George Moulos wrote a good post on negotiating that is worth a read for newer domain/website investors who might not have much experience when it comes to negotiating. Some of the points would strictly apply to website sales since it gets into sales evaluations and other sales related data. Here are a couple points from […]
Continue ReadingWhy a .org website focused on a boring topic sold for $5.2M
AllABoutCookies.org sold for $5.2 million dollars on Flippa last month. Website sale not domain name sale. The site according to Flippa is one of the top 500 most popular sites in the world based on Moz.com‘s Domain Authority metric. What is even more incredible is this was just 100% Adsense. According to the article no […]
Continue ReadingFacebook outage shows once again why It always makes sense to own your own website
CNBC published a piece today on how content creators and influencers are rethinking their business after outages at Facebook and Instagram. Facebook apologized for the outage in a blog post. Domain investors have known for a long time you want your domain name to be your hub and social media accounts to be spokes. Investis […]
Continue ReadingSumo.com buyer purchases a money making business on Flippa and gives to a subscriber on YouTube
Four years ago Noah Kagan who was employee #30 at Facebook, purchased Sumo.com for his company that was using SumoMe.com. In a podcast it was explained that Kagan paid $500,000 upfront and $1 million over the next five years. Noah Kagan explained that paying over 5 years made sense to him, 16,000 a month, they […]
Continue ReadingFlippa Introducing New Due Diligence Packages
Worried about buying a website and getting blind sided or short changed? Many new buyers worry about getting taken that something might be fudged in the numbers. Flippa has announced new due diligence packages. The packages come in three different flavors. Red Flag Report US$1,000 Analysis period 1 year Report Size 11-14 pages Recommended for […]
Continue ReadingBuying & Selling on Flippa – A 45 Minute Introductory Course
For those who are new to website investing and interested in buying and selling on Flippa, they have put together a video introductory course. Steve McGarry will be the instructor. Steve’s background includes raising $3.5 million for his startup LendLayer which was acquired by Max Levchin’s (founder of PayPal) startup Affirm. There are five sections, […]
Continue ReadingMaking money with a .org domain name that has 4 hyphens
I was listening to a podcast by Spencer Haws over at NichePursuits.com with Mukesh Charasia. Mukesh runs an SEO agency in India. The greatest story for me in the whole podcast was that Mukesh made real money off of a .org domain name with 4 hyphens. 2018: Built a website on a type error done […]
Continue ReadingReal Estate vs Websites
Many like to compare real estate and domain names. In the world of buying and selling websites many like to do the same. I can say getting involved more in website buying and selling has become a bigger interest of mine over the last year. Dominic Wells wrote an in depth article “How Websites Compare […]
Continue ReadingWhy Buy A Digital Asset?
Benjamin Weiss published a very thorough piece on purchasing a digital asset. From why to buy a digital asset, to who are the buyers? And how much should you pay, I found the article to be a good read. If you are thinking about diversifying your digital asset business to more than just domain names, […]
Continue ReadingStep by step guide to making an affiliate website
Pat Ahern published a very detailed guide for someone interested in building an affiliate website. Streamline-Marketing wrote in September of 2019 – Affiliate marketing is becoming increasingly important to businesses in a variety of industries. By 2020, affiliate marketing is on pace to become a 6.8 billion dollar industry in the U.S. alone. Bonnie D’Amico […]
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