Archive for March, 2007
Fuckedcompany.com is for sale
Saturday, March 31st, 2007Thats right, you can own a piece of internet history. Many of you may remember that when the dotcom boom came crashing down, a little website call FuckedCompany chronicled the events. There were even cases where employees found out they were going to be laid off by reading the website before their own company had […]
The Value of Shoemoney.com
Friday, March 30th, 2007In this post, Jeremy Schoemaker ponders the value of his personal blog, shoemoney.com. The person who asked him about this found a value estimate from some website of around $600,000. Jeremy himself places the value at about $300,000.
Lets think about this. He gives some statistics in this article for us to look at. First, he […]
Purchase Pitfalls #2
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Before you buy a website, find out where the traffic is coming from. This information is commonly called the “referrers.” You want to know who the referrers are. The best referrer traffic to have is from search engines. If you know that a significant amount of traffic is coming from search engines, then you know […]
Purchase Pitfalls #1
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Be sure to find out how much hosting costs are for a potential purchase. If a website makes $400/month, but requires a $100/month hosting plan, that will eat into your profits considerably since you’ll only be netting $300/month. Obviously this changes the valuation considerably.
Be wary of the price you pay for a proxy site. Proxy […]
Purchase Tip #1
Thursday, March 29th, 2007The ideal website receives most of its traffic from search engines. There are two reasons why search engine traffic is best. When you see that the bulk of traffic for a potential purchase is coming from search engines, right away you know that the content of the site is relevant and sought after by the […]
Finding a Website to Purchase
Thursday, March 29th, 2007The first step in purchasing a website is actually finding one to buy. Fortunately, this is the easiest part. Everyday there are numerous website for sale postings on a few websites. The sites I frequent most often are the forums at Digitalpoint and Sitepoint Marketplace. There are numerous sales started on these two sites each […]
Introduction: How To Buy Websites
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Since the dawn of the internet, people have constantly looked for ways to make money off of the most incredible communications medium ever conceived. Because the internet is interactive, it has quickly grown to become indispensable in almost the same way as electricity or water utilities. This growth has launched a million ideas, careers, and […]
