Flippa and summer
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meathead1234
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What are you talking about? Why don't you check traffic trends from last year on Alexa/Compete?
minute80
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What's that got to do with anything? My question is do sales plummet on Flippa during summer months. How would I find that out through Alexa and Compete? I can only see if ppl visit site, not if actual ppl with real money buy sites during summer.
poisonsembrace
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I'd say it has a lot to do with it. Why else would people visit the site unless they were possibly interested in buying a website. More visits = more buyers. That's why you woulc check Alexa/Compete to see if there is indeed more traffic during summer.
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meathead1234
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It's likely there is a positive correlation between traffic and buyers.
It's also likely that during summer more people will look for opportunities to escape the 9-5 and buy a website promising realisation of such a dream.
minute80
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Thank you all for your answers. To add actual facts to the story, according to Compete Flippa traffic rises steadily from the day they switched to that domain.
How will summer 2010 look like, nobody knows (at least not for now).
How will summer 2010 look like, nobody knows (at least not for now).
The actualy amount of traffic at Flippa doesn't matter. If you're a seller what matters is how much of business is being transacted there and what type.
Summer 2010 will be a disaster for Flippa sellers.
http://flippingawesome.com/for-39-per-view-and-no-sales-is-flippa-losing-it/
http://www.flipfilter.com/blog/2010/05/30/after-the-honeymoon/
Summer 2010 will be a disaster for Flippa sellers.
http://flippingawesome.com/for-39-per-view-and-no-sales-is-flippa-losing-it/
http://www.flipfilter.com/blog/2010/05/30/after-the-honeymoon/
meathead1234
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IMO, if anything, it's the death of crappy turnkey sites that hold no real value.
Still plenty of money to be made if you stay ahead of the game.
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And one more link:
Flippas, Floppas, MotherFrockers, what the heck's happening with Website Flipping?
I'll rejoice with you if crappy turnkey sites die.
But what's "ahead of the game"?
Flippas, Floppas, MotherFrockers, what the heck's happening with Website Flipping?
I'll rejoice with you if crappy turnkey sites die.
But what's "ahead of the game"?
meathead1234
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Being a trend-setter in the market rather than a follower.
Not resting on laurels and expecting the same business model to work and be profitable for months on end. Having a dynamic business model is essential to long term profits with flipping (especially if your target market is <$500 sales).
Quality, profitable sites do, and always will sell well - it's the lower end of the market that is suffering due to an influx of part-time noobs such as the "flipping awesome" team.
I second everything meathead said above.
Come on guys - look at the bigger picture, will ya?
Will making money online die in summer 2010? Will BUSINESS die in summer 2010? Doubtful. When we're talking about flipping we're talking about buying something of value (or building something of value) and then selling it for a profit - and there is ALWAYS market for assets that provide value. Sure, each and every business has its up- and downswings (referring to the property market crashing a couple of times, the prices varying from year to year etc.) but this particular market hasn't yet reached even 1% of its potential capacity so it would be absolutely ridiculous to estimate a "crash" of any sort.
On the other hand - building worthless autoblogs (or any other "turnkey" sites for that matter) is a whole different story - and even though most beginners (including these who think they know enough that they can teach others!) think that's what flipping is, they couldn't be more wrong. Those "methods" are here to die and each and every one of them WILL die - sooner or later.
Put your effort into creating true VALUE, as opposed to into following a "method" and you'll do good for decades to come.
Bryan
Come on guys - look at the bigger picture, will ya?
Will making money online die in summer 2010? Will BUSINESS die in summer 2010? Doubtful. When we're talking about flipping we're talking about buying something of value (or building something of value) and then selling it for a profit - and there is ALWAYS market for assets that provide value. Sure, each and every business has its up- and downswings (referring to the property market crashing a couple of times, the prices varying from year to year etc.) but this particular market hasn't yet reached even 1% of its potential capacity so it would be absolutely ridiculous to estimate a "crash" of any sort.
On the other hand - building worthless autoblogs (or any other "turnkey" sites for that matter) is a whole different story - and even though most beginners (including these who think they know enough that they can teach others!) think that's what flipping is, they couldn't be more wrong. Those "methods" are here to die and each and every one of them WILL die - sooner or later.
Put your effort into creating true VALUE, as opposed to into following a "method" and you'll do good for decades to come.
Bryan
Hear, hear. I like that bit about the beginners. It seems that half or more of the "gurus" out there are people who knew nothing about the industry and bought a couple of ebooks last week to read up about it!
As a site flipper, I have been successful in providing the buyer specific niches. Turnkey sites have not been a profit maker for me and many on Flippa. Instead focus on what people want, what has a better promise and what can possibly deliver. I have noticed a huge trend change in the past few months myself, and I think key sellers have the ability to shift the trend on Flippa without a notice. Look at what the big sellers sell, and compete with them. That is my only advice, I am still making what I want on Flippa, trends don't mean squat.