If you have enough money buy a directory being sold, should you buy that directory or just create a new one?
Depends on the directory. Does it contain quality links? Or subpar sites. Is it well established, fresh submits, PR, generates income? If so, probably good idea if the price is right to you. If it has crappy listings, bad categories, no traffic and no submits, no or very low PR, to me, no. To easy to start one up as opposed to cleaning one up.
I've gone both ways and by far prefer the directory created from scratch. Easier to control the content, structure and features.
Depends on the directory been bought and price, also age is an important factor that you can never get back.
start a new one. When you buy a directory you can never know what porblems it has. Invest your money in promotion and you will have a good directory of you own.
yeah, that is really the question, should I go for age/PR or stick to a new one whose content I can control right from the start..
If the price is right, it is always better to buy one. If it was well promoted, well maintained, aged, etc.
Making one from scratch is always the best way to go unless the seller of the directory you were looking at could prove without doubt how they got it to where it is and if this can be sustained.
If you have the budget to build quality backlinks, I think you could maximize your long-term profits by building your own. You need to be patient though.
There is a great satisfaction building one from scratch... Buying one already made just doesn't do it for me. Just my opinion.
Personally i prefer starting from scratch and will continue that way, i can see the reasons for others wanting to purchase an established one though of course.