Category: Selling Websites

Why smart entrepreneurs are selling their money-making websites

by Justin Gilchrist -

Dolomiti - Santnerspitz
When you scan through the listings of
sites for sale, you’ll often see some …. ummm … unique if not downright comical reasons that people give for wanting to sell their site or internet business. In fact, can you remember the last time someone listed their reason for sale as it being the “best strategic move to make”? Neither can I.

This could give the false impression that you need a reason to decide to sell, like something has to go wrong first, but if you’ve owned and operated a site for a long enough then knowing when to sell can actually work massively in your favour.

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Guest Post: What Factors Influence Your Site’s Value?

by Ophelie Lechat -

Today’s blog post is by Mark Collier of DropMining.com. I love his insights into Flippa’s sales data, and hope you appreciate it as well!

Over the last several months I’ve been busy annoying the Flippa tech team gathering data on over 6,500 Flippa sales as part of a comprehensive study to determine what influences the value of a website and it’s sale price on Flippa.

My core goal was to develop a reliable website valuation model but additionally I wanted to delve into the data and answer some of the questions you might have about website flipping and selling on Flippa in general.

Note: this study was independent of Flippa, in fact they weren’t even aware I was conducting it and thus all findings are my own.

I looked at 52 potential influencers of a website’s sale price; mostly the data Flippa provides with their listings as well as some of my own.

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10 Secrets To Sell Your Website at a Premium

by Justin Cooke -

Tweet If you’ve made the decision to sell your website on Flippa it’s only natural that you’re looking to get maximum value from your auction. So how do you do that? Today I want to share with you some of the best tips and tactics we’ve used to sell hundreds of sites and bring in just under [...]

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You’ve Sold Your Site: Now What About Taxes?

by Ophelie Lechat -

Tweet It’s a trendy topic as Tax Day in the US approaches: how much do you owe the tax man? Photo Credit: 401(k) 2013 Did you sell a website (or many sites!) in the last 12 months? Congratulations! Did you consider the tax implications of selling that site? Not quite? I didn’t think so. Selling [...]

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Infographic: What is Powering the Internet?

by Ophelie Lechat -

Tweet     You don’t get to $90 million in website and domain sales without learning a few things along the way. We see hundreds of new listings every week, and keep a close eye on the trends. What’s most in demand? Which types of sites are no longer popular with buyers? We took data [...]

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Free re-list offer in response to Hurricane Sandy

by Ophelie Lechat -

Tweet   We’ve been following the latest developments on Hurricane Sandy, which just hit the northeastern United States, with interest. With schools, businesses and even the New York Stock Exchange closing down, electricity shortages predicted, and evacuation orders for several regions of the US, we’d like for our sellers to have one less thing to [...]

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Website Sold and Funds Secured? It’s not over yet!

by Ophelie Lechat -

Tweet This is a Guest Post written by Bryan O’Neil, the co-founder of top Flippa seller Flipping Enterprises. The article is a short excerpt from Flipanomics – The Professional’s Guide to Selling Your Website for the Highest Possible Price. Many sellers (and buyers alike) seem to think that by having their auction won, the terms [...]

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Guest post: 7 Ways To Promote Your Flippa Auction Like a Pro

by Ophelie Lechat -

Tweet This is a guest post by Richard Kershaw from the web hosting reviews site WhoIsHostingThis.com. Richard is also an experienced website seller, who has been on Flippa since it was but a small part of the SitePoint message boards.  Selling your website? Writing a killer Flippa listing is only half the battle. The other secret [...]

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Top Tips for Sellers from a Flippa Co-Founder at Affiliate Summit East

by Ophelie Lechat -

Tweet We recently spent a few fast-paced days at Affiliate Summit East in New York, along with over 4,000 affiliate sellers from all over North America. Between attending sessions on Google’s latest changes and meeting some of our biggest users, there wasn’t much time left for sightseeing, but we did make some great connections. Affiliate [...]

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You’ve Got Mail: a new look for Flippa’s messaging centre

by Ophelie Lechat -

Tweet One of the best ways to ensure a Flippa sale goes smoothly is for the interested buyer and seller to communicate in private before the end of the auction. In order to facilitate this, we offer a centralised place for sellers to communicate with interested buyers for each of their listings. We recently gave [...]

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