There are many ways of making money online amongst which flipping websites is probably one that gets more attention. And this business is growing larger by larger everyday as more and more people and trying their hands into it.
I know Building & Flipping Mini Niche Sites is something very common and the general opinion is that this method of generating revenue is now saturated. However, you’d actually be surprised at how wrong everyone’s assumption is.
The key in this case is efficiency and quick turnaround. You need to keep in mind at all times that your aim is to make as many mini niche sites as you can, in as little time, while maintaining the high quality and look.
In this post, I will be explaining some key points on which you should focus if you are looking to make money online flipping websites.
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Build Them Quick & Nice
Use wordpress. Yes, Blogs. That’s what we will be making. Register 5 domains to start with. Try to keep them all in a different niche. But make sure the niche is popular and in high demand(for example, during Christmas season you could have made a blog with Christmas dishes recipies, songs etc.). Of course, not too competitive; just enough to interest potential buyers. Get a new shared hosting account to get managed hosting services. Add those 5 domains. Install WordPress on all of them.
Configure & Customize
From this point, start working on them one by one. Individually, You don’t have to put up custom made themes for any of these blogs. A decent looking theme (If you have developer rights to a magazine theme, that would be awesome) will do. But remember to have a custom header and logo for each site. It helps differentiate your blog from the rest that use the same theme as yours.
For plugins, don’t go on experimenting with every new plugin. Install the necessary ones. Over the top of my head, I can recommend All in One SEO, Google Sitemap Generator, Comment Captcha plugin, Secure Login system, Google Adsense management, and Contact Us plugin.
Content and Pages.
Once you’re done with plugins and theme(s). Your next step is adding content. Remember the key – quick and simple. You don’t need 100,000 words of content in a ‘mini niche site‘. I’d say, 4-5 posts of 400-500 words each will be more than sufficent. And of course, pages. Do NOT forget to edit and change the About page. And make sure you add a ‘Contact Us’ page.
Additionally, try to include (if appropriate) these pages; ‘Privacy Policy’, ‘T.O.S’, ‘Sponsored Posts’, ‘Link Exchange’. They may not apply to every niche, but include them in the ones you feel they would do well in. They raise the overall ‘professional’ outlook.
SEO and Promotion
You installed the SEO plugin. Use that, along with pretty-permalinks and make sure your blog has search engine friendly URLs as well as appropriate titles, keywords, description, etc for each post and page. This is optional, but recommended.
Once you’re done with SEO, you’ll have a mini blog with content, a unique logo/header, a decent theme, and all the necessary plugins.
Now, you can either flip it, or promote it a bit, THEN flip it. Promotion would be simply adding all the posts to the top social bookmarking sites and submitting your blog(s) to a few high PR (but free) directories.
Flip It!
You can price it whatever you want. But an average price of $25 – $50 is optimum. If you promoted it, then mention that in your auction. It gives your blogs an advantage. You can try selling your niche sites made for flipping on websites like:
- Flippa.com
- Sitepoint Marketplace
- Digitalpoint Forums
Conclusion
The idea is basically to create as many mini blogs as you can and flip them for cheap. Since you’re selling them for relatively low price ($25 or $50 for a unique content mini site is quite cheap) you can be sure they’ll all sell quick. And because they’re mini blogs, they should be quicker to construct. If you are ready to jump start any business be sure to get involved in flipping mini niche sites.
So, Have you ever flipped a niche site? If yes, what do you say about website flipping business to make money online? For what price your niche site went for? What is your overall outlook of flipping websites for making money online? Let me know by commenting below.
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the problem is that a mini niche site won’t bring some much income and for this to work, you must create dozens of mini niche websites, and if you’re trying to do it by yourself, you can’t compete with the affiliate marketing gurus that outsource or use automated tools… so you’re only chance is to hope that they won’t get into such small niches 🙂
Building and flipping websites is a great business for many affiliates. It involves work and know-how but it can be profitable, especially if you outsource some of the work involved in this process.
I am actually surprised the sites are only flipping for $25-$50. I was considering to flip some of my video sharing websites and was wondering what price to expect. If I do I will report back and let you know for how much. Awesome post that anyone could follow and actually make money!
Ya, that price is ok if the domain name is a general one, blog is having a free theme with some articles and proper configuration.
Obviously, the price will increase if you have got a keyword rich domain, good number of unique articles, some premium theme, added seo from your side etc.
The cool thing about site flipping is that once in a while you are going to create a gem that will make you a nice income now that will then equal two things, 1. you would be able to sell the flip for more than normal 2. you could keep the site and let it earn for you. Great post typhoon solid advice
Totally agree Typhoon. However, I think the “fast turn around” part is what most newbies and indeed some old timers would ave problem. Lots of people build the site, but when it comes to selling it they get stock with it for a long time. I guess it takes a bit experience and know how to learn where to go and how much to price it for and how to sell it.
But non the less, flipping sites is still a great way to make money online.
Hi Typhoon,
I thought you would get more for websites than $25-$50, how do you flip websites fast. I loke the whole look of your blog.
Regards Francis
$25-$50 is just the starting price that I think will be ok for a basic website. It’s other people who wil put more BID on those sites if they want and definitely you can get a high price.
Best way to flip website is through flippa.com
Hi tyhpoon
i absolutly agree with your article and the best think is takes a bit experience and know how to learn where to go and how much to price it for and how to sell it.
This method actually works well for a lot of people. I want to experiment later on in the future but I have to figure out a little more on how people transfer the site or blog to the buyer. Excellent write nonetheless.
Wow, this is a really great article. I was looking for how to flip websites but I only foud a lot of useless eBook sites about this. Thanks for sharing the information it helped me a lot in understanding the different processes of website flipping! Wull be back to read more of your articles shortly. =)
Flipping niche sites ! ! !
Never heard this term before but it sounds very interesting. Selling sites or blogs is not new in the world of Internet, many entrepreneur have done this before with their popular sites. But creating multiple blogs quickly solely for selling is very interesting. But I have doubt. Why someone buy a new blog having no readership base or have no good online presence.
thanks for exploring a new Idea to me, I will try to sell some blogs in future.