Heavily Optimized Heavy Metal Community – Bidding Starts At $0.01

Up for sale today is HellMotel.com. This site is a very fresh heavy metal community that is packed full of features with a very killer domain name. Site automatically updates itself via RSS feeds and user activity. No work needed to keep the search engines happy with fresh content.

I was going to keep and build this site as one of my babies. However I am realizing that I already have way to many sites that I already neglect. So I have decided to start selling them off as I think many of them have a lot of potential.

This site was built on an expired domain that used to belong to a heavy metal band in France. The domain name is over three years old. Google always sees age as more trustworthy source for information and this alone will allow for an easier site ranking. Not to mention if the band gets popular you will get a lot of free search engine traffic.

This site currently has a Page Rank of 2 and this could easily get higher. It also has incoming links in both Google (52) and Yahoo (142). All of which are from Heavy Metal sites or Social Networking sites.

Not to mention it is beginning to get re-indexed on Google and Yahoo as we speak (173 pages). It also has been added to Alexa although it new and has a low ranking.

The site is built on the Joomla platform which allows for nearly endless customization and expansion. It could even be easily converted into a paid membership site.

Hell Motel currently utilizes AdSense and banner advertising but other forms of advertising can easily be added. The site however is very new and I cannot promise traffic or revenue.

Like all my Joomla sites has a detailed site map and utilizes the finest in Joomla SEO technology. This community is sure to get good search engine rankings for its optimized keywords. Currently heavily optimized for “Heavy Metal Videos” although it can very well get good listings on “Heavy Metal Community” “Heavy Metal Forums” “Heavy Metal Groups” “Heavy Metal Blogs” and many more.

The heavy metal community in general is very large and passionate about their music. To the best of my knowledge this is the only real heavy metal community on the web. With a little work nearly anybody can get this community up and running.

Communities like Hell Motel collect big pay checks from advertisers and are very easy to maintain. Once everything gets going the community will have a snowball effect and the sites members keep the search engines happy with fresh content while you sit back and watch. Members can add content in several ways as listed below.

Hell Motel - Social Networking Elements

Each registered user can create their own unique profile that follows them through the several elements of the community. Including a site wide avatar. This profile allows the individual to describe them self as well as show their various activity in the community.

Registered users amongst many things can add videos to the site. These videos can be added via two different ways. Users have the option of uploading their own unique videos to the community, or they can easily add videos that are hosted on over 30 popular video sites.

Videos can be commented on by registered users. Every time someone posts a comment on a video a thread gets created in the forum. This not only gives the site content from the video itself. It also gives content by creating a new thread in the “video related discussion” section of the forum. Over 100 videos currently added.

Each user is also given the ability to make their very own blog. Giving the user the ability to update viewers on whatever message they want to convey. This is one of the several ways that this online community keeps the search engines happy with fresh content. Blogs can also be commented on by other users. However it does not create a thread in the forums.

Another thing that registered users can do is create and join groups (sub communities). These groups are organized by categories and can be about a wide variety of subjects. This works very similar to Yahoo Groups.

Members can make their group have certain restrictions. Such as being open to the public, owner approval before joining, or even private invitation only.

Registered users can also add pictures to their account as well as view other community members pics. This is a feature that you find on any of the leading communities like MySpace Or Facebook and should never be left out. The site owner as always has complete control over how many pictures each user can post.

Yet another thing that registered users can do is participate in forum discussions. The ability for members of the community to socialize and converse is essential. Forums are one of the many ways that this community allows its users to keep in touch.

Registered users can also choose to send each other private messages. This allows members to say something to one another without allowing others to see the message.

Hosting Details

This site is currently hosted on my Blue Host account and can be moved to the server of your choice. This will be at the purchasers expense or on me if the sale goes for the BIN price. I could also offer hosting for a very low fee if interested on my reseller hosting account. Whatever the purchaser wants.

Payment accepted via PayPal or wire transfer.

The winner of this sale will get the domain “hellmotel.com”, the complete site, its members, its content, easily loadable site wide backup file including the mysql database.

Promoting communities like Hell Motel is fairly simple to do. For instance you can promote videos that you have added to the community via news sites like Digg, Redit, etc..

Another easy thing to do is advertise via videos. Simply ask YouTube users if you can use their videos for promotional purposes. As long as it is their video and you get permission you can add the community name on the beginning and end of each video and repost it to several video sites.

You can also use sites like Feedburner to submit any of the sites various RSS Feeds. The list really goes on and on. The community has a whole lot to offer and should have no problem easily pulling in members.

BONUSES!

As an added bonus I will do 2 free simple customizations. Examples include but are not limited to – new video sections / categories, new forum sections / categories, graphic replacement, etc.... As long as it does not take me more than a couple hours to do. ($100 Value)

I plan on selling quite a few more Joomla sites. So I was going to start making training lessons on how to further customize the site as well as perform various site functions. All of these lessons will be completely optional as the site will basically run itself the way it currently is besides moderation.

None the less I will give you (site buyer) the opportunity to get these lessons free of charge as they become available. ($167 Value)


USEFUL LINKS
Incoming Google Links
Incoming Yahoo Links
Alexa Details

I am selling this site so that I can get my internet turned on at my new house. Somehow they found a really old bill and want me to pay it off (~$400+) before they will connect me.

So please forgive me if I cannot answer questions as fast as I would like to. I will however check back several times a day.

While this site is up for auction I will be trying to add a Tell-A-Friend module for even easier promotion. If everything works out it will just be yet another added bonus. I do reserve the right to deny any bids that do not reach my reserve.

Auction Details

Auction ends 7-11-08 at 1pm EST time or when the BIN has been met.
Bidding starts at $0.01 with $10 increments.
BIN - $750

Payment must be made via PayPal or wire transfer and within 48 hours of the auctions end.

 

When does the auction end?

 

Auction ends 7-11-08 at 1pm EST time or when the BIN has been met.

 

$30 dollars to start it off.

 

I'll do $40.

 

Thanks for the bids so far we are at $40.

I went and read the sticky and thought that a quick overview would be beneficial so here it is.



- Site is built on a 3yr old domain and has a Page Rank of 2.

- Currently 52 incoming links on Google and 147 on Yahoo. (all heavy metal related or social networking)

- Site is still getting indexed and has several indexed pages and growing rapidly. Google (27) Yahoo (43)

- Site is built on Joomla and very expandable / upgradeable. This site could easily be turned into a membership site.


Site Features

Unregistered visitors can view everything.

Register users can easily add videos from over 30 popular video sites as well as upload their own original content.

Registered users get the ability to create and maintain their own profile, blog, and picture gallery.

Registered users can also participate in the forums as well as create and join groups.

All registered users can contact each other via PM system.

Auction / BIN Info

Payment accepted via PayPal or wire transfer.

The winner of this sale will get the domain “hellmotel.com”, the complete site, its members, its content, easily loadable site wide backup file including the mysql database.

Bidding done in $10 increments.

BIN $750

For more info please skim through my 3 page essay that I wrote above

 

Ill bid $50

 

Thanks for the bids so far. I am going to be off for the rest of the day but will be back on tomorrow morning.

Here is another link that will tell you more about the site. More Hell Motel Info

Keep the bids coming and feel free to ask me any questions you have either in this thread or via PM and I will post the answers.

 

how hard is it to maintain? do you upload most the videos or do you have members upload all of them.

 

$65 for me.. Can you show some stats regarding users? how many registered, how many active etc

 

70 from me....

 

Maintenance is no more than doing moderation. Moderators / Administrators can add videos and mark them as featured.

However the main feature is that registered users can also add videos from over 30 different sources. So the bulk of the videos will end up being added by the sites users. Making the whole thing pretty maintenance free.

Currently there is just me and some guy that was picked up from one social networking posts. He has added quite a few videos.

 

Site now has a fully functional Tell A Friend module that is shown at the top of the menu. This allows visitors to recommend the page they are viewing to their friends with ease.

Taking off for the day. Will check back again tommorrow.

 

Ok I am back for the day. All PM's have been answered. Auction is done tomorrow so bid now if you want to get your hands on this Heavy Metal Community. If it does not hit a decent selling point I will just keep it and build it up for a few months then repost with a higher BIN.

 

Ok I am off for the day. Unless anybody has a good offer I am just going to close down this auction. Sorry those who bid but it was way lower then what I am looking for. I will build the site over the next couple of months and just sell it off then.