

But I agree with stuzilla, they might not be making what they claim.

I think you know the answer already.

I have sold over 10 full running and profitable websites and been involved with selling half as many offline businesses over the last decade and I think the most obvious lesson I've learned is that if someone is selling their business it's probably not worth buying, unless you're buying it for the assets.

As far as the internet goes (and the last 4 times I've been on Flippa) my auctions have always been bid out for 8-12 months of the current monthly profit. So, as an example, a website that makes $1,000 a month but has $500 of monthly expenses will typically sell for a $4,000 to $6,000 closing bid price. To compare, offline businesses, depending on their liabilities, usually fetch 3-5 years of the currently annual profit.

Be careful with those websites.

Check their rankings in google, every once in awhile you can find something good. But otherwise just beware

Buying other people's established websites is a great way to start a business. Whether it's an equally great way to continue a business is another story. Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

Some people are not good at the first few steps in business, but are good at taking the ball and running with it. The guy who started McDonald's sold his young, established business to Ray Croc, who turned it into the humongous thing it is today.

Simples. Those sites aren't making as much as they claim. If a site was really making $650 a month profit, you'd be looking at paying somewhere around the $7800 mark (12x monthly profit). Just a ballpark figure, mind. Many factors come into play when valuing sites.

Beware of Flippa. I've heard a lot of horror stories.

You need to do a lot of due diligence before investing in one of those "income earning" sites. Many are more or less fraudulent, and even the traffic they claim to attract is often of horrendous quality.

Seasoned site owners will know that. Rosy cheeked newbies wont.

Before buying such sites alwyas check if they had been ever penalized by search engienes, check the pr, age, and backlinks profile and also check the domain worth to calculate if the site is worth to buy.

You are correct, and this is why most of those people obviously can't be trusted. Also be careful about the "I'm too busy to run the website" excuse. If a site is already making money as they claim, then it requires no extra work.

It's not that there aren't sites that may be worth it, but I'd have a game plan for how to use the site once I got it. I'd never expect to just sit back and rake in the money.

You are absolutely spot on. The example you have stated there of a site which is making $650 per month is getting sold for $400 at flippa whereas the price should be at least "Monthly Earning x 12". So it is better to stay away from them.

Good lord, i just looked and found this site for sale. https://flippa.com/3004162-lead-gen-...n-show-you-how

This is one of the most obvious fraudulent listings that I've ever seen. It's stuff like this that gives legit sellers a bad name.

They wouldn't. They are lying to you.

If they're selling a site that claims $650/mnth for $400, either they're lying about the income or they've been hit/penalized by Google and the revenue and traffic are in steep decline.

well i cant say it enough times.. THANKS for all the advice and education. As a new guy at internet marketing its people like all you that give hope to actually earn a legit income online.

I am looking into wordpress to possibly create my own site or sites.. I dont have any type of coding experience but I hear its not all that hard with a little research, youtube vids and some practice. Im no computer wiz either, but im teachable and have a desire to learn..

I started to try to learn to use kompozer like a year ago to build my own LP's.. but it was pretty much a fail.. then i lost all my money($1700) trying to do banner advertisements (i created) by tryin to promote an adult offer with an adult traffic source that screwed me, since i was brandnew and probably had no business doing what I was doing... but anyway. So i quit IM.

Now im back working a 9-5 and starting to get a few hundred bucks to play with.. not much, but a starting point..... and anything i can do for FREE, helps of couse

Although I will keep my eye out on flippa for some legit deals, i figure i might as well have a plan B and learn to make my own stuff..

I have accounts with peerfly, amazon, clickbank, adsense, adwords.. but im not really sure where i should start......what niche....build LP's....direct link offers......or..build a website...buy a website....do CPA....clickbank.....hahah just not sure and need to make up my mind!! 2014 needs to be my year for showing my associates its possible to make money at home from the computer!!

Flippa definitely does have some good deals but you have to be very careful and do your research before you buy. I've bought and sold dozens of sites there and 90% of the deals have turned out well.

Since it sounds like you're just starting out, pick a site in a niche you know something about. Make sure it's built on Wordpress so it's easy to manage. If possible, get a site that already has some traffic and, preferably, search engine rankings. Obviously it's great if it's already making money but be careful not to overpay. It's a good idea to start off with a cheaper site (under $500) that you can build up over time, rather than risking a bunch of money on an expensive site that may or may not be legit.

Another option is to have someone build a custom site for you from scratch. Just make sure it has quality original content and comes with a step-by-step guide on how to continue developing it!

There's no way a seller would take the deal as the OP mentioned if it were in any way legitimate.

It seems somewhat similar to all of the jobs posted on oDesk I've seen:

"Please create me a niche website. I want it to earn $500 per month with AdSense. Once you've proven to me it's ranked and has earned $500 in 30 days (with my AdSense account attached for proof) I'll pay you $300. Cash money, baby!

Bleh...

Once I have downloaded wordpress to my computer, do i need to put it on hosting before i can begin to use it to practice developing a site?

I've sold websites earning $200 to $300 a month for around $1200-$1800. A few of those turned into repeat business for services, ranging from $800 to $12,000 in additional income from those buyers.

Too many people sell websites on Flippa and just stop with the customer right there. A decent percentage are open to doing much more business with you after they buy - no different than selling an offline client on a service.

Give them a really smooth and professional transaction experience after they buy the websites from you and you've won both their trust and created an open door for yourself with some of them.

But the key is to have a site worth buying for $1000 or more on Flippa. Only people with some money to burn are going to buy those (for the most part).

It also helps if the winner of the auction is a newbie.

Get a starter website with a decent price, promote it and make money.

Stay away from these "too-good-to-be-true" sites. I have bought a couple of them before and found them to be a complete crap! I remember I earned little to no money at all! There are always hidden risks associated with these sites and the sellers won't tell you of course.

You already know the answer. Ask yourself: Will you sell your $1200 per month site for $600?

Many people forget Flippa is an auction.

So when you see a site for $400 that's just the top bid. It may not have broken reserve or reached it's top bid potential. Often this happens in the final hour.

I sell lots of sites on Flippa and it's the #1 noob question I get when the bids are4 still rolling. People think the current high bid is close to the selling price.