Puchase Pitfalls
Stay Away From Shady Sales Listings
Sunday, August 5th, 2007I was just browsing Sitepoint today to see if there was anything interesting when I saw this post. The seller has made just about every mistake possible when listing his site for sale. On the surface the site seems decent enough and under ordinary circumstances would warrant a bid, but the seller seems super shady. […]
Avoiding The Garbage - Proxy Sites
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Almost every day I will see someone trying to sell a proxy site. A proxy site allows people to surf any webpage they want from a location that may restrict internet access, like work or school. If you want to look at porn while at school, a proxy site is a good way to do […]
Purchase Pitfalls #3 - Website Content Risk
Thursday, April 19th, 2007A lot of the websites that you’ll find for sale are going to be dedicated to a specific niche topic. As a buyer you’ll need to evaluate the relevancy of the topic in the future. Recently, there were a lot of Borat sites for sale. Some of these websites earned quite a bit of cash. […]
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 […]
