Buying a website for income

[DieScum]

Anyone ever bought a website for income. I've been looking at sites on flippa.com (https://flippa.com/2634942-850-month...owth-potential) and they seem to be going for 12-18 months earnings.

So you'd have to pick a good one but seems for a relatively low investment you could be making all profit pretty soon.

[AtW]

Heh, that page includes stats from SKA.

I'd generally recommend to stay clear from any sites that earn via ads - it's very risky and unlikely to last long without ongoing work.

[PAH]

This website is 100% automated so there is no work needed.

If that's the case then why are they selling it?

Passive income streams are the holy grail to getting rich by doing nothing.

[Jog On]

It might have good clickthrough rates on affiliate links, but what makes these kind of sites work mostly is the mailing subscriber list.

[TestMangler]

Anyone ever bought a website for income. I've been looking at sites on flippa.com (https://flippa.com/2634942-850-month...owth-potential) and they seem to be going for 12-18 months earnings.

So you'd have to pick a good one but seems for a relatively low investment you could be making all profit pretty soon.

I've built up and sold a couple of sites based on subject matter/advertising (mostly to do with game consoles) and, in my opinion, you'll make more selling them than buying them

[Durbs]

I've built up and sold a couple of sites based on subject matter/advertising (mostly to do with game consoles) and, in my opinion, you'll make more selling them than buying them

How did you sell them, did you use one of these 'web businesses for sale' sites? I've looked at those in the past as i've got a decent Plan B i'm wanting to sell due to lack of time and money to market it.

[TestMangler]

How did you sell them, did you use one of these 'web businesses for sale' sites? I've looked at those in the past as i've got a decent Plan B i'm wanting to sell due to lack of time and money to market it.

Actually, I punted them on EBay fixed price, for £1500 each. (This was about 4 or five years ago).

[doodab]

If that's the case then why are they selling it?

Passive income streams are the holy grail to getting rich by doing nothing.

A business isn't a passive income stream unless you get someone else to do the work.

[TestMangler]

A business isn't a passive income stream unless you get someone else to do the work.

The websites in question are built around automated data feeds on a subject matter area with associated google adsense placings. The idea being that the information presented on the site is content rich and dynamic, supplying a stream of visitors and the click through from google provides the revenue. Once the website is built and functioning, there should be no 'work' to do, so it would be a passive income as there is no 'work' to be done.

I can explain the finer details of how they manage to build them and claim 'income' from them if you want, but it is a bit like Labour Government fiscal policy. i.e. it can be made to look acceptable without strictly 'lying' but by hiding some important truth

[doodab]

The websites in question are built around automated data feeds on a subject matter area with associated google adsense placings. The idea being that the information presented on the site is content rich and dynamic, supplying a stream of visitors and the click through from google provides the revenue. Once the website is built and functioning, there should be no 'work' to do, so it would be a passive income as there is no 'work' to be done.

I can explain the finer details of how they manage to build them and claim 'income' from them if you want, but it is a bit like Labour Government fiscal policy. i.e. it can be made to look acceptable without strictly 'lying' but by hiding some important truth

Is there any money in writing content?