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In my last post I discussed the types of challenges you and others face when it comes to building and selling web sites: you might recall I specifically wrote: I know that many of you who have considered selling web property haven’t even tried it for fear of the site transfer among other things. Many of my survey respondents I’ve had the good fortune to hear from, expressed that they are fearful of the site transfer and concerned with not having

make money from home Have you ever typed that search phrase into Google? I know I searched that term more than once quite a few years ago when I didn't want to go back to work and leave my son in childcare. What I was searching for was a J.O.B. that I could do from home. I was looking for that 'new age' company, the company that actually lived up

If you're still undecided about selling websites, feel it's too complicated or that you'll end up in a virtual tangled mess if you dare try it, then you might want to check out my guest post at Josh Spaulding's blog. I've covered off the basics on how to get started and there have been a lot of great comments and questions to which I've given some detailed responses. In one of the comments Peggy asked how to price a basic

Happy holidays and a happy New Year to you! The end of 2009 is here and a new decade awaits us which is very exciting indeed! Although I like to consider plans for the future more than I enjoy looking back on the past, I think it's important to reflect and be open to really 'seeing' what I created in my life, how that served me and how to learn from that for the coming year. When I think about 2009 and

If you've been following my blog for a while you might remember the post I published back in late June titled Flipping Out At Flippa.com. In short, that article focused on the move of the SitePoint marketplace to Flippa.com and how users were responding to the change. Well it's near on six months since then so what better time than now for me to visit the guys at Flippa.com to have a chat. It was great meeting the

In my last post I discussed the increased cost of re-listing unsold websites at Flippa.com and how to approach things to lessen your chances of having to bear that new cost. Offering up packages stacked full of quality content, unique graphics, premium themes, thought out monetization and SEO, will have you standing out from the noisy low-end crowd and subsequently increase your chances of a higher sell through rate. Of course if there is pressure to add more

Today's post is in response to a question Kiran asked about a recent change that Flippa.com introduced. Thanks for your question Kiran, it provided me with the inspiration to write this post. Here's Kiran's question: Hey Michelle, awesome post! I was just wondering, even though you have every criteria in place, some sites may not sell. So, do you recommend re-listing them for 30 days on flippa now? The free listing has been taken off by flippa. At least with the 30