Posts Tagged “domains”

Website Sales Growth Overtook Domains in 2011

by Andrew Knibbe 11 Comments

Duel in the Vale

Earlier this week we came across a great piece of analysis by Ron Jackson over at DNJournal. Ron took a deep dive into reported domain sales for 2011 and made interesting comparisons with 2010. It led us to wonder about how Flippa website sales performed for the same period. To make it comparable, we followed More »

Watching out for Stolen Domain Scams

by Andrew Knibbe 40 Comments

Crime Scene

A domain scam has been roaming the internet for a while now that aims to trick domain owners into providing their account details into a faked GoDaddy.com page. The scammer then sells them off as fast as possible on any number of domain marketplaces. Unfortunately it seems that it is back in circulation and catching More »

Confidential Listings – A New Way to Sell Quality Websites

by Andrew Knibbe 63 Comments

When Cluedo Met Monopoly

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, More »

Improved Verification of Domains for Sale

by Andrew Knibbe 23 Comments

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We’re incredibly serious about validating ownership of websites and domains made available for sale on the Flippa marketplace. Flippa has been leading the industry in this regard—we perform stringent ownership validation of each website prior to the listing going live. However, as much as Flippa is about being the best marketplace to buy and sell More »

Kickstart Your Website Flipping Project with an Aged Domain

by Luke Moulton 33 Comments

Choose a niche

Imagine, starting your website flipping project with a domain that already has age, has backlinks, is indexed by the search engines – and may even have accumulated PageRank! Buying an aged domain can potentially give you a leg up when building a website to sell. So how do you discover aged domains to buy? There’s More »