Site flipping involves buying an old site, giving it an upgrade and then selling it for a profit. In this article, we will focus on promotion. Once you have a revamped site, who are you going to sell it to and how are you going to sell it? Here are a few tips:
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In site flipping, adding value to the site is probably the core of the business. It is the activity that generates income. There are varying degrees and ways of how you can do this, but writing all of them down would be a bit impractical. In this article, we will discuss some of the more well-known and well-practiced ways of increasing a site’s value:
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In flipping websites, you can begin the process of adding value to it once you get hold of a site that meets your requirements. There are many ways to do these and the changes that will be implemented depend entirely on the purpose and goals for the site. Thus, discussion in this article will be limited to the general improvements that can be made. You must also remember that you need not be a web-design expert to do the upgrading, as you can easily tap the services of a freelance coder to do the job for you, with just a little additional investment in your part.

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With more and more people wanting to sell their existing websites, we have decided to put together a list of helpful tips to make the process simpler for those who are considering selling their website: (more…)

There is no established formula for the valuation of a web site. However, there are several factors to consider when valuing a website. These items are discussed more fully in our website valuation article, but we wanted to provide you with a brief summary:

A. Profits and Cash Flow (This is really revenue minus costs)

• 1. Source of Revenues
  • a. Monthly products or services sales from site.
    b. Monthly membership dues
    c. Subscription
    d. Commissions from other sources
    e. Revenue from partnership deals
    g. Advertising
    • i. Sell through rate
    • ii. Does the site have an ad delivery system in place

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Although there is not much written about the valuation of websites, in the last few years some have attempted to establish some methods for valuing an already established website. These methods range from the simplistic to the overly complicated.

Even I wrote a lengthy (still in progress) article about web site valuation but while the methods set forth there are extensive, they are currently a little outdated and they don’t help properly and quickly valuing a website today.

Here are some tips on how to come up with a general value for a website you might want to sell.

You will need the following information: (1) unique monthly visitors (2) number of monthly page views (x) number of members (3) dollar amount of monthly income from all sources (4) total expenses to run site.

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