Comments on: Blog flipping, a great way to make money online

By: Gazit Review

Gazit Review — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:11:41 +0000

You are right, developing is worth all the money. I wouldn�t pay too much on a high PR domain, but I would do it for a domain
which ranks well for my desired terms.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:12:28 +0000

This is a great article and has been one of those ‘lightbulb’ moments that you get occassionaly. I’m not sure if the blog bubble though will burst much like the dotcom boom of the mid nineties, interesting views and ideas though.

By: Site Flip Blog

Site Flip Blog — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:02:06 +0000

It can’t be done at the rate of 10 a year. Having been there, you can’t do a half dozen blogs. Even two is difficult. The content brainstorming takes time as does the production. Ask any quality writer and they’ll tell you most of their stuff takes at least an hour.

But in addition to that, you need to comment on other blogs to network with those bloggers. You need to submit their material to the relevant social networking sites and invite them to go vote/bookmark/etc it so they recognize (implicitly) that you did them a favour. All of this takes time.

Another point is that people will tire of a relentless self-promoter. Another reason why it can’t be scaled well.

All that being said, if you can get together a group of friends who will all be contributing a fair share, you’ve got a better chance. a,b,c, do the writing, d,e,f do networking, g,h,i do monetization. Also, having some custom blog templates you can rely on would be essential.
Finally, reinvesting the money from the first sales into the next sites would probably get you going much better. The trick is to leverage the money to create more value in a new site than your current one is worth. Much easier said than done.

By: Would you sell a website? - Kazhar

Would you sell a website? - Kazhar — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:26:44 +0000

[...] of here.org.uk wrote a post today about the sale of the Blog site CashQuests.com for $15,000 on the Sitepoint website. This [...]

By: David

David — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:00:23 +0000

Oh I totally agree. Based on what I read first time I thought you were doing websites for personal value, if they are making you money then certainly don’t sell off the supporting arms of that structure.

By: Mr Daz

Mr Daz — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:48:55 +0000

Don’t get me wrong David, there’s a point alright. A Content Network like the one I’m referring to exists for the purposes of making money. Selling off arms of that network defeats the purpose, and weakens the network as a whole.

Yeah I could sell a website, but it’s removal from the ‘web’ of websites would affect the listings for other sites, this affect their earning potential.

So while I understand that someone could be aiming for the quick win ‘flip’ like you’ve described, longer term results can be far more lucrative.

By: David

David — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:37:41 +0000

But if you don’t have an exit strategy what is the point? Unless they are just a hobby or a bit of fun and not work?

By: Mr Daz

Mr Daz — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:23:15 +0000

Personally I don’t believe I’d ever sell a blog or website in this manner. Every site I create, nurture and work is in worth more to me in terms of revenue and link power than a single sale could generate.

Of course if someone were to offer me stupid sums of money for one of my sites I may backtrack on that very quickly

Right now though I believe in the collective power of the content network of websites I’m building. United they stand and all that…

By: Vijay Teach Me $$

Vijay Teach Me $$ — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:03:45 +0000

A nice figure $15,000 for a year old blog.
This is what I like about Entrepreneurs that they hae the ability to think about more possibilities, like Kieron did…

10 Blogs/Yr x $15,000 = $150,000/yr.

By: David

David — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:57:44 +0000

I estimate 30 mins to set up, 1 hour of link building, 1 hour of content writing, 1 hour of selling it (answering questions etc). Cost was 1 domain name at $7. So for less than 5 hours work and $7 I made quite a nice profit.

I just wish I could build these sites for other people as that gives me motivation, I don’t have the kick up the rear to do it for myself / own projects