Flippa Blog « Buying Websites

Earlier this week we came across a great piece of analysis by Ron Jackson over at DNJournal. Ron took a deep dive into reported domain sales for 2011 and made interesting comparisons with 2010. It led us to wonder about how Flippa website sales performed for the same period. To make it comparable, we followed [...]

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      When we got rid of the New or Established distinction a few months ago, we also noticed that more and more buyers are using the Date Established metric to separate new sites from old. Just a minute, though – how are sellers defining the date on which their site was established? Is it [...]

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You may have noticed that our logo went black in support of the protest against the anti-piracy bills – bills which have serious concerns for anyone owning, creating, buying or selling websites. This is part of the tremendous effort around the web for 18 January. You can join the biggest online protest in history at [...]

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So you’ve just bought a website, and decided to transfer your new site to a different hosting company. The process of taking ownership of a site and transferring from one host to another can be daunting, but it’s a valuable experience and often a good idea. We spotted a fantastic how-to on the transfer process [...]

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Welcome to 2012, Flippa blog readers! Today’s post is all about the Secret Seven. No, not the children’s detective books written in the 1950s  – Flippa’s Secret Seven are useful Flippa tools that, for one reason or another, are often overlooked. Let’s jump right in, shall we? 1. Advanced Search. Our Advanced Search lets you [...]

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Yesterday we wrote about 6 possible warning signs to watch out for in an website auction. Today we’re finishing off our Top-12 list, and asking which ones ring the loudest alarm for you. 7. The seller is deleting many questions or comments from their listing. Now, there’s nothing wrong with a seller deleting spam or [...]

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  First-time buyer? Long-time website purchaser? Either way, seller and website due diligence is incredibly important. As the saying goes, “knowledge is power”.  In this two-part series, we’ll be ringing twelve alarm bells that you can use when deciding which websites of worthy of your bid. Stay tuned, kids, there will be a second part [...]

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Just over a year ago, we introduced a feature that allowed website sellers to indicate whether their website was New or Established. The trouble we’ve been seeing as of late is that the distinction between New or Established has become largely arbitrary. Some sellers are listing websites created in the last month with zero traffic [...]

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We were thrilled to be awarded “Best in Class” by the Interactive Media Awards today for our recent improvements to website search refinement. The honor recognizes that the initiative surpassed the key standards of excellence that comprise the web’s most professional work. The site was honored specifically for excellence in the Auction category. The judging [...]

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Robert Birming isn’t one to shy from adventure. So when the bricklayer-turned-musician-turned-web entrepreneur received requests to create an English-language version of his Swedish site Smidigt, he jumped right in. “I couldn’t have asked for a better start,” Robert explains. “Many of the major blogs posted about the fact that an English version of Smidigt, GeekAlerts.com, [...]

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