Website Flipping Market Snapshot: 6-20-10

The data for the Most Actives, Top Sellers, Top Selling Niches, and Most Active Site Flippers is based on the market activity at Flippa.com. As the largest and most popular marketplace for site flippers right now, the market activity there provides valuable insight on what people are buying and selling.

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MOST ACTIVES

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www.CPACashExplosion.com – 47 Bids
SOLD: $2,225

Established: November 2009
Unique Visitors/Month: 750
Net Profit/Month: None
Description: ClickBank site selling a CPA video course package.

Comments: Well this was certainly an entertaining listing to read through. The seller was really trying to pump up the “massive potential” this site supposedly had. The seller was pulling out all the stops offering a $900 email blast at a reduced price for the lucky winner and a complete AdWords campaign for the site to kick start the promotions. I wonder if the seller is upset that this site only sold for $2,225 since he said, and I quote, “…this site will definitely sell for more than $2-$3k.” The seller still did o.k. on this flip because he bought the site for $1,250 back in February of this year. See auction here.

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www.GableAtticFan.com – 37 Bids
SOLD: $620

Established: April 2010
Unique Visitors/Month: 234
Net Profit/Month: $34
Description: Niche site on attic ventilation fans monetized by AdSense and Amazon.

Comments: I like the seller of this site as she was very professional in her responses to potential bidders and clearly she’s an effective Internet Marketer. She goes by the affectionate moniker, Pot Pie Girl, and she’s an active member at the Wealthy Affiliate forum. While she had a great payday on this one, I think the buyer over paid. The site itself is very basic with not a lot of content. What I would have done if I was interested in this site (HINT HINT) is basically copy the site’s success. By that I mean, study the sites very basic structure and look at the content on it – and take notes on how the AdSense ads and Amazon links are incorporated. Even if you outsourced everything – including getting backlinks – you could probably create the same site for half of what this site sold for. And your site would probably make just as much money too! See auction here.

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www.TF2Wiki.net – 33 Bids
SOLD: $69,999

Established: September 2007
Unique Visitors/Month: 600,000
Net Profit/Month: $1,930
Description: Resource site for the game “Team Fortress 2″ monetized by ads.

Comments: This site is a perfect example of how powerful a community-based website can be. The site was generating around 600,000 unique visitors per month and the seller wasn’t adding any content to the site! All the content generated was from the community. They essentially built the site for the seller. How nice is that? Given that and the massive traffic the site gets, I’m not surprised this was such an active auction and that it sold at over 36 times monthly net profits! See auction here.

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TOP SELLERS

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www.Vectorious.net – $81,000
BIDS: 2

Established: September 2008
Unique Visitors/Month: 25,000
Net Profit/Month: $3,400
Description: Vector illustrations membership website.

Comments: One thing I’ve noticed this year is that sites about design sell very well and this one is no different. This is a membership site where members can buy vector illustrations on the cheap. Most of the traffic to this site was by referral so that says a lot about the site’s reputation. If you can pull in around 25,000 unique visitors per month mostly from referral traffic, you’re doing something right. There is a lot of potential with this site with virtually no SEO done with it to date. See auction here.

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www.TF2Wiki.net – $69,999
BIDS: 33

Established: September 2007
Unique Visitors/Month: 600,000
Net Profit/Month: $1,930
Description: Resource site for the game “Team Fortress 2″ monetized by ads.

Comments: I already touched on this one but suffice to say, learn from this listing. Find a hungry, passionate crowd (in this case gamers) and then give them an outlet to express their passion and to help build the site for you! See auction here.

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www.WPReviewEngine.com – $35,100
BIDS: 10

Established: February 2009
Unique Visitors/Month: 2,500
Net Profit/Month: $5,420
Description: Site selling a WordPress review plugin.

Comments: Despite the seller doing a few things wrong with this listing, he did o.k. As to the things he did wrong, he not only deleted comments (a big no no) but he even stated in his auction listing that he would delete all comments from anyone without a serious intention of purchasing the site. Say what? He also didn’t do a good job with his tagging and the overall format of his listing was hard to read with so much text. I may be a little nitpicky here but I’m a stickler for details. It just goes to show you that if you have a quality website for sale, it’s pretty hard to screw things up. Even if you do a few things wrong, your site will still generate bids and sell for decent money. See auction here.

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TYPES OF WEBSITES MOST WATCHED BY BUYERS

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This metric provides a lot of insight on the website flipping market. These are the types of websites that buyers are watching. In other words, these are the types of websites that buyers are interested in buying today. As a potential seller, this is great information because if your website falls into any of these categories, be sure to tag them as such when you list them. And if you’re a short-term flipper, these are the types of websites you should be building for sale.

WordPress: 46 buyers watching

Adsense: 42 buyers watching

Ecommerce: 40 buyers watching

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