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Buying and Selling Web Sites With Little Effort

Monday, December 14th, 2009
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I want to take a few minutes and discuss the one issue that almost nobody confronts with any degree of honesty - the fact that you really don’t like your job. In fact, like the vast majority of people around the world, you know full well that you loathe your job, and the irritation of constantly being under the thumb of an oppressive supervisor. What would you say if I were to assure you that there is an easy way for you to leave all of that behind and become your own boss? It’s not as difficult or fanciful as it sounds - all that you need to do to make it happen is to learn how to buy and sell internet websites. Within a short period of time you can begin to earn a good living.

Of course, I’m fully aware that you’re having some serious doubts about the whole idea, and wondering how on Earth anyone can really make money with this business model. Well, rest assured that it is more than just a pipe dream! The internet has grown to encompass more and more of our everyday lives, and website realtors are a reality whose time has come. Best of all, you need but a fraction of the startup costs of a brick and mortar business - just enough to purchase your initial website.

So you are asking yourself how exactly do I get started in this and start making the money that I deserve to be making? For starters there is the basic need of buying a website in which you can flip and make money off of the finished product. Now there are two ways upon which you will be able to obtain a website that you will be able to flip and make it ready to resell to another person. The first is to build a site of your own. This where you will take a site and build it from scratch. You are in charge of everything in the design of the website, and in the end all you had to pay was a small fee in order to host your site. The other way to acquire your site will be to go and buy your next domain. This will depending on the type of site will cost you a little more than you would pay for a site that you build yourself.

OK now you are in the saddle as you have decided as to what your niche will be and you have found a site that is all about dancing poodles, you have shown interest with the site owner that you want to buy the site. Wait though before you go and just drop your money on this site you will need to know somethings about this little spot of internet heaven that the site is taking up. You will need to know what is it’s SEO potential and it’s page rank on sites as Google and Yahoo. If the site is a dud then you will not want to buy a site that has not received and probably will not receive any real traffic. The whole purpose of this site is to have a site that will sow to future buyers that it has earning potential.

You will need to ask the site owner for some documentation that shows how much traffic the site has seen in the past. If this information is not able to be obtained then you will want to just do a keyword search for the site on Google. See where it comes up on the site as far as page rank is concerned. If the person does give you documentation as to the traffic make sure that it is legitimate info and not just what they want you to see in order to buy the site.

Now you have bought the site and you now own it outright. Now comes the time to design the site in a way that will make it pleasing to a potential buyer. Now I know you are sitting there and saying that you have no knowledge when it comes to programming and site design. That’s ok you don’t need to remember all the code in the world to have a good looking site. All you need is a little imagination and the desire to take your ideas and apply them to your site. There are several ways that you can design a great looking website and not have to be web savvy in order to make it happen.

Now we have acquired a name, designed a site now comes for the cherry on the sundae finding a host that you can host your site on. This is the easiest step out there as there are several upon several hosting companies out there that offer hosting plans that fit every need and every budget. Everything from free hosting, to moderately priced hosting. In my personal opinion I would go with a hosting company that offers you a good deal on hosting with the option to have several sites hosted at once, after all this is your new found career. If you are going to do this then you will need and want to do it the right way otherwise you will wind up failing and end up with that dead end job that you hate or even one that is worse in the long run.

JP Andrews is an experienced professional on website flipping and is the co-creator of SiteSnipe, a tool for help researching and perform analysis on data to buy websites.

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Website Flipping for the Beginner

Saturday, December 5th, 2009
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The internet has become a great part of our daily lives, we live on and around the world wide web. Everything from keeping in touch with friends and family to ordering pizza can now be done online with the click of a mouse. For this reason it is no wonder that so many people are beginning to try and find a way to harness the power of the internet for their own personal and professional use. More people are looking for a great way to make money off of the internet, this has led them to the world of website flipping. This is the art of taking a site that has either been created or that a person bought from another person and improves it to resell for a profit.

What is Website Flipping? The term website flipping refers to the process of buying an existing website, or creating a completely new one, making improvements to it and reselling it for more than what was paid for in the beginning. Many people think that you have to be a computer geek in order to flip a website. This is in fact absolutely not the case. Anyone if they have just a little knowledge about how the internet works can flip a website for profit.

Many people hear web flipping and automatically think about house flipping. The truth is that the two are the basic concept. When a person flips a house the buy a house then flip it to resell at a higher price then they paid for it. In a nutshell that sums web flipping up perfectly. As the years have passed so has the popularity of web flipping in order to make a small profit off of a site.

Now the first thing that I will tell you is that you will need to determine as to exactly what niche are you going to be in with your web site. What I mean by Niche is the fact of what area are you going to try and focus your site on. One example of this would be are you going to focus on a site that sells grass skirts. If so then you will need to design your site to reflect this. Now it has been my experience that the most effective tool in aiding you on deciding which site to flip is called Site Snipe this will give you a list of the websites that are currently for sale at that particular moment and what market they are in as well. So lets talk about your niche. If you know what you are doing and the vision that you have for your business then you will already have a basic idea as to where you want to go with your site. Now I always tell a person who is looking at starting their own business or looking to flip a site is to pick a niche that you love and that you are good at as well. It makes no sense at all to be in a market that deals with cat supplies if you are allergic to cats in the first place. If the site you are looking to flip make sure that it is a subject that people are interested in.

After the niche, domain name is the next important decision. You want a domain name that will not only entice traffic for your site, but that will linger in the minds of consumers. Selecting a domain name involves only two hard and fast rules: 1) it must be memorable; and 2) the name of the website should have a correlation with your business’ focus. Of course, you also need to ensure that the name is unique and not being used by any other website. Because of that, it is always wise to brainstorm several variations on your chosen domain name so that you have other options in case your first choice is already in use.

The design of your website is critically important, since the overall design is one of the largest attractions for any buyer. Hastily constructed sites that look as though they were patched together with Elmer’s glue and a roll of duct tape are unlikely to entice any buyers into making a purchase. Fortunately, there is no need to learn all of the computer code used by the experts - you can construct an attractive site without it. Even better, you can often find someone else to design your site for you - that is, in fact, one of the best ways to guarantee that your site is presentable.

The last key that you will need to make sure is in place is finding a place to host your site. There are several companies out there that offer several plans that will both fit your needs and your budget. One of the options that you any want to consider is if you are flipping a site just for personal reasons then you will want to consider using a free host to accomplish the need for your flipping needs.

To read more information about website flipping or to find more information to assist you buy websites check out SiteSnipe from ITSect.com.

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