Hi from another newbie

[sealtech]

Hi everyone

Ive come on here after "meeting" clinton on another site, I have been reading quite a few of the posts and by the sounds of it you guys are very knowledgable in respect of online businesses and I'm hopeful that I will be able to tap into the knowledge you guys have. My background has pretty much been all IT based but having been made redundant for the 3rd time I decided I wanted to be in control of my destiny and started trading as an IT company - not a particulary good move considering the climate but still feel its the right time however I am also looking for otherways to make some money which I can use for the luxury items in life such as spending it on my kids etc.
I have dabbled a little in the past with affliate sites and given money to others for established sites etc and very much learnt a painful lesson so what I'm hoping to achieve here is finding a way to get a reasonable number of sites earning a reasonable amount - not looking to be greedy etc (not to start with anyhow )
So I will be posting on here whilst I learn and I hope you dont mind.

Thanks

Allan.

[hooperman]

Hi Allan, and welcome to EP!

[Clinton]

Hi sealtech, welcome aboard and we look forward to exchanging knowledge with you.

What has been your experience of buying so far and why was it a "painful lesson"?

[sealtech]

Hi Clinton,

My experience so far has been buying so called established sites from ebay ! I bought a couple that were amazon affliates and some more that were templates (didnt realise it at the time). The established sites had proven traffic and revenue but that was before I realised how much the guy was spending on ad words etc. So to cut a long story short I learned to look a little more before I jumped in .

I now have a hosting account with about 10 domains registered but undeveloped - hence coming here.

Thanks

Allan.

[Michelle]

Hi Allan, welcome.

[Clinton]

sealtech, the Buy/Sell/Trade/Exchange section lists a few opportunities I've found over the last few weeks. That may be a good place to do some browsing. If nothing else you may get some ideas on where to look for sites to buy.

I bought a couple that were amazon affliates and some more that were templates (didnt realise it at the time).

I've had template sellers swear that nobody ever buys a template without realising it's a brand new site.

[sealtech]

Unfortunately when I purchased the templates I was just looking at the ££ signs - but it was a learning curve so dont suppose it was that bad after all. It has eventually brought me to this forum so not all bad

Allan.

[Fergal]

Hi Allan, nice to meet you here. I hope that your redundancy turns out to be a blessing in disguise and that it's a great opportunity for you. What areas of IT are you skilled in?

[sealtech]

Hi Fergal,

My background is mostly infrastructure - Pc's, servers, telephony etc but the last 10 - 12 years has been IT Management so looking at company strategy, compliance ITIL, ISO - that sort of thing. Not really got into anything web related until now (except usual browsing etc) so im a novice and after reading some of the tips on here im baffled - didnt realise it was so technical !! lol

Allan.

[Clinton]

Just ask when you stumble across something you don't understand. Or start a thread, it would be useful to others in your position. You'll find that more experienced members are quite happy to jump in and help.