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  • wtfsigns.com

    • Posted By: Mubashar
    • In: Websites
    • On: May 24th, 2008

    wtfsignsInteresting little community powered site popped up on Sitepoint, and with a starting price of $55 or BIN of $325, you could pick up a nice little gem.

    The idea is nice, and content is the sort that could go viral.

    Not much traffic or revenue to speak of, so keep that in mind when bidding, but keep an on the auction and you could pick this one up cheap.

    WTF Signs takes user submissions of direct information, mainly in the form of photos of signs, and builds content and contextual advertising around the community’s content. It’s an easy site to run and an easy way to earn ad revenue. You can tailor the site to make it hyper-local, and thus sell direct local ads, or you can build a global audience and use traditional sharing programs to earn ad revenue. It’s the customization and flexibility that can make this site a valuable part of your online portfolio, but easy enough to be your first foray into generating income via the web.

  • spoilers.us

    • Posted By: Mubashar
    • In: Domains
    • On: May 19th, 2008

    Despite not being a .com domain, this single word domain with a very lucrative keyword is going cheaply at only $125, over at DNForum.

    A great name for anything spoiler related, movies and/or television shows.

    If you’re not into movies and television you could even use the name for a car parts website.

    Having multiple potential uses makes the domain even more valuable.

  • I Wish They Hadn’t Sold

    Yes this blog is about the buying and selling of domains and websites, and it is a natural thing for websites to change hands. Peoples interests change, situations change, and people sell and move on to other things.

    As a visitor to some of these websites, there are a few that I wish had not been sold, they changed so dramatically after the sale that I and many other loyal users abandoned them. This is in no way meant be disrespectful to the new owners. A website is often a reflection of the personality of the person running it and after a sale the personalities sometimes just don’t mesh anymore.

    Without further ado, here is my list of sites that I wish had not been sold…

    CSS Reboot
    cssreboot.com

    CSSReboot was a premiere community for web designer, who would gather twice each year and collectively reboot their websites to make use of CSS.

    The CSSReboot event took place in May 2005, and site was sold in June of 2006.

    Unfortunately since the sale the new owner has had difficulty keeping the event going and the website has devolved to a web design gallery that has not been updated in months.

    Stylegala
    stylegala.com

    A premiere Web Design gallery and community has not maintained its quality content and vibrant forum community since its sale in June 2006.

    CSSVault
    cssvault.com

    Another CSS gallery, one of the first started by Paul Scrivens (of 9rules fame) in 2004, was sold in January 2005, and resold in 2007, now owned by HostGator. After the sales the site lost its persona and much of its following.

    WPDesigner
    wpdesigner.com

    WPDesigner was a great place for designers and developers building websites using Wordpress, but since its sale in March of this year, there have been no updates to the website, one that used to update many times a week. I hope its just a temporary delay as the new owner settles in.

    YoungGoGetter
    younggogetter.com

    This one makes my list despite the fact that I’m still active at YoungGoGetter, the new owners are doing a good job of maintaining the blog and forum, probably due to the fact that the new owner was a member of the forum before making the purchase. However, the previous owners where such a great group of individuals I wish they were still around and more active in the community than they currently are.

    What sites are on your list?

  • How To Invest In Websites In Your Spare Time

    Nice post by Yaro Starak on his website flipping activities, and how you can get in on the game.

    I remember my first website sale. I made $13,000 Australian dollars selling a website that I had built from scratch myself. That sale was a big windfall for me and a moment I won’t forget because it was the first time I saw the real potential of online property investment.

  • JoystickNews.com

    • Posted By: admin
    • In: Domains
    • On: May 14th, 2008

    After launching just a few days ago Flipsquare has some nice sites and domains up for sale.

    A domain that peaked my interest was JoystickNews.com, as the listing says a great domain for a video gaming related website, with a minimum bid of $25 and BIN of $75 seems like a real bargain.

  • adobetutorialz.com

    • Posted By: Mubashar
    • In: Websites
    • On: May 12th, 2008

    Its unusual to list a site for over $50k without providing revenue details, but that’s just whats happening with adobetutorialz.com over at sitepoint.

    Tutorials sites are big business and this one is no exception, with 240K monthly unique visitors and 1.4M pageviews. The over 600 original tutorials help drive the entirely organic traffic.

    You can PM the owner for revenue details and judge if the $51-55K asking price is bargain or not.

  • 13styles.com

    • Posted By: Mubashar
    • In: Websites
    • On: May 11th, 2008

    13stylesNice little site being offered up on Sitepoint.

    13styles is all about css menus. The menus are list based, very light-weight, easy to implement, and cross-browser compliant. Some of the css menus are free and some require you to purchase rights to use them.

    The sellers states that the site has not been updated for over 5 months, but continues to pull in significant traffic, with a little TLC this website could do very well in both traffic and revenue.

    There is no BIN listed and the reserve has not been met at $1K, with 9 days left you could still get your hands on this little diamond in the rough.

  • Couple of new places to buy and sell

    FlipSquare

    Mentioned this one a while back, but the site is now open with a public Beta, so go ahead and signup and take a look around.
    BQB

    BQB.com is a no commission, next generation domain name auction platform dedicated to short domains. Founded in March 2008, BQB.com Inc seeks to reduce the pain sellers of domain names currently endure, paying exhorbitant commissions which are in our opinion often unjustified. BQB.com also seeks to create a marketplace for short domain names, which we believe will continue to be one of the strongest appreciating internet investments for many years to come. BQB is founded on Professionalism - each member is individually screened, successful applications are manually approved. Better Quality Business really is just a few keystrokes away!