Anyone have a bad experience buying a website?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Alpha13, Jun 8, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hey guys,

    I wanted to ask if anyone has had a bad experience buying a revenue generating web site. Maybe the adsense dollars were less than expected, traffic started dying off 3 months after you bought it, you spend much more time on it than you like, or the CPC campaigns cost more than what the seller told you.

    Since web sites supposedly carry a higher risk than conventional businesses this is what I expect to hear about, but I haven't read much of this going on. If this type of stuff does not happen that often then the risk level seems much lower than the market is accounting for and these web sites are simply excellent deals :eek:

    In any case please share any bad experiences you've had when buying a site.

    Thanks
     
    Alpha13, Jun 8, 2007 IP
  2. Jerlene.net

    Jerlene.net Prominent Member

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    Never had a problem other than someone taking the site off their server too soon.
     
    Jerlene.net, Jun 8, 2007 IP
  3. chinacorner

    chinacorner Peon

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    Never.

    Maybe the adsense dollars were less than expected. :) , I think it is depend on your eye.
     
    chinacorner, Jun 8, 2007 IP
  4. Alpha13

    Alpha13 Active Member

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    Wow I'm impressed. Someone has to have had SOMETHING though, like a traffic dropoff (from a competing website or something like that) That's why these sites are so cheap am I right?
     
    Alpha13, Jun 8, 2007 IP
  5. mightyb

    mightyb Banned

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    Well if the traffic drops after 3 months its not really sellers fault. You cant really predict these things...

    But yea, personally never had any problems.
     
    mightyb, Jun 8, 2007 IP
  6. qwestcommunications

    qwestcommunications Notable Member

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    By and lasrge, people here on DP can be trusted.
     
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