The first one is to Google the keywords in your domain. In the Google results you get, you’ll get a lot of companies with similar domain names as yours, or at least using tags with those keywords. Gather up contact emails either from Whois or from the contact info on the sites of the Advertisers in the right hand column of the Google results. These are the people that you will be sending an email to.

It’s important not to spam these people. Send an individual email to each of them, simply telling them that you have xxxxxx.com available for aquisition and you’re offering it to companies that may benefit from the domain.
Here is a sample letter that I use. It is the basics. You need to add any additional benefits that this domain would have for this company.

Hi,

I am the owner of xxxxxx.com, an excellent domain name that is highly relevant to your business. I am going to list it on Sedo.com for sale, but thought I would offer it to a few select businesses that might have an interest in this domain. Since your company is in the xxx business and this domain contains keywords that are highly relevant to your company, this domain seems like a perfect match for your company.

The keywords, xxxxxxx, have approximately xxxxx searches in Google per month, and with a domain that contains these keywords exactly, it should be easy to get to page one of Google results for those keywords.

I understand that you already have a website and domain name, however this domain would be an excellent additional domain to drive highly targeted traffic to your main site. I am now taking offers on this domain before listing it on Sedo. Please contact me if you are interested in this domain.

Regards
First Name, Last Name
Email
Phone Number

Adding your phone number gives you more credibility and some will call you to discuss the domain name.

The next method is pretty much the same as the first method, only this time, you Google the keywords and make a list of the competitors in the right hand column of the search results.

Then you build a quick and basic WordPress blog, and as the first post, you list all of those competitors on the page with their contact info, just like a business directory listing.

Make the title the exact same thing as the keywords. Do some social bookmarking and create some backlinks to it and within no time at all, you should be able to hit the first page of Google for those keywords. That is the goal. To get the site listed on the front page of Google.

You then contact all of the competitors listed on the site with the url of the site and show them that the site is listed on the first page of Google for those keywords. Just add that to the basic letter above.

This method works much better than the first method because they can see the listing on the first page of Google and they can see all their competitors on that site. They sure don’t want their competitors to get the site and be on the front page of Google. It gives them a great incentive to buy the domain and site.

The benefits of flipping domains:

• A website isn’t necessary if the domain is valuable.
• Can be a quicker method of making money online than most other
• methods of making money online.
• You’re paid through Paypal for most transactions… meaning instant cash!
• Domains can make you money. Some of the top domains (one word high quality domains) have sold for millions of dollars. You can buy premium domains that sell for hundreds for as little as $18 each here.

Of course, it’s unlikely you’ll find a domain today that is worth millions unless you buy one yourself. You’ll need a lot of capital to do that. However, you can find decent quality domains that are available to be freshly registered. This is where you can make a lot of money. Some brand new domains may even go for $100 or more than that if you know how to pick them.

Right now I’m making around $500 -$2,000 per month selling simple domains with no content on them. This is with little effort. If you put in the effort you can make more than I do.

Where to register your domains

There are a lot of different registrars to register domain names. I use Godaddy, Fabulous, Moniker and Namecheap.com. You can register free at all of them and then you are set up to register domains there or to have domains pushed to you from other users when you buy one. That’s why it’s good to have more than one account, but you can always set that up as needed and just choose one to begin with.

Checking Domain availability

There are plenty of rumors around that doing a domain search at some registrars can cost you a great domain, if you don’t register it right away. I don’t how much truth there is behind it, but I always do my domain searches at Namecheap and I always purchase my domain as soon as I find the one I want. There are just too many people searching for domains to risk losing it by not registering it right away.

Cross Forum Selling

Sign up to some of the places for sale listed below and check to see if there are any bargains. You’ll often find domains going for cheap or you being able to work a bargain because there’s no interest on that specific forum or the buyer wants to sell it quick / needs the money.

Try and minimize the risk… look for domains for sale that are decent (obviously), but cost less than around $10 -$30 and have at least six months to run. This way, if you can’t sell them immediately you can always develop them or try again in a month or two.

You should look for around 3-5 per week, and once you build up some capital look for more. Remember, even if you only make a few dollars profit per domain, it add up… $10 profit allows you to buy another domain and if you sell that for $10 profit… you get the idea. Of course, you can buy as many domains as you want. But they aren’t any use unless you sell them.

Where To Sell

You will make more money by selling your domains to actually end users, but first I’ll tell you about the places where you can list them for sale.

Here are some of the places you can sell your domains:

Forums.Digitalpoint.com

This forum has a lot of traffic and the best thing is that it is free to list at. The domains section is at http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=59 You need an account which is at least two weeks old and has 25 posts to list there. People on Digital Point tend to expect and offer very low prices.

Namepros.com – www.namepros.com Namepros  is a forum specifically for domaining. You can list your domains for free in the Domain Auctions threads, Fixed Priced Domains thread or Make an Offer Domains thread. Make sure you read the rules for each section before you post. . Basically, you’ll be selling for reseller prices on Namepros, rather than end user pricing.

This is a great forum for domainers. In addition to being able to sell your domains, and even websites, there is a lot of information on all aspects of domaining. Check it out and you might learn a lot.

Flippa

Flippa is better than the two above because it’s visited by a more serious buyers. On Digital Point, you’ll often find that people tend to be very cheap.

On Namepros, people know how to appreciate a good domain, but what I’ve found is that it’s less well known than Flippa so sometimes your auction can be ignored or go for less money that it should do.

When you create your listing at Flippa, list your domain in the title (or subtitle) because there are quite a few threads and buyers don’t have the time/energy to look at all of them.

The good thing Flippa is that even though it costs money ($19 to list), you can list multiple domains at once. So once you get a bit of capital flipping on free forums like Digital Point / Namepros, you can list 5-20 domains at a time in this section and you’ll find that a reasonable number of them will sell if you stick to the formula I gave you. Those three sites should be enough to sell most reasonable quality domains. You can list your domain as an auction or with a fixed price – it’s up to you.

Other good webmaster forums where you can sell are:
http://www.talkfreelance.com http: // www.v7n.com http://www.talkfreelance.com

You can also sell your domains at sedo.com and afternic.com. There’s an annual fee to list at afternic, but sedo is free. I have quite a few listed at Sedo. This is a very passive way to sell your domains. They can bring in a good price at Sedo, if you’re willing to wait for the offer. Basically, you list them and forget about it until you have an offer. When you have an offer, you can send it to auction or accept the offer or counter the offer. If you accept the offer, a Sedo rep will handle the entire transaction, so it is completely safe. You give Sedo the domain and the buyer gives Sedo the money. Once transfers are complete, Sedo puts the money in your Paypal account.

When listing your domains on the forums, make sure you have a catchy title mentioning the facts.

Example listing:
ABCD.com – Great Short and Brandable Domain Starting At $9!

ABCD.COM is a short domain that you can use for many purposes. For example,
it could be used for a music blog or even to sell a music product.

The keyword ABCD has over 5,000 searches per month (see Google Adwords
tool). Starting bid: $9

Reserve: Yes BIN: $50 Auction ends: 24 hours from last bid

Payment through Paypal. The domain is located at GoDaddy which means it is a
free push to your account.
Buy this today because it won’t last long!
/example

The BIN is the buy it now – the price you’ll take for an instant sale. Starting bid is the bid that buyers can start bidding from. You’ll usually want to make this more than the cost of your domain, however you can start bidding at $1 if you want to draw more people to your sale thread.

The reserve is a price that must be passed for the domain to sell. Having a reserve is safer because (for example) if you start an auction at $1 and only a few people bid, you’d be forced to sell at a loss. Having a hidden reserve makes sure this will not happen.

Make sure you mention when the auction will end – a good way to keep it going is to use a “x hours after last bid” function where the thread will get bumped every time a bid is made. The more people that see your auction, the more likely it is your domain will sell.

The above format is for an auction type domain sale. If you’re listing on Flippa, just list domains, prices and the way you take payment (Paypal). If you have search data for the domains you can also add that. Any info you have to sell the domains, the easier it is to sell them.

Generally, try to put prices at 25% higher than you actually feel the domain is worth (so if you want to sell for $40, list the price as $50) but also state you’re open for negotiation. You’ll find that most buyers will pay the 25% extra anyway and even if they negotiate, it will be to the price you wanted originally.

Get started – the best thing about this is that you can get started today.

Don’t waste your time; get going immediately.  Look for a domain that you can sell today for Paypal cash!

Are You a Domain Junkie?

I am. I just found this fantastic opportunity to be a domain flipper and to have access to over 500 premium domain names to sell without taking on the risk of buying all those domains yourself.

It’s called the Domain Profits Club and here’s the deal.  They set you up with the website that automatically displays the domains that are available to sell.

You Keep 100% PROFIT on Every Domain Name You Sell From this $250,000.00 Portfolio,

And YOU Decide the Price.

When you receive an offer by email, you can accept it or refuse it and keep 100% of the profits when you sell. Here’s an example of this fully stocked, ready to profit domain flipping website that you get: Diva Domains.

How Much Does it Cost?

You can pay just $37/month for membership and you get the website along with it and access to all of the domains… and these aren’t just ordinary domains. These are truly premium domain names. If you want to buy one for a client, the cost is $18 (domain name registration cost plus research cost). That’s it. Just $18 to purchase any of the domains, and these domains are worth hundreds. You can even buy the domains for yourself … keep it and use it on your own sites. You don’t have to sell it if you don’t want to. It’s worth the membership cost just to have access to buying premium domains at $18 each, much less having access to them to sell them for many times the price of the domain.

This is the closest thing I’ve ever found to an “instant domain flipping business” … The beauty is that you get to sell excellent domains without the risk of investing a lot of money in domains yourself.  Just upload the website and start promoting. You don’t need to buy any of them until you have a sale, and if you do buy a bunch of them to make sure they are available to you to sell, you have a week to make a decision to keep them or return them for refund. How can you possibly lose with this?

The Domains on Your Website are

Automatically Updated 24 Hours a Day

You can even add other domains that you own to the site, but it’s not necessary.  No webmaster skills required.  This site runs on autopilot. Site installation is so easy …. even a caveman could do it. 

How Do I Sell These Domains?

I’ve just written this ebook on everything you need to know about domaining.  This ebook tells you where to sell, who to sell to and how to sell.  Best news of all …

IT IS FREE.

You will also get a free bonus ebook I wrote called Niche Overdrive.

Download both free ebooks here.

Check out the Domain Profits Club and see for yourself what a deal it is.  Seriously, this is too good to pass up.

Here’s the Flippa Listing

Super hot men’s online magazine with premium theme, matching Twitter account with over 5,500 Twitter followers.  Established site, 2 years old, with PR2 and 60,000 pageviews per month.

All included in the sale:

1. Established domain and WordPress blog, registered in 2008
2. Premium website design.
3. Built on WordPress.
4. Custom Unique logo. Perfect for ventures both online and off.
5. Custom Twitter background.
6. 925+ posts, most of them unique (Some news stories are sourced).
7. 200+ comments
8. Hundreds of photos in galleries.
9. 3 Hot PLR ebooks to give away to build a list or sell (purchased these for $75)
   
10. 5,500+ Twitter followers. http://twitter.com/TrendspikeEzine
11. Free Content. Automated guest posting by the “Reader Submitted” automated form. http://www.trendspike.com/submit-a-guest-post The process is 100% automated. All you need to do is login and publish the article after it’s been submitted.

WHAT’S BEING SAID ABOUT TREND SPIKE?

TotalWeb Review

WinningTheWeb Review

Fat Man Unleashed Review

Google PageRank: 2

Alexa Rank: 343,000

Links in Google: 7

Links in Yahoo!: 1,127

Bought this site as an investment with a lot of potential.  Gave it a needed facelift with a new premium theme and have been adding unique and interesting articles.  Have one writer for the site who writes for $5 an article.  I’m embarking on another large project and need to let this go to someone who will take it to the next level.

This site has UNLIMITED potential for the right motivated buyer. Don’t let it get away.

You can download the full Moving a Site from One Host to Another Host pdf at http://flipace.com/transfer.pdf or buy the full Flip Ace Ebook here.

How to Transfer a Site From One Host to the Next

These instructions are for hosting with cpanel and for transferring one site from one host to another host.

First, you go into the File Manager in the cpanel where the site is currently hosted and choose the domain you want to transfer.

When you have a list of all the files, choose select all to select all the files. Once all the files are selected, you can use the Cntrl key to deselect the folders you don’t want, like cgi-bin.

With all the files that you want selected, go to top navigation bar of the File Manager and choose “Compress”. Choose Zip Archive for Compression Type and then in the url box, choose the name that you want to call the zip file. Do not remove any of the path information … just change the name of the zip file to what you want it to be. Then click on Compress File(s) and it will create the zip file from all of the files selected.

EXPORTING THE DATABASE

Select your database name on the left hand side. Go to Export using the tabs in the centre of the screen.

Your next step is choosing what to export (geeky code stuff, scary!)

Click “Select All” at the top and “SQL” of the circle buttons.

Choose the above options under Structure on the right hand side.

Choose the below options under Data.

Next, check Save As file, hit Go and save the .sql file to your desktop.

CHANGING THE DNS TO THE NEW HOST

Now’s a good time to change the DNS to the nameservers of the new host. You do this in the registry where you purchased the domain. You can usually find the nameservers of the new host on the cpanel, often in the sidebar.

Now you need to go to the cpanel of the new host and add the domain on if it is a host with numerous domains. If the new host is just hosting this domain only and it is the main domain for this hosting package, you can skip this step. In your cpanel, go to Addon Domains.

1. Go to your domain name registrar company on the Web. Log in to your account by typing your username and password in the appropriate fields. Wait for the page to download completely to see the list of your domain names.
2. Select your new domain name. If you have multiple domain names you will want to make sure you choose the correct name. Choose only the name of the domain that you wish to edit.
3. Go to the domain name’s control panel or configuration page by clicking on the provided link. Choose the link that will allow you to change the domain name’s name servers from the different configuration options.
4. Delete the old name servers from the field and enter the new name servers. Enter the correct name server codes for the primary and secondary fields. Check your new name server for the corresponding codes.
5. Save the changes you made. Depending on your registrar company, the modifications you made may take from 24 to 48 hours before they can take effect. It does not usually take this long, but don’t be alarmed if it does.

ADDING ON THE DOMAIN NAME TO THE NEW HOST

This is a screenshot of Hostgator Add-on Domain. Other cpanels hosts will be similar, but may not be exact. In the first box, type in the domain name without the http://. The second and third box will fill in automatically. You then either generate a password, or make up your own and type it in. If you generate one, it will fill it in automatically. You need to make a note of the password, as you will use it to log into your WordPress backend.

CREATING THE DATABASE ON THE NEW HOST

You can create a database through your cPanel.

Create a database.

Name it after your website so you don’t forget.

You’ll also need to create a username and password. Please make note of the password, the database name and the user as you will need this information for your wp-config.php file.

And then create your new user.

Lastly, add your new user to your new database.

Make sure when you add the user to your database that you check all the permissions for your new user. You want this user to have all permissions.

EDITING THE WP-CONFIG FILE.

You’re next step is editing your wp-config file. You need to let WordPress know what database you’re working with. You can find the exact name and user name of the database in your SQL Databases on your cpanel that you just used to create the database. It will have a prefix and you need the prefix plus the name you named the database, (i.e., myhost_nicheblog. The user name will also have the prefix.

You’ll need to update WP-config to show the new database name, username and password. Here’s the part you need to find:

UPLOADING YOUR WORDPRESS FILES

Remember the zip file you created in the beginning of all your WordPress files? If you didn’t download it to your computer, do that now. Then upload the entire zip file to the new server in the public_html (or root directory) of your domain. If there’s only one domain on the new host, the root will be public_html folder. If there are more than one domain, it will be in the domain folder (i.e., public_html/flipace. You should use an FTP (file transfer program) to make this easier. A great (free) one that I use is
FileZilla
.

After it is uploaded to the new server, go to the File Manager in the new host cpanel and go to the domain. Checkmark the zip file and extract it.

You can use your cPanel details on FTP.

Last step – Uploading the database

You now have a fully functional WordPress blog on your buyer’s hosting plan.

The following is a visual instructions for making the database changes.

Go to
http://domainingdiva.com/database.jpg

In the database, you also need to change the upload path to the new one. Click on the database name in the left panel and then click on Search. Select all and type in public_html for the search. It should come up with a couple of entries in wp_options. Click on the one that says upload path and open it.

Go to
http://domainingdiva.com/database2.jpg

One final change to the database is to change the user password to what you want.

Go to http://domainingdiva.com/database3.jpg

PUSHING THE DOMAIN

After you’ve determined that everything is functioning correctly on the new host, it’s time to push the domain to the buyer. You’ve already set the nameservers to his/hers, so now you only need to give it to him.

I use Namecheap.com for my domains and it’s a simple process to push a domain to another person. First, they must have a Namecheap.com acct or an account at whichever registrar the domain is at. Normally, you just go into your domain management functions and click on the domain to see all the options available.

Click on “Push Domain to User” and then type in their user name

Note: The new user must have all their contact info filled out, or the push will fail. If it does, just contact them and ask them to fill out all their contact info.

Note: While it often resolves instantly, it can take up to 24 hours for a domain name to resolve after you change the nameservers. If you can’t log in to the WordPress admin, wait 24 hours and you should be able to log in.

That’s all there is to it.

Good luck!

http://www.twitter.com/DomainingDiva

You can download the full Moving a Site from One Host to Another Host pdf at http://flipace.com/transfer.pdf

Some of you may have heard about Google’s latest Brain Fart … Sidewiki. It’s an add-on to your browser that sits right on the left hand side of your website, taking up a large amount of room (room that would have been your website), and allows any Tom, Dick and Harry to literally say whatever they want to about your site, without you having the ability to moderate these comments. Google says you can report abusive comments, but it’s entirely at their discretion as to whether or not it is abusive. Essentially, Sidewiki is a parasite on the Web that free rides on the hard work and the investments website owners.

To top it off, they have not even given website owners the option of opting out of having Sidewiki comments alongside of their site.

There are many reasons why I find this objectionable … more than objectionable … it’s downright evil.

1. First off … it creates a huge distraction. Here you are, working your butt off and maybe even spending cash to get traffic to your sites, and now you have this enormous conversation hosted on Google going on about you and your site completely out of your control.
2. Google is stealing your comments. Many site owners work very hard to develop a relationship with their readers and get a lot of comments on their blogs. This dialogue with their readers is an important part of their blogs and makes your blog more valuable. Well, Google is stealing that. Now they can just use Sidewiki to comment, but it isn’t moderated in any way and it isn’t really threaded so you can’t respond to a particular comment.
3. Google is providing the means for spammers and for competitors to sabotage your blog. Competitors can drop by and pretty say anything they want to discredit you or attempt to ruin your reputation. Spammers can drop by and offer their bill of goods … cialis anyone? How about some viagra? Maybe a little peep show? Blackhatters and other garden variety spammers are already testing it’s usefulness for getting traffic from your site to theirs using Sidewiki and it’s only a matter of time before the programmers have bots that can do this to thousands of sites at a time. This is very evil.
4. How long do you think it will be before Evil Google runs ads on Sidewiki that competes directly with your own ads, thereby stealing your ad revenue that you’ve worked so hard to get?

So how do you fight Google? Are they likely to listen to the feedback of webmasters? If past history is any indication, I doubt that there is a Google solution on the horizon, but that doesn’t mean that you have to just take whatever Google decides to dish out.

If you want to block Sidewiki on your blogs and your static sites, here is a script that does just that. The Evil Sidewiki sidebar is still shown by the website and a user can leave a comment, but as soon as the page is refreshed, the comments do not show. Poof … gone!

If you’re as outraged at Google hijacking the Internet and your websites, send Google feedback here.

Send Toolbar feedback – Toolbar Help

If you do business online and receive payments via Paypal, you probably already know that Paypal does not protect sellers of digital downloads from unscrupulous buyers.  A buyer can, and many do, purchase an item and then immediately file a Paypal dispute.  Many sellers will just issue a refund to keep their Paypal accounts in good standing, even if they know that the dispute has been filed fraudulently for the sole purpose of receiving the product for free.

I have heard over and over in forums that there is little you can do to fight back against this type of Paypal fraud, but that isn’t exactly true.  You can’t recover the money they sent if you refund, of course, but you can prevent them from using the product they bought on a website.

Make sure when you are making sales online, that you keep all correspondence and have good records of the sales you make and downloads.  I personally use DLGuard for my sales and downloads, as I feel it’s the best and most secure way to deliver downloads available.  In DLGuard, you have a record of sales, downloads, customers, customer’s emails, etc.  You can also ban by ip or email someone who has previously requested a refund or that you don’t want to do business with again. You need documentation of the sales and downloads if you are going to fight someone who rips you off via Paypal dispute.

I sell turnkey niche blogs at Niche Blogging Treasure and on a couple of occasions, a customer, without contacting me for a refund, has filed a Paypal dispute, saying item was not as described.  Of course, that is sheer nonsense in this instance, since the websites are an exact copy of the demo.  If you’ve seen the demo, you know what you are getting.

I’ll give you an example of what I did to fight one ripoff artist.  The customer purchased the Yoga website from my site.  He then filed a “not significantly as described” Paypal dispute.  I refunded his purchase and sent him an email confirming his refund with a statement that his license to use the site or the Woo theme or the content was no longer valid.  He sent a response back saying something like … bite me.

Needless to say, that pissed me off.  Pissed me off enough to do something about it.  Here’s the rationale I was working under.  If you sell a product and refund a product, the customer is no longer the owner of that product.  If the product is a website, and he installs the website after being told that he no longer has the right to use your copyrighted material, he is in violation of copyright law.

Mosts hosts take copyright violations pretty seriously.  All you need to do is gather all the documentation together of the sale, the refund, proof of your ownership of the product, etc. and file a DMCA notice or what is commonly referred to as a take down notice. Sounds like a lot of hassle, but it really wasn’t as much hassle as I expected.  I Googled for a sample DMCA notice and then revised it for my purposes.

You will need to find out who hosts the website and that is easily found out using this website: http://who-hosts.com/.  The host is who you will send the take down notice to, as they are the ones who are hosting copyrighted material.

This method should work not only if you have sold a website, but if you sold an ebook and the ripoff artist is selling that ebook on a website or even through Ebay or they have uploaded it to another site.

I had very good results doing this. The host immediately contacted me and told me that they had sent the notice to their customer and gave them the weekend to resolve the issue.  He waited until Sunday night to resolve, but he did in fact, remove the theme and the original content from the site and was left with one very ugly website using the default WordPress theme.

Copyright infringements are also an Adsense TOS violation.  So I went to the site and clicked on the “Ads by Google” underneath the Adsense.  Next click on the “Send Google your thoughts on the site or the ads you just saw” link.  That’s where you can report a violation.  I sent a report using this method and got an email back with the fax number to send a take down notice.  I faxed a copy of the takedown to the number they gave me.  I never received a response, but the site in question is no longer displaying Adsense ads.

So now you have a method that has worked for me in combating Paypal dispute fraud.  Hope it works for you too if you need it.

Here is a copy for your swipefile of the DMCA I sent, with all the personal information removed

To: HOSTING COMPANY
cc: Google, Inc.

My name is YOUR NAME and I am the owner of COMPANY OR WEBSITE.  A website that your company hosts (according to WHOIS information) is infringing on at least eleven copyrighted articles owned by my company. He purchased the site from me and after launching it, requested a refund from Paypal, which was granted.  After refunding, I informed him that he no longer had license to use the Woo theme under my developers license or the content that came with the site.  He refused to remove the theme and content. You can see the Paypal transaction plus refund at PAYPAL PROOF SCREENSHOT.  You can also see the site he purchased from my site here: http://nichebloggingtreasure.com/category/gallery/dietfitness/yoga/.  This is my business, and my intellectual property and can only be used for personal use if purchased from me.

Therefore, the articles are copied onto your servers without permission and he is even hotlinking to my images that I purchased from iStockphoto without an iStockphoto license to use them.  He is also using a custom made Woo theme designed for me without my permission from me or without a valid license from Woo to use the Woo theme.

These articles are being used without permission or attribution. The original articles and photos, to which we own the exclusive copyrights, and the infringing copies can be found at:

URLS OF YOUR MATERIAL AND URLS OF INFRINGING MATERIAL

This letter is official notification under Section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (”DMCA”), and I seek the removal of the aforementioned infringing material from your servers. I request that you immediately notify the infringer of this notice and inform them of their duty to remove the infringing material immediately, and notify them to cease any further posting of infringing material to your server in the future.

Please also be advised that law requires you, as a service provider, to remove or disable access to the infringing materials upon receiving this notice. Under US law a service provider, such as yourself, enjoys immunity from a copyright lawsuit provided that you act with deliberate speed to investigate and rectify ongoing copyright infringement. If service providers do not investigate and remove or disable the infringing material this immunity is lost. Therefore, in order for you to remain immune from a copyright infringement action you will need to investigate and ultimately remove or otherwise disable the infringing material from your servers with all due speed should the direct infringer, your client, not comply immediately.

I am providing this notice in good faith and with the reasonable belief that rights my company owns are being infringed. Under penalty of perjury I certify that the information contained in the notification is both true and accurate, and I have the authority to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright(s) involved.

Should you wish to discuss this with me please contact me directly.

Thank you.
YOUR NAME

ADDRESS

PHONE

EMAIL

What could I possibly say that I haven’t already and many others haven’t already said about Sitepoint launching it’s new marketplace for buying and selling websites, called Flippa. Suffice it to say, buyers and sellers alike are very unhappy with it.

For whatever reasons, they thought that switching from a highly successful and highly usable interface to a queasy looking Twittery blue Web 2.0 with pathetic usability was a good move. They also apparently think that shoving something down paying customer’s throats that they don’t want and charging them a great deal more for the service is a good idea. When users complained about the interface as well as the exhorbitant price increase, this is what Mark Harbottle: Co-Founder of Sitepoint has this to say to his paying customers who voiced their thoughts on the new Flippa:

Thanks for all your positive feedback guys. We appreciate it. One thing to keep in mind…
Our buyers aren’t going anywhere. They are savvy business people. They don’t care about the design of the site or the fact the logo sucks (the current logo is a placeholder BTW), they simply get on with the business of buying, and we’ve made it a lot easier for them to do that on flippa.com.

Meanwhile while you all whine and complain about the fees, the design, etc. the smart sellers are listing their sites on flippa.com and they are attracting the majority of the buyer interest. They will also get the added benefit of the PR we’re about to roll out.

So, it’s totally up to you! If you want to come across to flippa and sell your site in the professional marketplace we’re creating for serious buyers, we welcome you with open arms. If not, please do go to digitalpoint. List your site for free and see if the old adage of “you get what you pay for” applies.

He also indicated that he doesn’t want to hear any more complaints about the pricing.

In a comment on this post, Matt Mickiewicz says that Mark has already apologized on the CenterNetworks blogs regarding his poor choice of words.  In case anyone missed the big apology, here it is:

“Mark Harbottle says …. I’ll stop by here Allen. Perhaps a poor choice of words, but I stand by message…”

I don’t know about you, but that doesn’t sound like an apology to me.

As a sort of bandaid to the bleeding wound that the 5% success fee has caused in addition to the increased listing price, Flippa staff changed the success fee to where the sellers can now be the bad guy and pass this extra cost on to the buyers if they choose to. Buyers are going to love that, aren’t they?

Considering that sales on Sitepoint have been pretty slow the last couple of months, I don’t think gouging the buyers for an additional 5% is a good idea. But hey … that’s just me.

Now I don’t know about you, but considering that Flippa has had such a rocky launch, calling his paying customers names does not seem like a good idea to me. I’d try a little ass kissing if it were my business that was on life support.

Contrary to what the Flippa staff is telling people, the new site has slowed down considerably. When I was using Sitepoint daily, my listings would scroll off the first page within 1/2 day because of all the new listings being created. It now takes 2 days for listings to scroll off the first page.  All of these changes haven’t changed one thing that was very wrong with the old marketplace called Sitepoint … and that is the large amount of scammers, both buyers and sellers on the site.  It appears to me that the legitimate sellers have been offended and insulted into looking into new options while the same old scammers are sticking it out at Flippa.  Just scrolling through the diminishing listings on the front page, I see the same old scam sellers selling the same old cloned traffic sites and MMR packages, the same old Revolution Church sites that are a dime a dozen … only difference now is they are charging more to make up for their losses in the new pricing and some are passing that success fee onto their buyers.

Matt says that’s because on the Sitepoint marketplace, the other listings came in as well.  Ok.  Probably true enough, but it looks to me like they’ve now cut off the lifeline of the Sitepoint marketplace.  I used to browse and buy from other categories, such as templates, scripts, domains, etc.  I only noticed them because I was there to buy and sell sites.  I don’t check them out any longer, and according to this Alexa screen, I’m not the only one who is not visiting the Sitepoint marketplace any longer.

In addition, we keep hearing from Sitepoint staff about all the sales the site continues to make.   Ok … so let’s take a look at today’s sales.

You can see that the majority of the sales being made are the low end, dirt cheap sites.  I was under the impression that the NEW site would be catering more to the high end.  That doesn’t appear to be the case.   It looks like the same old same old all dressed up in blue Web 2.0 to disguise the fact that the site is still full of people out to make a quick buck rather than savvy professional buyers and sellers.

Whenever a service fails so miserably to make it’s customers happy, you can bet there’s a new service around the corner to pick up the pieces.

Enter Sitedeal.org

Sitedeal.org is a brand new marketplace for buying and selling websites and unbelievably, it is free. You can pay for some upgrades, but listing on the site is completely free. The site is packed full of features.

One feature I particularly love is the Sitedeal Stores. I’ve built one already. You can see it here. Within a couple of hours of placing my listings there, I was getting pms from interested buyers. One buyer likes my sites and is interested in a package deal. That’s more interest than I’ve gotten from Sitepoint for a couple of months now, other than the “savvy Flippa buyers” who pm me to offer me $65 for a network of 4 Tattoo sites that gets over 21,000 visitors per month and has revenue.

I could go on and on about the potential and features of Sitedeal.org, but just go check it out for yourself … and while you’re there, Stumble it, bookmark it, Tweet about it, blog about it. Shout about it. It’s a whole lot better than the alternative.

In case you want to check out the reaction to Flippa, here’s the links:

Don’t Flippa off your customers

Flippa: It’s Alive (from the Sitepoint Forum)

Flippa is Alive from the Warrior Forum

SitePoint Spins Off Website Marketplace As Flippa, Upsets Users from Techcrunch

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Actually, you could just purchase the same theme, hire a cheap writer to rewrite some content for you and save yourself a boatload of money.  The real guts and value of a site is the content.  Google doesn’t index themes …  it indexes content.

The sites I sell pre-made or build for you are already well indexed by Google and have tons of content.  They are also completely hands off auto automatic posting of high quality rss feeds.  Only feeds that have something to offer are used … none of these two sentences and go here to read full article feeds.  These are full feeds with images included.

Duplicate content is a myth: These sites are all well indexed by Google (and show up in the main results) and gain pagerank quickly.

Is it copyright infringement to use rss feeds?: No.  Rss feeds are syndicated content.  Using syndicated content with attribution to the original source comes under Fair Use.  It’s a win win situation when you use rss feeds … you get content and they get valuable backlinks that benefit their site by increasing their pagerank.

How You Will Make Money With These Sites

To make it easy for you, I will strategically integrate at least 4 ways to make money

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amazon Store And Affiliate Programs

As you can see on the site, there is a link to the shop where there is a auto-updated store featuring highly targeted items that are available via Amazon. .

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Affiliate Products

As you can also see in the sidebar of the blogs, there are ads for a highly targeted ads for Products and Services. Popular Clickbank products cand be used as well as Network ads from Neverblue, Max Bounty, Commission Junction, Share a Sale, etc. (any network you are a member of).

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Google Adsense

These sites are Adsense ready and Adsense ads have already been implemented. You can see them in both the sidebar and usuall the very top and bottom of each article. They can be added to the inside of the articles as well.

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Private Ad Sales

You can sell private ads (125×125) for this website. All you need to do is write a little blurb about your costs, etc. You also have the option of easily adding more ad space on the sidebar via the admin panel.

here’s what you are getting

A customized theme and logo design

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Keyword Domain Name in a lucrative niche that’s easy to remember!

I can build this for you on a domain name that you already own or I will find the best available domain name for your niche using highly sought after keywords for the domain.

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Premium WordPress Themes (Value is $70+ alone Before The Customization And logo Design!)

These aren’t your avearge WordPress blog themes. I have a developers license for many Premium WordPress template sites.  All templates used on my sites are from my premium collection with a backend admin panel to help you easily add/edit info to the sidebar, manage advertisements, etc.

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I will build a custom Twitter Background to match and complement your blog.

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this is what is done to these blogs before they are sold

1. Submitted to 60 different social bookmarking sites (with bookmarking demon), which gets backlinks and gets it indexed very fast.  Submitted to many rss aggregator with RSS Submit and to many free web directories with Dynamic Submission.

2. Installed many of the hottest plugins for a blog, including All in One SEO Pack, Google XML Sitemaps, Adsense Deluxe, WP Super Cache, Social Bookmarking plugins, Tubepress, a plugin to pull videos in automatically.

3.  Autoblogged Plugin installed to completely automate posting.  Purchased unlimited version of this plugin so you get a legal copy (a $130 value).

4. Custom header and Premium WordPress Blog Theme

5. Extremely optimized for Google Adsense, and other forms of monetization, as described below.

6. Three special plugins that 1) makes Google think the content is unique and 2) pulls articles from Digg with all the comments and 3) Forum2Blog Poster that brings in the first post of any VBulletin forum post and the subsequent posts as comments. These plugins are $15 each so that is another $45 value.

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Professional Site Build

These sites will get indexed very fast from the directory and social bookmarking done prior to sale. They already have a sitemap, strong keyword articles and titles, and has excellent SEO plugins installed. You don’t have to worry about putting in the effort of submitting and getting over that initial hump of getting a new site indexed. It’s done!

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All PSD Files.

You get all the PSD files used to create the site header, logo, etc. Why would you want these? Having the PSD (Photoshop layered files) files makes it easy to edit any of the designs and/or conveniently make new ones. This can save you time and money when creating new promotions later.

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Here’s the sites I have currently that will be listed on Sitepoint or for sale here.  All of these will include Autoblogging and other plugins listed above.

AlternativeEnergyHub.com: 91 articles with 37 pages already indexed in Google. Beautiful design and hot niche with perfect keyword domain name. This site is $347.  SOLD

TekPop.com: PR4 Tech blog, Awesome domain name, 411 Posts – 329 Indexed in Google and 100% Automatic Posting – Beautiful design and hot technology/gadget niche with awesome brandable domain name.     SOLD

EGolfBlog.com: 162 articles. Beautiful design and hot niche with perfect keyword domain name.    SOLD

GreenWorldEzine.com: Valid PR4 Green blog – $250 Theme – 392 Pages in Google – 959 Posts -. Beautiful design and hot niche with perfect keyword domain name.    SOLD

TapoutEzine.com: 206 articles, just launched. Beautiful design and hot niche with perfect keyword domain name.    This site is $347. Contact me to order

JamaBase.com: Tech Blog, 155 articles, just launched. Designed to maximize Adsense income and hot niche with perfect premium brandable domain name.    SOLD

BodyArtEzine.com: 35 articles, just launched. Beautiful design and hot niche with perfect keyword domain name.    SOLD

BasicYogaGuide.com: Georgeous design with custom ebook that you own and keep 100% of the profit. Autoblogging or manual. 94 articles, 185 pages indexed in Google.    This site is $457.  SOLD

FightForYourLove.com: Relationship Advice and Forum, plus Keep 100% Profits from Ebook. You have to see this blog … drop dead georgeous design in a very hot niche. Branded ebook included and you keep 100% of the profit.   SOLD

BloggingforMoms.com: a full website package featuring a Work At Home blog for Moms + integrated forum + 100% unique article content + integrated bookstore + more. You have to see this blog … drop dead georgeous design in a very hot WAHM niche.   Demo Here Check out the WSO Here for this incredible package for just $37.

EcoWeddingIdeas.com: Georgeous design – this site includes professionally written, keyword-targeted niche articles.  Every article is unique and targeted towards high demand/low competition keyword phrases which will ensure you get indexed and start receiving tons of organic traffic within a reasonable amount of time.  Each article is 100% Copyscape approved! see this package here

QuitSmokingGuide.org: Fantastic mini-site plus blog combo–Two sites to make money in a smoking hot niche.  With the maufacturers huge price increase and the government’s tax hike on cigarettes, this duo is extremely timely.    This site is $595. Listed on Sitepoint

MoneySavingGreenSolutions.com: Fantastic mini-site just in time for Earth Day–Already Approved and Active in Clickbank, the Clickbank Acct comes with this site. The Green Niche is going to be an explosive Niche … get in on it with this 100% custom, unique minisite.    This site is $597. Listed on Sitepoint

TrafficAdrenaline.com: HOT MARKET! ★ Original HIGH END Product, Affiliate Center, Killer Design & More! A Kate Anderson 100% Original ClickBank Ready Website.   This site is $1027. Listed on Sitepoint

CPAUnlocked.com: CPA / Affiliate Marketing Mini Site – Hot Design – Must See – Cheap! – Not only do you get a 62 page ebook on a hot topic to sell for 100% profit, but it comes equipped with some serious promotional tools including animated banners, ebook covers, logo design, and a complete professional site that rivals any in it’s niche.   This site is $427. Listed on Sitepoint

TattooClimax.com: Network of 4 Tattoo Sites with over 21,000 Uniques in May Combined –Four sites to make money in a smoking hot niche.    These sites are $1295. Listed on Sitepoint

BloggingForDads.com: This “Blogging For Dads” niche blog package is fully loaded with a branded 42 page Ebook package, Amazon bookstore, multiple revenue streams, 100% unique content/design and a super premium domain name!  Sell the Ebook and keep 100% of the profits. Demo Here Check out the WSO Here for this incredible package for just $37.

RelievingStressBlog.com: is a unique and premium website which includes your own E-book + 100% unique + Custom Design. Just take over and advertise! Demo Here Check out the WSO Here for this incredible package for just $37.

PlayingPokerGuide.com: Georgeous design on this Playing Poker Guide site, 100% unique design plus a Forum. Demo Here Check out the WSO Here for this incredible package for just $37.

EcoFamilyFun.com: The Eco Niche is one of the most profitable markets online – and it is only going to get better!  So many families are making the decision to lead more fulfilling lives through Eco Friendly activities – help them have fun and be smart while taking vacations, or playing sports.  Step in and make your mark in a hugely lucrative and rewarding niche! Demo Here Check out the WSO Here for this incredible package for just $37.

FirstPregnancyTips.com: a full website package featuring a Pregnancy blog for first time Moms + integrated forum + 100% unique article content + integrated bookstore + more….all for one low price! see this package here.

Currently working on many more in Green, Sports, Body Art, Tattoos, Home Brewing, etc. niches.

Questions And Answers

Can I get help setting up the site on my hosting account?

Of course! As mentioned above, if you purchase one of the existing sites and you need assistance, I’ll install the site and help you get it running smoothly. Free of charge! Also, don’t forget that you also have the option of 30 days free hosting on my server so you can take your time moving the site at your leisure. This 30 days is FREE as well!  If you don’t have hosting, I strongly recommend Hostgator hosting. It has superior customer service and for one small hosting payment, you get unlimited domains and databases.  I have over 200 domains hosted on one Hostgator account for $14.99/mnth.  They have cheaper plans than that also.  Customer service is normally within an hour or two at the most by email and instant by phone.

.: AFTER-SALE SUPPORT: FREE, Of Course!

Selling you the site and leaving you hanging out to dry is not my style. If you need assistance, I can help you set up your ads, your Adsense code, etc.!

I am a trusted seller on Sitepoint and on Namepros and have 100% positive feedback on both sites.

Please contact me to order or if you have any questions.  Get your orders in fast as these sites will go fast.  Plus, orders for new sites are taken on first come first serve basis.

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