Comments on: Site Flipping and Building Multiple Blogs

By: YC

YC — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:43:21 +0000

@ Matt - Thanks for stopping by and commenting as well - that was a good post!

@ Emma - Your article had some great thoughts as well - there has always been a market for this, but with the PR update you definitely see greater action.

@ Jason - Thanks for commenting! It might be worth that much if you have ideas on how to further expand its potential (if any). But from what I have seen so far in my short time around, the new owners usually do not seem to know how to continue, personal blog (domain) or not.

By: Jason A Clark

Jason A Clark — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:57:28 +0000

I just don’t see how things blogs that have been up for only four or five months can really be worth that much to anyone. Who are all these people buying these blogs?

And I’m not sure that selling a blog you worked on for four months for $1000 would really be worth it in the long run.

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:27:23 +0000

I wrote a small piece about the selling of blogs as well. Not nearly as in depth as yours. I think it may be a trend right now. We’ll see how it all plays out. Nice article. Emma

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:19:40 +0000

Thanks for stopping by BAYB the other day. I wrote another post about the blog sales, this time about how NOT to buy a blog.

If you get a chance come check it out

http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/11/06/how-not-to-buy-a-blog/

By: YC

YC — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:21:51 +0000

@ Matt - You’re welcome - I can certainly use some advice from you in the future on this! :)

@ Caroline - You would mean not ‘personal blogs’. :) If you can increase the revenue of the niche blogs, it might also be worthwhile to wait longer before flipping. Certainly quite a number of other factors to consider - I was not able to cover them all.

@ David - It depends. If the seller knows he has brought the blog as far as he could, it might be a good business decision from his POV. If the buyer feels that he could bring the blog even further…

@ Ken - Never say ‘never’!!! :)

@ Brad - Thanks for commenting! I think if you get used to setting up a new site and getting it running, things should really be easy from then on. The main issue would be getting the content or bits & pieces to pad it up.

@ Z - Certainly! I never thought about selling this blog - but it might happen. Still not in the foreseeable future as it’s part of my present branding.

@ Chris - And you were the only one to get it! Geez! lol

@ Cherry - Unfortunately I’m not the best person to comment on valuation methods. What I know is in the post, from Matt. There could be other ways. I’ll look around and see what I can find and perhaps share it here in the future. Transactions themselves are done pretty much the same as any other online transactions. You can see many of these ’sales’ on SitePoint.com, where they are done eBay style. :)

@ isabella mori - Thanks for commenting! I know those ‘blogs’ because I and many others get scraped. I see those as splogs really and I’m surprised they even submit themselves for carnivals!

@ Vikram - Thanks for commenting! I just put up a post with something on this. Your group branding is cool - but I wonder what a true personally branded blog is really worth.

@ Maura - yes that can certainly be done. If you know the revenue generating potential and its limits, that will help in determining which niche to build sites for flipping purposes.

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By: Maura

Maura — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:45:47 +0000

Interesting article YC. Since it’s an excellent idea to have multiple revenue streams, why not work on a niche site or two for the purpose of flipping.

By: Vikram Rajan

Vikram Rajan — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:00:11 +0000

blogs tend to very much be tied to the personal brand who launched it and is most active… and well, that’s the problem with cashing out - similar to a professional practice (doctor’s office, law practice, accountants, etc.)….

a simple way to leverage the personal brand, yet give the blog a life of its own is to create a community of authors - not just one personal brand. I’ll soon practice what I just preached :)

~ Vikram
PersonalBrandMarketing.com

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:46:21 +0000

well, i have no intention of selling my blog anytime soon but what comes to mind is a series of blogs that keep on coming across my desk for a carnival that i help maintain. while reasonably well done, these are what i would call “chain blogs” that are really scraper splogs. i’m quite sure they are doing exactly what you’re describing and really, the content they provide is not bad - but none of it is original, and there is no real owner/author behind the sites.

By: Cherry

Cherry — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:23:29 +0000

What is the most popular valuation method used in selling blog nowadays? How’s the transaction done? Buyer pays first or what? Can you elaborate on that ?