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Buying a website - Dummies Guide

Discussion in 'Sites' started by Fishing Forum, Oct 31, 2005.

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    Buying a website - Dummies Guide - I have often seen websites for sale on this forum and others. As I have never bought a website I was wondering from you guys and girls what to check for when buying a website?

    Like a top 10 questions to ask or checks to follow out before you buy a website from someone else. So if you have your top 10 tips on buying a website it would be great to hear, as it will definitely help me and Im sure may other DP members

    THanks for your time :p

    Ps if in wrong cat please move
     
    Fishing Forum, Oct 31, 2005 IP
  2. CPW-Carl

    CPW-Carl Peon

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    #2
    Hmm, some of the obvious would be:

    - proof of revenue
    - proof of traffic
    - are they banned in adsense or other programs?
    - does the site PR seem reasonable compared to its age
    - does the incoming links seem reasonable compared to its age
    - check the wayback machine to see what the site looked like before
    - if it was your site would you sell it? People tend to sell their junk, try to figure out why they are really selling.
     
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  3. roxy

    roxy Active Member

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    #3
    One more thing:

    " Never ever be in rush to close the deal, give your time to research/stats, buying is important, but to get revenue from the website is next most important stuff "
     
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  4. Fishing Forum

    Fishing Forum Active Member

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    #4
    Great interesting tips guys keep them come :)
     
    Fishing Forum, Oct 31, 2005 IP
  5. GeorgeB.

    GeorgeB. Notable Member

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    #5
    I'm gonna write an ebook but give it away for free.

    Stay tuned..
     
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    Jim_Westergren Notable Member

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    #6
    Good points before but I want to add some things.

    If PR is a value get data from where he got the links.

    Anybody can buy links, put on the coop or maybe own sites to get a PR 5 and when you buy the site the links go down.

    Also proof of refferers. Where are the traffic coming from? Autosurf program?
     
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  7. star2323

    star2323 Peon

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    What is the "wayback machine"???
     
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  8. cpmx

    cpmx Peon

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    #8
    waybackmachine.org
     
    cpmx, Nov 1, 2005 IP
  9. donnareed

    donnareed Peon

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    #9
    -Check to make sure they have copyright on the content. Are there stolen/scraped images? Articles?
     
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  10. marcel

    marcel Well-Known Member

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    #10
    Ask the seller... Why are you selling ?

    What percentage of the directory is Dmoz listings ?
    Did the forum seller buy forum postings ? how many ?
    Did the forum seller provide incentives for posting ?


    Did you receive a cease and desist order ?
    Are you running away from a potential lawsuit ?

    Did anyone ever accuse this website of unauthorized copyright infringement ?
    - what content did they say was copyrighted ?
    - what proof did they provide ?
    - how do I contact them ?
     
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  11. marcel

    marcel Well-Known Member

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    #11
    You will be interested in this list

    Webmaster Forums where domains are sold:

    http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=56
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=52
    http://www.searchengineforums.com/apps/searchengine.forums/action::topiclist/forum::buy-my-website/
    http://www.geekvillage.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=61
    http://forum.abestweb.com/forumdisplay.php?f=197

    launching soon: http://webmaster-classifieds.com (my shameless plug)
     
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  12. dzcap

    dzcap Well-Known Member

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    #12
    Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) in /nobackup/drupal/public_html/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 31
    Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)

    Your site's offline.
     
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  13. jitenagr

    jitenagr Banned

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    #13
    That list of where sites are sold was really useful. Thanks!
     
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  14. jitenagr

    jitenagr Banned

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    #14
    You can also buy sites at sedo.com but they have really unrealistic prices.
     
    jitenagr, Nov 4, 2005 IP