Flippa Precaution

NoHoneyWithoutMoney

Regular Member

Dec 5, 2011

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• Dec 18, 2011

• #1

I am thinking to go to flippa for first time ,

I am looking to invest 500 to 1000 for a site .

Any precautions , or anything else you will suggest

thanks

 

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TimBaker

BANNED

Sep 14, 2011

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• Dec 18, 2011

• #2

Use escrow

 

SmileAtmyWins

BANNED

Feb 13, 2010

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1,971

• Dec 18, 2011

• #3

Make sure you do you research on how flippa sales are going in your niche and how flippa website sales are doing period. Because honestly, flippa has up times and down times like everything else.

 

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DigiWebUk

Regular Member

Jul 28, 2011

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• Dec 18, 2011

• #4

Do not pay through paypal at all costs!!!! Ask as many questions about the site, do research on the sellers traffic, get them to explain as much detail as possible about the site.

Leave no stone unturned.

 

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xender

Newbie

Oct 27, 2011

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4

• Dec 18, 2011

• #5

Use escrow with condition to release money after 30 days or confirmation of site's performance. Good luck

 

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Mr.Newbee

Newbie

Jan 3, 2011

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5

• Dec 18, 2011

• #6

NoHoneyWithoutMoney said:

I am thinking to go to flippa for first time ,

I am looking to invest 500 to 1000 for a site .

Any precautions , or anything else you will suggest

thanks

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If you have this much of budget, you should looking for a site that already have 1000 unique visitors every month or you can search for a cheap business site.

 

Crewchief007

Supreme Member

Jr. VIP

May 27, 2009

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• Dec 18, 2011

• #7

You definitely need to thoroughly check out/digest these threads regarding Flippa scams A.S.A.P.

Code:

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/shit-list/384265-flippa-scammer-domainround-adam-christopher-scammed-people-over-50-000-00-a.html

Code:

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/blackhat-lounge/382212-guess-what-scammer-selling-his-shitlisted-business-flippa.html

Suffice it to say that you need to do your homework and know this for a certainty. There is a lot of shill bidding going on. Consequently, you need to reverse engineer each site from top to bottom.

 

liviug

Junior Member

Feb 4, 2011

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• Dec 18, 2011

• #8

It's so full of scams, you will not believe.
Avoid users without good rating
Ask for video of ranks and earnings (or team viewer). Just say no if they don't deliver.
Sales letter like presentations are always suspicious.


Hotel site scams seem to be the trend this week

 

meathead1234

Elite Member

Sep 24, 2008

3,727

14,575

• Dec 18, 2011

• #9

Check out this section: http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/f141-site-flipping/

 

IamNRE

Elite Member

Aug 18, 2010

6,820

10,325

• Dec 18, 2011

• #10

I have a live auction right now on flippa selling my site for that sort of region.

Send me a PM if you want the link.

 

flx89

Senior Member

Apr 22, 2010

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410

• Dec 18, 2011

• #11

first of all:

1. Use escrow.... There are other services that provide escrow, not just escrow.com if you don't like them, but they are the best. You can also try the escrow service from moniker.com
2. Ask the seller to show you the stats with Team Viewer
3. Insist to see traffic and revenue with team viewer, because print screens can be easily edited in Photoshop.
4. Don't rush buying something, take your time....study the market first.
5. Good luck!

 

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stressfree

Banned - Inappropriate behavior

Aug 28, 2007

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• Dec 18, 2011

• #12

AVOID. 1:100 is probably legit.

 

cornkernel

Regular Member

Sep 2, 2010

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• Dec 18, 2011

• #13

stressfree said:

AVOID. 1:100 is probably legit.

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i have to agree with this. if i were you, i'd just avoid flippa, don't even bother.

too many people are scammers there, and it's not good.

 

wokaka

Senior Member

Apr 1, 2010

996

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• Dec 19, 2011

• #14

Apart of the scammers in flippa, buying sites worth $500-$1000 won't bring you anywhere. I have been monitoring websites for sales in the past 6 months or so and most valuable websites would worth at least $20K or even more. Sites that are too fragile (depend on SEO, media buys, etc.) won't worth it. Their earnings can die easily and you will only regret it. If you want to buy a site, do it once you have diversed investments and only buy websites with good loyal visitors.

 

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marusia

Compromised Account

Oct 25, 2010

1,138

2,352

• Dec 19, 2011

• #15

I hear people say team viewer doesn't prove anything...but can't you refresh the page? I'm sure that would prove whether it were just a photo or not.

 

G-S-T

Elite Member

Jan 20, 2011

1,762

9,084

• Dec 19, 2011

• #16

So you have $1000...

Keyword research = Free
Exact Match Domain = $6
Hosting for a month = $0.01
Scrapebox = $97
No Hands SEO = $97
AMR = $87
Sliq Submitter = $49.99
TheBestSpinner = $77

Invest your money and time into the above and you can rinse and repeat your success many times over :cheerlead

 

crowly

Regular Member

Sep 30, 2010

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164

• Dec 19, 2011

• #17

One more vote to just avoid the scamming tards at Flippa. Its even worse when you think that the owners are well aware and are doing NOTHING.

 

7878

BANNED

Jun 14, 2009

1,301

8,100

• Dec 19, 2011

• #18

Moved to Site Flipping.