I've seen at lot times where people just throw up a basic home page, policies, about us, etc. and flip it for a quick $200 or $300.

What do they use most of the time, wordpress? Could you use a web editor or should I just stick with wordpress to keep the appearance professional?
Is it possible to buy and flip a site within a day or even 24-48 hours?

Any info, is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks again!

I'm sure someone on here has done this before.

Hi DarkEgg,

I have done "Insta-Flips" (thats what i call them) - I will try to answer your queries.

Yes, most of the time people use wordpress as their platform of choice, its easy to setup, easy to customise and there are lots of free themes & plugins to increase various aspects any webmaster would want!

I would advise sticking with wordpress, buyers are comfortable with it and with Insta-Flips you need to appeal to the undereducated masses - not specialist or experienced buyers.

Yes, it is possible to flip a website in under 24 hours, in fact i once purchased a domain, set it up for wordpress, created a custom theme and had it listed on Flippa within 3 hours! (For some people even that would be considered slow!)
- However it is generally better to get the site listed on google and other search engines first etc which can take a few days.

If you are going to try "Insta-Flips" then i have a few knowledge nuggets for you...

Bare in mind you are selling to more inexperienced and undereducated buyers (not stupid people, but they don't really know what theyre doing)

With that in mind,

1) You are selling a dream .... SO SELL IT! - Your sales pitch is your single opportunity to get them interested, write an enticing title and follow it up with something catchy, short and intriging at the top of the page, emphasise key elements in your pitch with colours etc (i am not going to teach you about writing techniques, thats up to you to research)

2) People love getting things for free, so tell them exactly what theyre going to be getting extra, BIN bonuses etc, free hosting, free setup (one of my BIN bonuses was to create a second website free in a niche of their choice)

3) Just because the buyers are inexperienced doesn't mean they won't feel ripped off ... it's your job to go above and beyond what is expected in order to provide a killer after sales service (i do this anyway with any sales i make)

4) See step 3 but start thinking about after sales, email list's etc - these people have purchased from you before and if you did a good job, they will do it again! i often tripled my income on a single sale by doing great after sales!

There is more but i think i've written enough for now, any questions let me know, i will try to answer them.

Originally Posted by carlx

Hi DarkEgg,

I have done "Insta-Flips" (thats what i call them) - I will try to answer your queries.

Yes, most of the time people use wordpress as their platform of choice, its easy to setup, easy to customise and there are lots of free themes & plugins to increase various aspects any webmaster would want!

I would advise sticking with wordpress, buyers are comfortable with it and with Insta-Flips you need to appeal to the undereducated masses - not specialist or experienced buyers.

Yes, it is possible to flip a website in under 24 hours, in fact i once purchased a domain, set it up for wordpress, created a custom theme and had it listed on Flippa within 3 hours! (For some people even that would be considered slow!)
- However it is generally better to get the site listed on google and other search engines first etc which can take a few days.

If you are going to try "Insta-Flips" then i have a few knowledge nuggets for you...

Bare in mind you are selling to more inexperienced and undereducated buyers (not stupid people, but they don't really know what theyre doing)

With that in mind,

1) You are selling a dream .... SO SELL IT! - Your sales pitch is your single opportunity to get them interested, write an enticing title and follow it up with something catchy, short and intriging at the top of the page, emphasise key elements in your pitch with colours etc (i am not going to teach you about writing techniques, thats up to you to research)

2) People love getting things for free, so tell them exactly what theyre going to be getting extra, BIN bonuses etc, free hosting, free setup (one of my BIN bonuses was to create a second website free in a niche of their choice)

3) Just because the buyers are inexperienced doesn't mean they won't feel ripped off ... it's your job to go above and beyond what is expected in order to provide a killer after sales service (i do this anyway with any sales i make)

4) See step 3 but start thinking about after sales, email list's etc - these people have purchased from you before and if you did a good job, they will do it again! i often tripled my income on a single sale by doing great after sales!

There is more but i think i've written enough for now, any questions let me know, i will try to answer them.

Thanks for that reply. I really appreciate it. But do you HAVE to provide them with a service? Cant you just sell them the site and thats it, done deal?

Also for these insta-flips, is content basically the only work put into these sites? Or should you do backlinks? I guess it depends on the type of site you're trying to sell. For example when building the site at the start, is it good to have a type of site in mind? For example, autoblog, mini niche site, Clickbank/affiliate, etc.?

Thanks again. Rep and thanks given.

No, you don't have to provide a service - but in my mind i can't help but think "they just paid me for a website i knocked up in a few hours, they obviously have money to burn and little experience" - therefor they can be talked into things more easily and you've already built a level of trust!

If your method is "build, sell, move on" then thats cool ... but i think you should milk that cash cow you already landed before you put it back out to pasture!

I will be honest with you, i often run wprobot or another article scraper and generate the articles and then make them appear unique to google - so answering your question, no content doesn't really increase my workload!

Backlinks ... why do backlinks for an Insta-Flip?? - DON'T!! - Going back to what i said before, YOUR after sales is the true corner stone to making money with Insta-Flips.
- I have all the tools, XR, SB, AMR, BMD etc etc - Part of my after sales is offering them packages and emphasising the importance of being seen on Google, i explain to them that they of course can do SEO themselves, but for a price i can do them the service ... (i offer 3 services ranging from $50 - $397 - some people have money to burn and don't mind burning it while others just like to test the water) - I also advise that the process should be repeated every few months and offer them percentile discounts for pre-ordering 6/9/12 months of future blasts and promotions!

Lastly i add them to my mailing list for past buyers so when the time comes i can fire out an email promoting my services or a new product to a proven list of buyers!

If you don't have the tools, you can outsource it for a fraction of the price and still make a profit!

Good question about what type of site you are going for! - I always decide what my next few websites will be early on, i do my keyword and domain research in 1 day so for the rest of that week i can focus on creating them and getting them sold!

If you are just starting out i would aim for adsense/clickbank/amazon focused sites (pre-integrate them so the buyer can just insert their code after purchase) - less experienced buyers generally have these accounts and target their attention to websites that target these.

Again i hope that clears things up for you and if you need anything else, let me know.

I am happy to know about insta-flip. Is there any other tool like this one. Any free tool?

Originally Posted by poweronics

I am happy to know about insta-flip. Is there any other tool like this one. Any free tool?

What do you mean by tool??

Originally Posted by carlx

Hi DarkEgg,

I have done "Insta-Flips" (thats what i call them) - I will try to answer your queries.

Yes, most of the time people use wordpress as their platform of choice, its easy to setup, easy to customise and there are lots of free themes & plugins to increase various aspects any webmaster would want!

I would advise sticking with wordpress, buyers are comfortable with it and with Insta-Flips you need to appeal to the undereducated masses - not specialist or experienced buyers.

Yes, it is possible to flip a website in under 24 hours, in fact i once purchased a domain, set it up for wordpress, created a custom theme and had it listed on Flippa within 3 hours! (For some people even that would be considered slow!)
- However it is generally better to get the site listed on google and other search engines first etc which can take a few days.

If you are going to try "Insta-Flips" then i have a few knowledge nuggets for you...

Bare in mind you are selling to more inexperienced and undereducated buyers (not stupid people, but they don't really know what theyre doing)

With that in mind,

1) You are selling a dream .... SO SELL IT! - Your sales pitch is your single opportunity to get them interested, write an enticing title and follow it up with something catchy, short and intriging at the top of the page, emphasise key elements in your pitch with colours etc (i am not going to teach you about writing techniques, thats up to you to research)

2) People love getting things for free, so tell them exactly what theyre going to be getting extra, BIN bonuses etc, free hosting, free setup (one of my BIN bonuses was to create a second website free in a niche of their choice)

3) Just because the buyers are inexperienced doesn't mean they won't feel ripped off ... it's your job to go above and beyond what is expected in order to provide a killer after sales service (i do this anyway with any sales i make)

4) See step 3 but start thinking about after sales, email list's etc - these people have purchased from you before and if you did a good job, they will do it again! i often tripled my income on a single sale by doing great after sales!

There is more but i think i've written enough for now, any questions let me know, i will try to answer them.

what kind of price range do you charge for a simple business webpage using this "quick-flip" idea..

The prices do vary depending on the niche, but a general rule of thumb for me is a BIN price of $175 - $320 ... If the site doesnt sell for BIN price i am never bothered because i do so well in after sales i more than make up for lost revenue!

Plus a little tip, if the sale doesnt go for the BIN price, make sure you offer to sell the BIN bonuses for a "huge-drastic-one-time-only mark down" .... you were goingto give it away anyway, might as well really push for that extra after sale!

I think if i get time after Christmas then ill put together a more indepth post regarding my "Insta-Flips" method.

If you have anymore questions ill be around to answer them.

Originally Posted by carlx

The prices do vary depending on the niche, but a general rule of thumb for me is a BIN price of $175 - $320 ... If the site doesnt sell for BIN price i am never bothered because i do so well in after sales i more than make up for lost revenue!

Plus a little tip, if the sale doesnt go for the BIN price, make sure you offer to sell the BIN bonuses for a "huge-drastic-one-time-only mark down" .... you were goingto give it away anyway, might as well really push for that extra after sale!

I think if i get time after Christmas then ill put together a more indepth post regarding my "Insta-Flips" method.

If you have anymore questions ill be around to answer them.

So your just talking about a simple webpage:

- Matching header/footer
- buy now banner
- maybe matching ebook type graphic
- various matching buttons
- some basic sales pitch writing

- no hosting?
- no domain name?
- no actual product?
- no current traffic?

and this would get me something in the range of $200-300 on Flippa? In how many days usually?

Thanks in advance for mentoring.

Originally Posted by vendor2012

So your just talking about a simple webpage:

- Matching header/footer
- buy now banner
- maybe matching ebook type graphic
- various matching buttons
- some basic sales pitch writing

- no hosting?
- no domain name?
- no actual product?
- no current traffic?

and this would get me something in the range of $200-300 on Flippa? In how many days usually?

Thanks in advance for mentoring.

As mentioned above i usually use wordpress as its most accessable for new, less experienced buyers.

In regards to the theme i always design a custom theme that fits the niche of the site.

I usually sell with the BIN bonus for a years hosting.

I do not really understand what you mean when you say "no domain name" to sell a website you need a domain name.

In regards to product, its dependant on the niche - you can get PLR packs or similar with simple products that could be promoted on the site by the new owner but in regards to having a proven, working product ... generaqlly no.

Finally, traffic .... no i say the site is new, assume no traffic and no income! - but in my sales pitch i will point out the keyword in the domain name and that by ranking in the top 10 of google you could expect an estimate of xxxx's visitors per week.

Remember, just because its taken you a day or 2 to produce the website doesn't mean what you sell should be crappy or poor quality. -

Oh, and one more thing - the income i quote isn't going to be the same for everybody - it depends how "blackhat" you want to be - i myself try to provide a quality service to all my customers and quality should flow through your keyword research, domain choice, your design for the site, the basic SEO of the site, your flippa sales pitch, your customer support, and most importantly (in my opinion) your after sales!

Hi Carlx

Great reply, much appreciated.

Originally Posted by carlx

Bare in mind you are selling to more inexperienced and undereducated buyers

Where do you find these type of buyers?

Originally Posted by carlx

I think if i get time after Christmas then ill put together a more indepth post regarding my "Insta-Flips" method.

This would be great. I love to know your method about flipping in 3 hrs.

What is your opinion on flipping sites using expiring domain names?

wow this thread really took off.

@carlx:

I have asked questions on other threads about buying sites from dp and seling them on flippa. Have you ever tried that?

Another question, I can do micro niche kw research and dig up kws with 1500 local searches, cpc over $1, low competition in terms of seo etc. I can also write unique contents myself. Do you think a site like that would sell on flippa? If you do, what niche and price range would you suggest?

Originally Posted by blackjack

Hi Carlx

Great reply, much appreciated.



Where do you find these type of buyers?




This would be great. I love to know your method about flipping in 3 hrs.

What is your opinion on flipping sites using expiring domain names?

To answer your questions, i don't "find" less experienced types of buyers .... they find you. It's simple really, because your site isn't making money, it is virtually brand new - any experienced buyer will avoid it because unless the domain name is EMD for a killer keyword then its value is virtually nothing to them.
- Inexperienced buyers LOVE to dream, so like i mentioned before, a good sales pitch that really sells the dream (the ultimate potential of the website) is what gets them bidding!

I tend not to sell expiring domain names, however i don't see this being much of a problem, after all its less than $10 for a domain - it could also work to your advantage if you could create some income for a few days and then sell it with that (brand new sites can't show income on flippa, an aged domain would be be able to - even if you've only had it live for a few days! -- REMEMBER, SELL THE DREAM, so do whatever you need to do to accomplish that!)

Originally Posted by hameem

@carlx:

I have asked questions on other threads about buying sites from dp and seling them on flippa. Have you ever tried that?

Another question, I can do micro niche kw research and dig up kws with 1500 local searches, cpc over $1, low competition in terms of seo etc. I can also write unique contents myself. Do you think a site like that would sell on flippa? If you do, what niche and price range would you suggest?

I personally havent tried buying sites on digitalpoint and then flipping them on flippa.
As long as you purchase for a cheap price, then increase its potential value and then write a sexy little sales pitch, there is no reason you won't turn a profit PLUS - YOU CAN DO AFTER SALES and after sales = more money.

I do appologise for rambling on about after sales - but that is where the real money is in Insta-Flips

A micro niche with unique content can sell on Flippa - ANHYTHING can sell on flippa, i've seen some really awful sites sell on flippa purely because they have some killer sales pitches!

If you are able to write to a good standard i suggest you invest in a book on sales pitches, i myself have a few of them that teach different things and they are a brilliant asset and improves writing in general.

Originally Posted by carlx

I personally havent tried buying sites on digitalpoint and then flipping them on flippa.
As long as you purchase for a cheap price, then increase its potential value and then write a sexy little sales pitch, there is no reason you won't turn a profit PLUS - YOU CAN DO AFTER SALES and after sales = more money.

I do appologise for rambling on about after sales - but that is where the real money is in Insta-Flips

A micro niche with unique content can sell on Flippa - ANHYTHING can sell on flippa, i've seen some really awful sites sell on flippa purely because they have some killer sales pitches!

If you are able to write to a good standard i suggest you invest in a book on sales pitches, i myself have a few of them that teach different things and they are a brilliant asset and improves writing in general.

Thanks again.

Do you know any guide/tutorial/ebook on writing effective or attractive sales pitches?

I have some hardcopy books but im sure a search would find ebooks on the subject. - I may have seen a few in the downloads section of BHW a while ago, do a search on the download section for sales pitch or search amazon and then whatever book you find do a search on ebook section of warez-bb or torrents.

Happy Christmas.

Originally Posted by carlx

I have some hardcopy books but im sure a search would find ebooks on the subject. - I may have seen a few in the downloads section of BHW a while ago, do a search on the download section for sales pitch or search amazon and then whatever book you find do a search on ebook section of warez-bb or torrents.

Happy Christmas.

Hi carlx, thanks for sharing these informations. I'm making clickbank sites and i think i will try to flip some of them. I hope you will an in depth post about fast flipping

Originally Posted by carlx

Hi DarkEgg,

I have done "Insta-Flips" (thats what i call them) - I will try to answer your queries.

Yes, most of the time people use wordpress as their platform of choice, its easy to setup, easy to customise and there are lots of free themes & plugins to increase various aspects any webmaster would want!

I would advise sticking with wordpress, buyers are comfortable with it and with Insta-Flips you need to appeal to the undereducated masses - not specialist or experienced buyers.

Yes, it is possible to flip a website in under 24 hours, in fact i once purchased a domain, set it up for wordpress, created a custom theme and had it listed on Flippa within 3 hours! (For some people even that would be considered slow!)
- However it is generally better to get the site listed on google and other search engines first etc which can take a few days.

If you are going to try "Insta-Flips" then i have a few knowledge nuggets for you...

Bare in mind you are selling to more inexperienced and undereducated buyers (not stupid people, but they don't really know what theyre doing)

With that in mind,

1) You are selling a dream .... SO SELL IT! - Your sales pitch is your single opportunity to get them interested, write an enticing title and follow it up with something catchy, short and intriging at the top of the page, emphasise key elements in your pitch with colours etc (i am not going to teach you about writing techniques, thats up to you to research)

2) People love getting things for free, so tell them exactly what theyre going to be getting extra, BIN bonuses etc, free hosting, free setup (one of my BIN bonuses was to create a second website free in a niche of their choice)

3) Just because the buyers are inexperienced doesn't mean they won't feel ripped off ... it's your job to go above and beyond what is expected in order to provide a killer after sales service (i do this anyway with any sales i make)

4) See step 3 but start thinking about after sales, email list's etc - these people have purchased from you before and if you did a good job, they will do it again! i often tripled my income on a single sale by doing great after sales!

There is more but i think i've written enough for now, any questions let me know, i will try to answer them.

That is a key to sales. Dont try to hit a home run at first all the time. You can hit em with a small sale first. They feel comfortable with you, then you sell them follow up services left and right.

its simple just find domain names with keyword on any service i.e : backlink, etc
find professional themes
find outsource list
you will get money

i have some resource to made that but not free

quick flips can be fun, but I find that it mostly just relies on getting people to over pay for what they are getting to make it worth your time.

Originally Posted by carlx

I personally havent tried buying sites on digitalpoint and then flipping them on flippa.
As long as you purchase for a cheap price, then increase its potential value and then write a sexy little sales pitch, there is no reason you won't turn a profit PLUS - YOU CAN DO AFTER SALES and after sales = more money.

I do appologise for rambling on about after sales - but that is where the real money is in Insta-Flips

A micro niche with unique content can sell on Flippa - ANHYTHING can sell on flippa, i've seen some really awful sites sell on flippa purely because they have some killer sales pitches!

If you are able to write to a good standard i suggest you invest in a book on sales pitches, i myself have a few of them that teach different things and they are a brilliant asset and improves writing in general.

thanks dude +3rep given , alternative for flippa to sell ? is sedo the best
place to sell domains ?

Originally Posted by trustedfire9

thanks dude +3rep given , alternative for flippa to sell ? is sedo the best
place to sell domains ?

I have not personally sold domain names, so can't really advise much on it.

Flippa is the main place that i have sold small websites, bigger websites i tend to get offers on and then barter with them until i get a price i want.

I will finish my "InstaFlips" method by the end of the month, plus i will also try to do a case study in the first quarter that should be fun to check out... ill let everybody know when its happening.

Cheers for rep dude.

Originally Posted by carlx

I have not personally sold domain names, so can't really advise much on it.

Flippa is the main place that i have sold small websites, bigger websites i tend to get offers on and then barter with them until i get a price i want.

I will finish my "InstaFlips" method by the end of the month, plus i will also try to do a case study in the first quarter that should be fun to check out... ill let everybody know when its happening.

Cheers for rep dude.

Thanks man waiting for your guide!! i have been following some sellers on flippa lately that they do well selling dreams, and i want to start to....is your nick over there "sm bu" (shortened) ?
waiting for your guide

Originally Posted by trustedfire9

thanks dude +3rep given , alternative for flippa to sell ? is sedo the best
place to sell domains ?

For Domain Names, Sedo is one of the biggest aftermarket with GoDaddy and Afternic being the other major places to sell domain names.

Some beginning domain investors, put them up for a free listing on eBay too.

If you have any other domain name related questions, feel free to PM me.

Originally Posted by carlx

I have not personally sold domain names, so can't really advise much on it.

Flippa is the main place that i have sold small websites, bigger websites i tend to get offers on and then barter with them until i get a price i want.

I will finish my "InstaFlips" method by the end of the month, plus i will also try to do a case study in the first quarter that should be fun to check out... ill let everybody know when its happening.

Cheers for rep dude.

Really i am waiting for your guide...I am too interested to flip websites like you do

This would be a great BHW service. I know I have a few mns I'd be willing to give as much as 50% of the sale price to someone who'd sale it for me.

Originally Posted by mohanramus

Really i am waiting for your guide...I am too interested to flip websites like you do

Yes,

Any news on your guide, carlx??

just Came back to see whether insta flips method got ready or not... Carlx

thanks for all ur tips Carlx.

how efficient is this? I've tried to do it a few times..but don't really see the success, can anyone PM me and help ? thanks!

I'll be honest with everybody, i havent finished writing my guide to my method ... my time recently has seemingly slipped through my fingers as i have worked on 2 programming projects i started!

I will try to find time to complete it and i do appologise for not having done it yet!

I flip my website 3 days auction and I mention in my auction there is reserve price. my auction will end soon but there is no bid yet I see that same website like mine but my website design is better and I am offering nice bonuses the difference is in that auction there is no reserve price and lots of bid there.. I dont understand these people.. I hope I sell my website, I dont want fail second time

lol its cool carlx. cant wait for it.

Originally Posted by messi1453

I flip my website 3 days auction and I mention in my auction there is reserve price. my auction will end soon but there is no bid yet I see that same website like mine but my website design is better and I am offering nice bonuses the difference is in that auction there is no reserve price and lots of bid there.. I dont understand these people.. I hope I sell my website, I dont want fail second time

Website price doesn't depend on design only. It could be possible that he has better PR, backlinks and prolonged revenue history.

I wanna try this quick flip...So where should i sell those sites? Flippa or DP?

carlx, what is your take on using .infos? Can they be just as good or do you find that customers prefer .coms?

@carlx thanks for your tips. Just wondering what do you offer in your 3 levels of SEO packs?

carlx please keep us informed if your still making the guide!

Originally Posted by darkeggx

carlx please keep us informed if your still making the guide!

I'll leave this for now... but it's beginning to get a bit too close to pre-selling for now, so would rather he opens a BST if he has something to sell...

Originally Posted by meathead1234

I'll leave this for now... but it's beginning to get a bit too close to pre-selling for now, so would rather he opens a BST if he has something to sell...

He didnt mention to us that he was selling it, he just said he was writing a guide, unless he told you something else...

also do you have any tips on doing these instaflips meathead?

Originally Posted by carlx

Hi DarkEgg,

I have done "Insta-Flips" (thats what i call them) - I will try to answer your queries.

Yes, most of the time people use wordpress as their platform of choice, its easy to setup, easy to customise and there are lots of free themes & plugins to increase various aspects any webmaster would want!

I would advise sticking with wordpress, buyers are comfortable with it and with Insta-Flips you need to appeal to the undereducated masses - not specialist or experienced buyers.

Yes, it is possible to flip a website in under 24 hours, in fact i once purchased a domain, set it up for wordpress, created a custom theme and had it listed on Flippa within 3 hours! (For some people even that would be considered slow!)
- However it is generally better to get the site listed on google and other search engines first etc which can take a few days.

If you are going to try "Insta-Flips" then i have a few knowledge nuggets for you...

Bare in mind you are selling to more inexperienced and undereducated buyers (not stupid people, but they don't really know what theyre doing)

With that in mind,

1) You are selling a dream .... SO SELL IT! - Your sales pitch is your single opportunity to get them interested, write an enticing title and follow it up with something catchy, short and intriging at the top of the page, emphasise key elements in your pitch with colours etc (i am not going to teach you about writing techniques, thats up to you to research)

2) People love getting things for free, so tell them exactly what theyre going to be getting extra, BIN bonuses etc, free hosting, free setup (one of my BIN bonuses was to create a second website free in a niche of their choice)

3) Just because the buyers are inexperienced doesn't mean they won't feel ripped off ... it's your job to go above and beyond what is expected in order to provide a killer after sales service (i do this anyway with any sales i make)

4) See step 3 but start thinking about after sales, email list's etc - these people have purchased from you before and if you did a good job, they will do it again! i often tripled my income on a single sale by doing great after sales!

There is more but i think i've written enough for now, any questions let me know, i will try to answer them.

im going to start looking more into insta flipping thanks for the basics!

I have a few established sites with revenue I am thinking about flipping and even though this post is about instant flips, I have gotten some valuable info. Thanks a lot!

some ebooks about quick flipping will help out! Thanks for the good info!