Flippa Blog « Feature Updates

One of the most common feedback themes we get is that it is too hard to search websites for sale on Flippa. This has not been a problem in the past as most users simply hit the “New Listings” tab and trawl through the new arrivals. However the sheer volume of new listings now appearing [...]

We’ve updated the Post-sale page for website auctions to improve how paypal transactions are done. Website buyers can now go to the post-sale page and simply click on the “Pay with PayPal” link – so long as the seller accepts paypal payments of course! Clicking the link will take the buyer to PayPal with seller [...]

Edit note: the threshold for Premium Buyer Certification was lowered form $5000 to $2000.  We’re seeing a big increase in websites listed on Flippa over $2,000 and to further improve Flippa’s ability to provide an effective and secure marketplace for these transactions, we’re introducing Premium Buyer Certification. This will make it just a little harder [...]

As part of our ongoing commitment to simplification and reducing any unwelcome surprises for website buyers, we are removing the buyer success fee options. This change is a result of user feedback and resulting careful consideration. Suffice to say, there are two key reasons for this change: reduced complexity for website buyers and improved auction [...]

Recently we’ve had a few website sellers come to us saying they’d love to list on Flippa but they’re not entirely comfortable with everyone — maybe competitors or current customers — knowing their website is for sale. Given the pivotal role of the website’s domain in our listings, this was not possible… until now. Furthermore, [...]

The reigning wisdom for most website buyers is that you should buy websites that reflect your knowledge and interests. This is for a variety of reasons: if content is king, being knowledgeable about the subject matter puts you in a better position to create authoritative content knowing your niche means you most likely know your [...]

There are a number of enhancements in the pipeline to streamline the process required for getting your website or domain included on Flippa. We are launching one of these today to simplify the process for updating existing website or domain listing details before publishing your listing. Before today, if you were selling your website on [...]

Visitors to the Flippa homepage over the last few weeks may have noticed the appearance of favicon images alongside a number of the featured domains and websites for sale. When selling a website, this is a powerful (and free!) way to differentiate your featured listing on the homepage in addition to any bolding, shading or [...]

Firstly a very big thank you to EVERYONE that volunteered their feedback on our discussion piece about whether or not we should be shortening the website auction extension time on Flippa. The blog post alone has received over 130 comments so far – this is our second highest count ever (it may take another $10 [...]

UPDATE: We’ve taken on the terrific feedback provided as part of this post and have decided to leave the current extension time unchanged at 4 hours. Further details of this can be found in our follow-up post. Big thanks to everyone that took the time to contribute to this conversation! Since the dawn of Flippa [...]