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  • 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.

  • 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!

  • Sitepoint Marketplace 2.0 Beta

    Sitepoint will be inviting testers to its new Marketplace in the next few weeks, if you’d like to help test out the system, you can apply now.

  • February Marketplace stats

    Jon Wheatley has updated his monthly Website marketplace performance statistics.

    Sitepoint continues to be the best place to sell websites

  • Domain Name Game Still Going Strong; Tad Less Secretive

    Investor Business Daily reviews current state of the business of buying and selling domains names — business is good!

  • End of Domain Tasting?

    DomainTools writes about news from a confidential informant who says that Google may stop monetizing domains that are less than 5 days old.

    Domain Tasting is the loophole that many people exploit to profit from domains without even paying for them. After registering a domain, you have up to 5 days to cancel the purchase, in which time you can host the site and see if it it receives any traffic and how it performs with ads.

    With Google potentially putting an end to the ability to monetize domains less than 5 days old, this would remove the ability of tasters to profit from domains they have no intention of registering, or even to test the viability of domains as a revenue source without at least paying a 1 year registration fee.

    I certainly hope the news is true, but we’ll have to wait and see.

  • Fusu - The Domain Stock Exchange - Is Now Public

    FUSU LogoWell this is something new for those interested in owning a part of the Internet.

    The worlds first Domain Stock Exchange is now in public beta. Fusu allows participants to liquidate a fraction of their domain to the market and immediately receive money without having to give up control of the website. You can list upto 45% of your domain on the public market.

    On Fusu, holders of a premium domain (i.e Vodka.com) can devote a fraction of their domain to the market and immediately get money out of it without having to give up its control at any time. In return, stockholders in the domain name will get their share in future sales or advertising revenues generated by the domain name.

    I’m not exactly sure how this all works yet, after you’ve purchased a share of a domain what exactly do you get, except for the ability to resell the shares to other people? Their website claims, “By being a shareholders in today’s best domains, you participate directly”:

    • in the increase of domain valuations,
    • in parking revenue, and
    • in the sale of premium domains.

    Does that mean if I list my domain with the Exchange that I have to have it parked with them?

    Then off course you have the fees, don’t all exchanges have fees, yes you pay the Exchange for the privilige of buy and selling the domain shares.

    It certainly sounds like an interesting idea, but I’d want to see it running before committing to listing my domains.