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Discussion in 'Sites' started by andysm849, Jul 20, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi I have a blog in the preppy niche for sale. I put a lot of time into it as a personal blog but I lost interest as I could make more money writing content, since it was just one site. I wrote this in the beginning as a personal blog so that's why it took me a lot of work, but it shouldn't if you just put some content on it every couple of days.

    URL: http://www.dietpreppy.com
    How old is it: Started around June 8
    Revenue so far: $10.27. Best day I got $1.16. Adsense began to perform once I listened to others' advice. Unfort at that point I got busy and stopped updating slowly.
    Daily visitors: When it was updated every few days I got 180-220 a day. So about 6,000 visitors a month.
    Has about 90 backlinks
    After only about a month it has gotten to 814,104 in Alexa ranking.

    I have 23 unique articles all with great content, tons of comments and thousands and thousands of words.

    Some one with better SEO skills than me could turn this into a really profitable site. With just my novice skills, it ranked in the top 50 consistently for the words preppy and preppy blog.
    I never spent a dime on advertising. All was done through yahoo answers a few directory submissions and Facebook groups.

    Let's start the bidding at $45. Ends in 4 days. PM me or email me at if you have any other questions.
     
    andysm849, Jul 20, 2008 IP
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    #2
    Cool site, I'll bid $45.
     
    theonlyguy, Jul 20, 2008 IP
  3. andysm849

    andysm849 Peon

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    #3
    Site sold for $150. Thanks.
     
    andysm849, Jul 20, 2008 IP
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    andysm849 Peon

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    #4
    DISREGARD THE LAST POST!!

    Site is still up for sale! Buy it now is $150.
    Auction ends in a few days or a week maybe, when it either meets my personal "reserve", or someone does BIN. (and I actually get the money, not just an email and then no response since...)

    I guess bidding starts at $45.

    This is a great site people! Traffic jumped 50% when I made just a single post for the first time in a couple of days. With posts every few days you'll be making far more money than it is now!
     
    andysm849, Jul 22, 2008 IP
  5. andysm849

    andysm849 Peon

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    #5
    Here is a screenshot of the Adsense report for most of June.
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    As you can see, traffic rose when I posted and fell slightly towards the end, when I didn't. So with some steady content posts this site will rise significantly. All traffic getting methods that I used were free, like I said.
     
    andysm849, Jul 22, 2008 IP
  6. andysm849

    andysm849 Peon

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    #6
    Come on I want to get this sire off my hands this month. Lets start the bidding at $35. Its already made a third of that in profit with very crappy, n00b SEO skills. I'll even lower the Buy it Now to $135.
     
    andysm849, Jul 22, 2008 IP
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    #7
    I'll put in a bid of $35 :)
     
    llank, Jul 22, 2008 IP
  8. andysm849

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    #8
    Bidding is now at $50. Buy it now still at $135.
     
    andysm849, Jul 23, 2008 IP
  9. andysm849

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    #9
    Recieved a bid of $65. Auction ends in a few days...
     
    andysm849, Jul 25, 2008 IP
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    #10
    Auction ends in 24 hours. Current highest bid is $80.
     
    andysm849, Jul 26, 2008 IP
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    tmikuckis Active Member

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    #11
    is auction over yet?
     
    tmikuckis, Jul 26, 2008 IP
  12. andysm849

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    #12
    Nope ends tomorrow at 5pmish
     
    andysm849, Jul 26, 2008 IP
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    #13
    Whats current bid if auctions not over.
     
    llank, Jul 27, 2008 IP
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    #14
    Got to admit you made my day with "preppy" niche. Haven’t heard that one before. Hove do preps respond to it anyway? I wonder if they realize they're preps :D

    Anyway, this has made my damn day, I bid 40 for the site ;)
     
    muncle, Jul 27, 2008 IP
  15. andysm849

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    #15
    Current bid is $80. Ends sometime this evening.

    Its actually a really great niche. Marketing is a sinch cause theres a ton of people searching for things, and its reallllly easy to post in Ralph Lauren or Lacoste facebook groups, because that is the kind of thing people are talking about. Plus the people are really dedicated to coming back and reading. A lot are proud to be preps so they respond well.

    Also its kind of a small niche, so getting near the top of the search engine rankings was not too difficult even though I had no experience with SEO when I started this site.
     
    andysm849, Jul 27, 2008 IP
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    #16
    Last Call. Site's gonna be sold for $80 if no one else bids by 7pm.
     
    andysm849, Jul 27, 2008 IP