I want to take a few minutes and discuss the one issue that almost nobody confronts with any degree of honesty – the fact that you really don’t like your job. In fact, like the vast majority of people around the world, you know full well that you loathe your job, and the irritation of constantly being under the thumb of an oppressive supervisor. What would you say if I were to assure you that there is an easy way for you to leave all of that behind and become your own boss? It’s not as difficult or fanciful as it sounds – all that you need to do to make it happen is to learn how to buy and sell internet websites. Within a short period of time you can begin to earn a good living.
Of course, I’m fully aware that you’re having some serious doubts about the whole idea, and wondering how on Earth anyone can really make money with this business model. Well, rest assured that it is more than just a pipe dream! The internet has grown to encompass more and more of our everyday lives, and website realtors are a reality whose time has come. Best of all, you need but a fraction of the startup costs of a brick and mortar business – just enough to purchase your initial website.
So here is how to get started, first you will need a site upon which to try and resell. This can be a site that you buy the domain to design the site and find a host for it. Another option is that you can find a site that is for sale. One great way of doing this is to use a service called Site Snipe, this service will tell you the latest domains that are for sale in a particular niche. Lets say that you are looking to sell a website that has to do with dancing poodles. Then Site Snipe will give you the list of any websites that are available that fall within that criteria. I would recommend that you use a service such as this in the beginning steps of your quest for internet reselling.
Once you have determined your niche and actually found a site that focuses on Labradors driving stock cars, you’re probably ready to run out and purchase he site from its owner. Before you do that, however, there is a little bit of research that I want you to do so that you know more about the value of this slice of internet real estate. The information you need to discover includes its page rankings on the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.) as well as the site’s potential for successful search engine optimization (SEO). Remember that the goal here is to buy and resell a website that can attract customer traffic – if your site cannot accomplish that goal then no buyer is going to want to take it off your hands.
You will need to ask the site owner for some documentation that shows how much traffic the site has seen in the past. If this information is not able to be obtained then you will want to just do a keyword search for the site on Google. See where it comes up on the site as far as page rank is concerned. If the person does give you documentation as to the traffic make sure that it is legitimate info and not just what they want you to see in order to buy the site.
Once you have purchased the website, it will become necessary t redesign it to make it more attractive to buyers. Before you tell me that you have neither the knowledge nor the interest necessary to perform any programming or design functions, let me assure you that neither is necessary for you to prepare your site for resale. You simply have to use your best judgment and apply your own design concepts to the site.
Now we have acquired a name, designed a site now comes for the cherry on the sundae finding a host that you can host your site on. This is the easiest step out there as there are several upon several hosting companies out there that offer hosting plans that fit every need and every budget. Everything from free hosting, to moderately priced hosting. In my personal opinion I would go with a hosting company that offers you a good deal on hosting with the option to have several sites hosted at once, after all this is your new found career. If you are going to do this then you will need and want to do it the right way otherwise you will wind up failing and end up with that dead end job that you hate or even one that is worse in the long run.
JP Andrews is an experienced professional on website flipping and is the co-creator of SiteSnipe, a tool for help researching and perform analysis on data to buy websites.