WeSellYourSite.com - Website Brokering Made easy. Getting Your Website Sold. » buying a website http://wesellyoursite.com/blog Website Brokers Who Get Your Site Sold. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:30:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Due Diligence! http://wesellyoursite.com/blog/2009/11/03/due-diligence/ http://wesellyoursite.com/blog/2009/11/03/due-diligence/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:30:08 +0000 admin http://wesellyoursite.com/blog/?p=44 Buyers beware! There are many webmasters on the web looking to make a quick dollar by flipping their websites. They build sites within a matter of weeks, drive traffic to the site within a matter of months & make a few dollars after the first year. They then turn to “investors” to buy in to the great opportunity they have for sale. On the surface, the website seems like it can make money and provide a return, but any keen buyer needs to do proper due diligence to uncover any holes in the offering. If a website has only been turning a profit for a couple of months, there are some key items to look out for to determine if the investment seems plausible.
See if the website has the potential to be profitable over a prolonged period of time.This can be done by asking a few simple questions to the seller. Where is the traffic coming from? Is the money being made from the sale of product? Ad revenue? Is it a subscription service? Is it a website based on a fad?
Every website that is offered up for sale will have different questions that will need to be asked, but just be sure to ask as many as possible. At the end of the day, if the seller wants to sell the website, they will provide the buyer with as much information as possible. So ask away!
In a proper due diligence period, one must not only look at the financial feasibility of the website investment. It is very important to uncover EVERYTHING about the site. How long has it been running for? What are the growth opportunities available? Who are the competitors? What are the competitive advantages of the website? Is there any contracted labor? What type of marketing is being done?

As professional e-business brokers, we deal with sellers all the time and know the right questions to ask to help out our buyers and to make sure we are dealing with legitimate websites as investment vehicles. A website broker will help tremendously through the due diligence process and will most likely provide key information that buyers would not have uncovered on their own. Conversely, any sellers that are not sure how to handle tough due diligence questions from buyers, can turn to a website broker at wesellyoursite.com for assistance.

]]> http://wesellyoursite.com/blog/2009/11/03/due-diligence/feed/ 4 Why is buying a website a good investment? http://wesellyoursite.com/blog/2009/10/19/why-is-buying-a-website-a-good-investment/ http://wesellyoursite.com/blog/2009/10/19/why-is-buying-a-website-a-good-investment/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:01:23 +0000 admin http://wesellyoursite.com/blog/?p=12 There are so many investment vehicles today that it is sometimes difficult to decide where to put your money to get the best return. Investments can come in the form of stocks, bonds, businesses, or even people.
When talking about buying a website as an investment vehicle, it is just like buying a business, but the website investment industry as a whole is still fairly new, so there are less hoops to jump through to get a decent website that produces a return.

We have been buying and selling websites for over 5 years and we know that websites with a good track record will produce a return for us. That is why we got into the brokering business. We cannot buy every money making website that comes by our desk. We have capital for sure, but we do not have the time to purchase everything we want and run them all successfully. That is why we line up interested buyers with money making website opportunities as an investment vehicle. It just made sense for us.

Websites can be great for long term or short term investing. The Internet is always changing and more and more people are coming online everyday. This makes this 24/7 global marketplace the largest market in the world and it only continues to grow. With a market so large and very minor barriers to entry, the Internet is a hotbed for investments that can turn huge profits in a short amount of time.

Here are the top 10 reason why buying a website make a good investment:

1- Low start up costs
2- Global marketplace that never sleeps
3- lower marketing costs than traditional mediums
4- Free promotions (organic traffic rankings, viral marketing, etc)
5- Low maintenance costs
6- Less staff than traditional businesses
7- Can easily automate your business and receive payments from people all over the world
8- Work from anywhere!
9- Market growth – Internet has more users coming online everyday…largest market out there!
10- Potential for exponential growth in a short amount of time

Let wesellyoursite.com help you find a website that makes a great investment for you!

Until tomorrow….

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