A big week of sales on Flippa, with half a million dollars changing hands!

Congratulations to all those involved – and many thanks from us. It’s very flattering to have so many great buyers and sellers put their trust in Flippa, and we’re still working hard to make sure it’s the best place to do your business. Here’s some of the more recent changes:

Video Attachments on Listings

If you’re running a listing, go to the Attachment Management page and you’ll notice a new option:

Shows the Attachment Management screen where you add a video attachment to your listing.

Shows the Attachment Management screen where you add a video attachment to your listing.

That’s right, it’s now possible to add YouTube videos to your listings. These will appear on the listing page looking something like this:

Shows how a video attachment displays when on the listing page.

Shows how a video attachment displays when on the listing page.

A click on it will pop up a nice lightbox and allow users to play the video, simple!

What will you use this for? Well, I think it could be really useful for giving more credible proof of revenue or traffic details – if you screencast yourself clicking through your PayPal or Analytics account, buyers will have much more confidence in your figures. But, of course, the possibilities are endless. Maybe you want to pitch your site to potential buyers, or just have a chat to let them know who you are and why you’re here.

New Preset Searches – Entry Level up to High-End

A picture speaks a thousand words:

Shows the search bar on Flippa with the new preset searches in place.

Shows the search bar on Flippa with the new preset searches in place.

You’ll have noticed the new presets that we’ve put into the search bar. These came out of repeated requests for a category system similar to the “Startup/Established/Premium” that used to exist on SitePoint. Now we have Entry Level, Mid-Range and High End searches.

However, these are better than the Marketplace ones were. These search directly on the Reserve Price or Minimum Offer. The only way to get your site into the High End search is to have a Reserve Price set over $10,000. Sure, you can cheat by setting your reserve higher than you expect to get – but then you’re unlikely to sell your site.

Let us know how these are working for you, but we think it’s a big improvement for both buyers and sellers.

Search for “Most Active”

Also in the above image, you can see the Most Active preset search. This is another much requested feature. It allows you to see quickly where all the action is – just in case you should also be checking out the sites that everyone else is bidding on…

Option: Don’t Automatically Relist as Private Sale

Most sellers seem to like the fact that if their auction doesn’t sell, it’s automatically relisted as a Private Sale listing, which gives them exposure. Private Sales are selling really well – about 20% of our sales – but some people want more control over their listing. So, now sellers have the option of saying “don’t relist my listing automatically”.

Show the Revenue Source Information

We’ve always collected information from sellers on where their revenue comes from, but we weren’t previously displaying that information. Why not? Honestly, I’m not sure! It was an oversight – one which we’ve now corrected:

revenue_information

We also added in the “Affiliate Income” revenue source, as that’s an important one which we weren’t previously capturing. Thanks again to all those people who let us know of our oversight!