Introduction

You may have heard about the new guy on the investment block, buying, fixing and cashing in on Web real estate. Every day more and more people are cashing in on web site flipping.

There is serious money to be made in this market.

This book will teach you how to buy, add value, and then sell your site for a profit, and will walk you through the ins and outs of web site flipping. By the end of the book, you will have an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of on line real estate, as well as the knowledge and tools to start building your own portfolio.

If you have already completed a few transactions, it doesn’t matter if you’re new to online investment or not. There are some amazing nuggets of wisdom in the great book.

What’s Inside?

Site Flipping Demystified

We begin the journey with a guided tour of the web property marketplace. The online property landscape has changed since the days before the bubble burst. You will be introduced to some of the broad concepts involved in flipping web sites for profit.

Buying a Site

It is said that finding a good site to flip is like finding a needle in a haystack. The haystack isn’t as big as it may seem with the right tools, clever research, and effective evaluation. We will discuss where to look for sites to purchase, how to assess their profit potential, how to value them, negotiate with the seller, and transact the deal.

Adding Value

It is time to get your hands dirty after you have bought your site. We will step through the key elements that can send the value of your site through the roof when improved, while we can’t discuss every possible way that you could add value to your site.

Selling a Site

It’s time to put up the for-sale sign after the renovations are finished. There are many ways to take your site to market. The pros and cons of each option will be explored in this chapter, as well as some of the techniques you can use to make sure your site sells for the top dollar.

Resources

The good and bad points of the sites, tools, and other resources are summarized in a handy reference list.

Site Valuation Worksheet

You can use this to estimate the value of your site. It consolidates the detailed advice from the chapter into a simple format that will ease the process of web site evaluation.

About the Authors

Peter T. Davis

Peter T. Davis is an advisor. He has been working online for more than eight years. His first successful web site came from his passion for hobbies, and it was a community for coin collectors.

Peter believes that link building and keyword analysis are two keys to a successful search marketing strategy. You can read more about him at his website.

Georgina Laidlaw

Since entering the industry in 1998, she has viewed the Web from every conceivable angle. After completing her Bachelor of Business-Marketing, she worked in several creative roles for web agencies.

The best-selling product was assisted in the development by Georgina. The business kit for web design. It plays a crucial editorial role in almost every SitePoint publication, including its popular newsletters, articles, books and kits.

You can download Peter Davis at nextskillup.com.

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