Hi everyone, I don't know if this is the correct post to place this but here goes. I run a successful Website Hosting Service and have recently decided that I would like to venture into the Website Brokering industry. If any ones as the time and the knowledge, could you advise me on how to set-up and any legal issue. I am aware of the basics. Also please feel free to email me dan10107@hotmail.com www.avyweb.co.cc
For this kind of business,you need to have a lot of $$$ to buy website and then resell it for higher price. At the beginning,you must create a buzz about your brokering service by sponsoring major event such as blog contest.
Thanks for replying. I am aiming to settup a site that a website owner would post thier site on and we would help sell it for them through commision. Although I have ideas up my right sleave to make it unique How would this work, And are there any legal issue? An example would be www.WebSiteBroker.com Thanks for all your times! But still need help.
Interesting idea. I think there are a lot of sites that don't charge commission for listing websites. DP (this site) is a good example, so you will need to provide some reason as to why someone would pay for such service. And also, selling a website is not as hard as selling a house, so there isn't that much of a need for a broker. The only kinds of sites I feel that may need a broker are those that are established to a scale of a business (ie a dotcom company).
Just like Adrian said there are lots of sites that don't charge anything. Unless you are trying to sell tech startups, or sites with a huge potential, it may not work. I personally would not pay you to sell my site, or help me buy a site, when I can sell/buy it on a few other websites for free. Unless you are thinking of selling websites to Venture Capitalists I would recommend not charging comission fees.