Hello bloggers,
We all know about generating money from a blog, but there's other great way of generating passive income by selling a blog. Yes, selling an established blog can help you to earn about thousands of dollars which is really a handsome amount.
What is Website Flipping?
May be you have heard this word before. But for newbies I gonna define it. Website flipping is the art of buying,selling and improving websites. It has been a profession for many bloggers. They establish a blog,sell it and gets the dollars all the time.Or maybe sometimes they buy a website, improve its performance and then sells it for high amount. Either ways they get benefited, so this website flipping helps many to make money online. So, today I gonna give you a complete guide for making money by selling out the blogs.
Let's start from the scratch...
Why Do You Sell a Blog?
There are many reasons to do so. Most of the bloggers decides to sell their blogs because
Income
The first thing that a blog must possess is the "income". Whenever a blog that is generating income has been listed for selling, most of the buyers rush for that blog. Whether the income may come from selling products, advertising revenue or by offering services, it's the key factor that decides your blog worth.
Traffic
Higher the traffic, higher the price for the blog. Your blog should have a considerable traffic that can attract the buyers. The bid range depends on the traffic itself. Note that direct traffic plays a vital role than the social traffic.
Growth
Growth refers to the growth of your blog. Is your blog growing or declining or stable? The answer turns out the mind of the buyer. Positive growth results in higher price pay for your blog.
Brand
The brand of your blog indeed reflects the future growth of the blog. A blog with good brand and identity has good chances of selling out with a handsome price.
We have discussed about the reasons for selling the blog and also the key things that buyer looks in a blog.Now, you maybe thinking about how to sell a blog.
Well, there are 2 cases in it.So, let's get into that..
1) Buy a blog, re-build it and then sell it.
In this case, a blog is initially live on the internet, you buy it and after re-building it you will sell it for a higher price.
You must take care of few things before buying a blog. As I said it must possess the above 4 things:- Income, Traffic, Growth, Brand. Apart from them you should analyze few more factors:-
We all know about generating money from a blog, but there's other great way of generating passive income by selling a blog. Yes, selling an established blog can help you to earn about thousands of dollars which is really a handsome amount.
What is Website Flipping?
May be you have heard this word before. But for newbies I gonna define it. Website flipping is the art of buying,selling and improving websites. It has been a profession for many bloggers. They establish a blog,sell it and gets the dollars all the time.Or maybe sometimes they buy a website, improve its performance and then sells it for high amount. Either ways they get benefited, so this website flipping helps many to make money online. So, today I gonna give you a complete guide for making money by selling out the blogs.
Let's start from the scratch...
Why Do You Sell a Blog?
There are many reasons to do so. Most of the bloggers decides to sell their blogs because
- they find no time to manage it.
- blog's growth is declining.
- they need money.
- as a part of their business(website flipping).
Income
The first thing that a blog must possess is the "income". Whenever a blog that is generating income has been listed for selling, most of the buyers rush for that blog. Whether the income may come from selling products, advertising revenue or by offering services, it's the key factor that decides your blog worth. Traffic
Higher the traffic, higher the price for the blog. Your blog should have a considerable traffic that can attract the buyers. The bid range depends on the traffic itself. Note that direct traffic plays a vital role than the social traffic.Growth
Growth refers to the growth of your blog. Is your blog growing or declining or stable? The answer turns out the mind of the buyer. Positive growth results in higher price pay for your blog.BrandThe brand of your blog indeed reflects the future growth of the blog. A blog with good brand and identity has good chances of selling out with a handsome price.
We have discussed about the reasons for selling the blog and also the key things that buyer looks in a blog.Now, you maybe thinking about how to sell a blog.
Well, there are 2 cases in it.So, let's get into that..
1) Buy a blog, re-build it and then sell it.
In this case, a blog is initially live on the internet, you buy it and after re-building it you will sell it for a higher price.
You must take care of few things before buying a blog. As I said it must possess the above 4 things:- Income, Traffic, Growth, Brand. Apart from them you should analyze few more factors:-
- Alexa rank.
- Unique visits.
- Social media presence.
- Domain name.
- Change the appearance of blog by editing the template or adding a new one.
- Build more number of backlinks.
- Target the keywords and take care of SEO.
- Share it socially.
- Increase the visitors which indeed reflect your earnings.
After re-building the site, sell it. There are various platforms for selling the blog. All of them acts as a mediator between you and the buyer. They receive the commission on the sale. There are many such networks,but the most popular ones are listed below.
2) Develop a blog and then sell it.
In this case, the blog will be created,developed by yourself. When compared to the above situation, this takes more time. The blog that you develop must satisfy the wants of the buyer. To develop a blog, you have to do the following things:-
In this case, the blog will be created,developed by yourself. When compared to the above situation, this takes more time. The blog that you develop must satisfy the wants of the buyer. To develop a blog, you have to do the following things:-
- Select the niche where you are best at.
- Purchase a domain.
- Design the blog attractively.
- Publish the unique and quality content.
- Do SEO and build backlinks.
- Target the rankings and focus on increasing the traffic to your blog.
- Monetize your blog by adsense or some other alternatives and try to generate income from it.
That's it...The complete guide for making money by selling a blog is before you and now you can flip the websites and can become a website flipper. Wish you good luck, keep visiting and happy blogging...:)
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