Flippa Blog

The following guest post was kindly penned by Allison Reynolds, a veteran niche internet marketer and Flippa customer. She is currently working on creating an online reality TV show about internet marketing called The Reality Challenge. So you have a website with an email list and you’re wondering whether it’s worth selling it on Flippa. [...]

Not so long ago, we asked you how you make sure you trade safely at Flippa. Every business transaction involves a degree of risk—even when you’re dealing with a person you’ve met and know well. Throw a few thousand miles, timezone differences, cultural mores, and language difficulties into the mix, and establishing trust in a [...]

Late last week we were informed of a security vulnerability on Flippa.com. Within hours we’d patched the site to fix the vulnerability, and conducted a thorough audit of security logs. The delay in this post informing you was caused by a legal insurance requirement to fully assess any exposure, which has now been done. First, [...]

What’s missing from this picture? “A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” —Antoine De Saint-Exupery In an effort to simplify our navigation and focus on the Flippa offering, we’re considering removing the three listing type tabs that used [...]

The following is a guest post from Glen Allsopp from ViperChill. I’ve been involved in buying and selling websites to the value of over $200,000 in the last few months on Flippa. I spend most of my time looking for “gems” to buy on the various online marketplaces and then spend the rest of my [...]

We’re fast approaching listing number 100,000 in our Flippa database and to celebrate, we’re giving one lucky seller a bonus. The seller who posts listing number 100,000 will receive a year’s worth of Flippa listing fees – well, roughly anyway, we’re calculating it as one listing a week for a year. These 100,000 listings represents [...]

Next week, on July 12th, one of the most anticipated online marketing courses of 2010 begins. The Challenge, formerly known as The Thirty Day Challenge, will be taking over where The World Cup is about to leave off – delivering you excitement, controversy and awesome content. The aim of The Challenge is to teach people [...]

In most business transactions, there’s a level of risk.  Risk that the seller will run off with your money before supplying the goods, and risk the buyer will leave town without handing over the cash. At Flippa we’re dedicated to creating a secure environment for people to buy and sell websites globally. Initiatives such as [...]

We’re very excited to announce the release of the new Due Diligence page. The Due Diligence report page combines a truckload of useful data gathered from authoritative sources. The page is intended to help buyers assess opportunities in the marketplace without having to trek all over the web collecting important due diligence data from other [...]

Today we celebrate Flippa’s first birthday! Twelve months since the launch of the Flippa website marketplace, we thought it a good opportunity to review our first 12 months in business, celebrate our successes and give people some insight into the year in the life of a start-up. In The Beginning… The website trading stalwarts amongst [...]