Monday, December 14, 2009

Buying and Selling a Website 101

By JP Andrews

I want to take a few minutes and discuss the one issue that almost nobody confronts with any degree of honesty - the fact that you really don't like your job. In fact, like the vast majority of people around the world, you know full well that you loathe your job, and the irritation of constantly being under the thumb of an oppressive supervisor. What would you say if I were to assure you that there is an easy way for you to leave all of that behind and become your own boss? It's not as difficult or fanciful as it sounds - all that you need to do to make it happen is to learn how to buy and sell internet websites. Within a short period of time you can begin to earn a good living.

Now I know what you are thinking, you're thinking that this is just a pipe dream and that no real money can be made doing this. That is where you are wrong, you can make money and no it is not a great dream. The truth of the matter is this the internet is becoming more part of our lives and if you don't act on the trend someone else will. Despite many startup businesses there are no real cost involved, all you really need is just a small amount of money to buy your first site.

So here is how to get started, first you will need a site upon which to try and resell. This can be a site that you buy the domain to design the site and find a host for it. Another option is that you can find a site that is for sale. One great way of doing this is to use a service called Site Snipe, this service will tell you the latest domains that are for sale in a particular niche. Lets say that you are looking to sell a website that has to do with dancing poodles. Then Site Snipe will give you the list of any websites that are available that fall within that criteria. I would recommend that you use a service such as this in the beginning steps of your quest for internet reselling.

Now that you are ready to acquire your website to flip you will now need to decide on the niche that you are going to try and place your domain in. You will need to decide as to where you want to compete with the other sites that are out there to try and make money. Lets say that your business plan has you selling surfboards, you will want to make sure to have a site that reflects this niche and describes you and your business. Lets say that you are buying this site from a person who previously owned this site then you will want to know the stats that the site has to offer it's potential buyers. Things that you will need to keep in mind is the SEO ranking of the site as well as the number of visitors to the site each month. The reason that this information is so important is so you know what you are buying before you actually buy. The last thing that you want to do is to buy a site that never see any traffic because of poor SEO ranking.

Because of that, part of your research will entail getting the necessary information and documentation on the website's traffic patterns. Most owners should be able to provide you with that information, but if not you will have to resort to doing your own keyword searches. You can accomplish such a search by determining how high the site appears in the Google rankings. Even if the owner provides the documents and statistics you request, you should still test the site yourself to ensure that the information is accurate.

After you have bought the site and confirmed the stats on it then you will get to have fun with the design of your site. Now you will not need to remember 5 billion lines of code. In fact most sites can be designed with little to no trouble at all. Many places offer step by step instructions as to how to go about designing a site that will get peoples attention and cause people to stop and pay notice.

Now we have acquired a name, designed a site now comes for the cherry on the sundae finding a host that you can host your site on. This is the easiest step out there as there are several upon several hosting companies out there that offer hosting plans that fit every need and every budget. Everything from free hosting, to moderately priced hosting. In my personal opinion I would go with a hosting company that offers you a good deal on hosting with the option to have several sites hosted at once, after all this is your new found career. If you are going to do this then you will need and want to do it the right way otherwise you will wind up failing and end up with that dead end job that you hate or even one that is worse in the long run. - 22871

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