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Buying, Managing & Selling Websites For Profit - Learn the Real Tricks of the Trade

Running an internet business frees you from the shackles of the office and the clock - from site flipping to buying established online businesses, there are a lot of misconceptions about. Having been in the business for a while now, I'm here to talk about various strategies that can be applied to build a profitable business, provide insight into the industry and from time to time give away some of my best secrets. I'll do regular analyses of public sales of web businesses to help you see what works (and what doesn't). I want it to be a two-way process - so as I write the blog, feel free to comment and share your thoughts (good and bad!)

All opinions expressed in here are my own.

  1. Selling Turnkey Sites is Not Site Flipping (and why you shouldn't try it)

    by , June 30th, 2010 at 10:31 PM (Buying, Managing & Selling Websites For Profit - Learn the Real Tricks of the Trade)
    There is a large amount of information about site flipping and similar subjects, freely available or as part of a paid product. The vast majority focus on selling turnkey sites.

    Firstly, this is NOT site flipping. This is merely selling turnkey sites. In previous posts I have discussed what flipping really is, so those who continue to disguise turnkey selling as flipping are wrong. I know that myself and many others involved in the REAL site flipping circles are frustrated by the widely ...
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  2. Picking up bargains at "auction"

    by , June 17th, 2010 at 08:34 PM (Buying, Managing & Selling Websites For Profit - Learn the Real Tricks of the Trade)
    A sure fire way to building a profitable business is the ability to find and acquire under-valued assets. This applies to the online world too, so being able to buy websites is effective for either building a portfolio or flipping.

    There are a lot of marketplaces and forums out there to look for under-valued sites, but my favourite has to be Digital Point. There are a large number of sellers with sites and generally terrible listing sales copy. This does mean you have to trawl through ...
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  3. Site Flipping is Dead

    by , June 8th, 2010 at 03:37 PM (Buying, Managing & Selling Websites For Profit - Learn the Real Tricks of the Trade)
    Only joking! The industry is very much alive and kicking. The goal posts have just shifted and some business models that have been working for the last few years are no longer as viable as before. Over the coming months I’ll be posting regularly about site flipping on the Experienced-People blog and hopefully providing some good insight into the industry and also some articles that will arouse further discussion from the best in the business.

    I’m relatively new to the internet business ...
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