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.
MOST ACTIVES
www.FaceFanz.com – 52 Bids
SOLD: $14,800
Established: June 2010
Unique Visitors/Month: 1,040
Net Profit/Month: $3,200
Description: Business that sells Facebook “fans” for Facebook promotions.
Comments: These types of sites have been selling well on Flippa. By “these types of sites” I’m referring to sites that sell fans, followers, leads, etc. The markups on this type of business are ridiculous. In this case, the owner was paying just a $1.50 for 1,000 fans and then turning around selling a 1,000 “fan package” for $39.99! See auction here.
www.CornerKitchenSink.net – 51 Bids
SOLD: $650
Established: February 2010
Unique Visitors/Month: 137
Net Profit/Month: $43
Description: AdSense site on corner kitchen sinks.
Comments: Another interesting AdSense site generates a bunch of bids – 51 to be exact. I say interesting because it was about corner kitchen sinks of all things. Talk about micro niches. And if you’re curious, the .org version of this domain is ranked #1 and is also a plain-Jane AdSense site. The .com version doesn’t rank but the domain is available for sale. See auction here.
www.WhatsOniPhone.com – 44 Bids
SOLD: $15,000
Established: May 2008
Unique Visitors/Month: 56,853
Net Profit/Month: $350
Description: iPhone app review site monetized by ads.
Comments: Had there not been a trademark term in the domain, I would have been seriously interested in this site. With over 56,800 monthly uniques and over 7,500 registered members, there was a lot of potential here. A site like this, however, would require a ton of work as there are thousands of apps out there and more being released everyday. See auction here.
TOP SELLERS
www.UltimateFreeWebsite.com – $28,100
BIDS: 23
Established: March 2010
Unique Visitors/Month: 5,829
Net Profit/Month: $7,000
Description: Hosting affiliate website.
Comments: I love the concept of this business. You get people looking for free websites and then you sell them on the need to have their own website for a nominal hosting fee. As the owner, you are providing a legit service and you get a healthy affiliate commission. It’s brilliant. See auction here.
www.vBStyles.com – $20,000
BIDS: 7
Established: January 2003
Unique Visitors/Month: 20,000
Net Profit/Month: $1,700
Description: Design site selling vBulletin skins.
Comments: Something tells me this site was undersold. It was over 7 years old, had 20,000 uniques per month, was a PR6, and ranked #1 in Google for some of the key terms for this business. Granted, sales were trending downward but in its heyday it was making as much as $5,000 per month. Even the seller said the net monthly profit claimed ($1,700) was conservative. I would have guessed this site would sell for at least 18X monthly net profit ($30,600). See auction here.
www.uFLiQ.com – $19,000
BIDS: 6
Established: January 2010
Unique Visitors/Month: 2,105,947
Net Profit/Month: $6,100
Description: Online storage website monetized by ads and membership payments.
Comments: How do websites generate this kind of traffic in so little time? It boggles my mind. I suspect this site was generating the reported $6,100 monthly net profit for a brief period of time – perhaps no more than one month. That is probably why this site didn’t sell for as much as you would think given the profits. Had it been making this kind of money for even three months time, it would likely have sold for much more than it did. See auction here.
TYPES OF WEBSITES MOST WATCHED BY BUYERS
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.
AdSense: 49 buyers watching
WordPress: 49 buyers watching
Autoblog: 42 buyers watching
and Top Sellers For Every Month!
