Tutorial | Essential Blog Plugins

by cherilyn

So you’ve got a WordPress blog, and you’re ready to start customizing it. You know that plugins are an essential part of any blog, so you start doing some online research to find the best plugins for each purpose, and how to install them. Two hours later, you emerge from your office more confused and [...]

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Why your Adsense Sites could be leaving money on the table

by justin
Google Badsense

In this post I ran calculations on over 2,000 recent website sales to find out which type of monetisation strategy yields the highest revenue per unique user.

The idea behind this is simple; For every site we own we do similar things to get traffic – link building, partnerships, blogging, adsense etc, but doing the same actions on two different sites can yield very different results.

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20 hacks to increase the value of your online website properties

by justin
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This is a guide listing 20 practical things you should be doing to increase the long and short term value of the website(s) you own. Every item in this list can be outsourced, tracked and provides a direct return on investment.

Some of these techniques focus on increasing traffic, whilst others focus on improving conversion or adding revenue sources but ultimately, all will result in more cash, whilst you own the site and when you come to sell it.

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Flippin Rubbish, Ed Dale and Guru Responsibility

by justin
Rubbish - Apparently it too will sell on Flippa

I came a post today from “the Challenge 2010″ which if I’ve read it correctly, advocates selling junk sites that you know are a complete non starter on Flippa. Is this wrong, or am I just being over-sensitive?

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How to find Websites for Sale (35 Sites Ranked and Rated)

by justin
Websites for Sale

Reading the past posts on this site could lead someone to believe that there are less than 5 places to find established websites for sale when this is far from being the case. This article ranks 35 websites that list online businesses for sale, ordered by a quality score and linking to the specific section on the site that lists what we’re looking for. This score was manually calculated and rounded to the nearest whole number for each site taking into account volume, quality and the ratio of established to non established websites for sale.

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FlipFilter – Back online and ready to Rumble!

by justin
Go Flippy...it's your birthday

After being offline for many (painful) weeks, FlipFilter.com is back and ready to continue where we left off. On the surface, not much has changed but there are a few critical software updates and support for new marketplaces coming on board shortly.

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Bad News Comes in Fives

by justin
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We have an expression in the UK that ‘bad news comes in threes’; lately, I’ve been finding that bad news seems to travel in fives and possibly sixes! Depending on where you are in the world, you’ll have noticed that access to the application has been suspended for a few weeks now. This is due [...]

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Building a new Marketplace – Part 2 of 4 – Marketing and Critical Mass

by justin
Websites for Sale Marketplace

In part two of this series, I discuss the strategy behind marketing a new marketplace and aiming to acheive critical mass.

I also profile the six different customer types of people who typically buy and sell websites online, and explain the numbers that show 90% of Flippa’s revenue comes from just 20% of its listings.

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Building a new Marketplace – Part 1 of 4

by justin
Websites for Sale Marketplace

This series covers in some depth exactly what it would take to build a rival ‘Websites for Sale’ marketplace similar to Flippa or Website Broker and address the strategy beyond simply building and promoting the site.

I know the majority reading this blog have no intention of ever competing with Flippa, but I hope it’s interesting reading for you, and gives a good round up of using strategy to compete in a crowded segment.

In part one, we look at the main two models and the policies you would need to adopt to ensure smooth operation.

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Flippa.com Hacked?

by justin
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It’s not been the greatest summer for Flippa. From seller complaints to fraud to hackers, the king of sites for sale seems to be under attack a lot lately.

But is it really their ‘fault’?

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Monetize your Social Media Pages

by cherilyn
Payvment

Having a Facebook Fan Page is one of the easiest ways to add value to a site you intend to sell. Fans alone however, wont necessarily translate to $s. We show you how to make money directly from those fans by creating a Facbook eCommerce storefront.

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Ideas worth Borrowing 15th June 2010

by justin
Case Compete sold on Flippa

Occasionally a concept or site comes up that we think is worth looking into as it can provide valuable ideas for your next site. We examine the idea behind the site and show you how you could profit with something similar. This week I’ll look online marketplaces and casecompete.com.

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Using Facebook to add value to your next Website Sale

by cherilyn
Facebook

It is no secret that Facebook is a must-have component to your social media strategy but also a great way to easily add value to a new project that you intend to sell. Facebook allows you to find, reach and communicate with new and existing visitors to your site, regardless of the niche you’re in.

All this equates to value and when selling your website, value = $s! In our first post in this social media mini series, we’ll take you through the basics behind creating a presence and engaging with your visitors.

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Tips for writing a better auction headline on Flippa.com

by justin
Writing a Flippa Headline

A better listing headline WILL affect whether or not your site sells and for how much. This seems like a no brainer, but it really isn’t. Having a better headline equals more views and more views on a worthwhile site will usually translate to more bids

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How Website Flippers can profit from History

by justin
Website Flipping Gold Rush

The model behind buying and selling websites has changed drastically over the last few months, and anyone selling starter sites have questioned where the change in website sale rates will end up. We cant predict the future but what we can learn from people’s reaction to a changing economy will always be valuable.

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Undervalued sites by Email, Blog Launch and Stats on Everything

by justin
Flip Filter now out of Beta

After three months, we’re finally coming out of beta! Our full roll-out is going to be done in stages over the next week. This article explains what new things you can do and our future plans for the application.

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After the Honeymoon

by justin
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This post was inspired by the amount of passion stirred up in the comments of a recent post on Flippa losing its “charm”. The days of selling sites with no traffic or revenue for upwards of $200 are gone and the first in are often the first to suffer, but should we really condemn them for simply playing the game?

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The Best Day to End a Website Auction Listing

by justin
Whats the Best day to end a website auction listing

Many people had asked the question “What’s the best day to end a website auction listing?”. My theory is that with enough data, if one day was better than another for selling site, it would become clear after plotting a graph of sales by day.

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Tutorial | Using Escrow to complete your Website Sale

by cherilyn
Escrow for Selling a Website

Without a doubt – when you’re selling a website, or buying a website security is important. This tutorial takes you through setting up an Escrow transaction to provide an additional layer of security in your transaction.

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Tutorial | How to Transfer a Blog

by cherilyn
How to Transfer your wordpress blog

Congratulations, you just sold your website! For this part of our back to basics series, we’ll be talking about migrating a Wordpress blog. The steps for other blogs are similar, and backing up the databases is exactly the same process.

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