My Little Tips Buying a Site Check Site on Google Check Site Estimate Uniqueness of Domain name Traffic – Must come from diverse areas. Page Rank – Not Less than pr3 is more advisable. Alexa Ranking Monthly Revenue You need Escrow.com account for transferring cash for buying a site. Website Assessment Tools Seocentro.com for the Page Rank of the site Alexa.com for ranking Seomoz.org/linkscape – to verify how many unique domain is pointing to the site Semrush.com – shows the list of keywords that the site ranks for in google. Pick the above keyword and run it on Google keyword research to get an idea of the profitability. Way Back Machine http://www.archive.org/web/web.php - tells you how a site looks like in the past. Monetizing Site Best practice to monetize a site: Adsense Premium Advertising/Text Link Ads Affiliate program Optimizing the site for search engine Selling a Site When planning on selling your site the below are the basics: Age of Site Key Audience Traffic Stat Membership or Customer Base Monthly Revenue Reason for Selling -Some buyers or site where you are flipping your site might ask for this. Flippa - the number one marketplace to sell your site. Digital Point - a great place to buy ready made sites with good ranking for much less.
i sold one of my sites on flippa to a random guy. i thought he actually wanted the site so i gave him all these tips about what to do with it and how to promote it and how to get more out of it. turns out he just sold it right back on flippa 3 weeks later. at a LOSS