Podcast 5 – Five tips for selling an authority site on Flippa




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Summary: <a href="/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/joe_and_justin.jpg"></a>This week I've decided to sell my authority site <a href="http://awebsitedesigner.com.au" target="_blank">A Website Designer</a> so I chat to Joe (hot money) Magnotti and <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/adsenseflippers" target="_blank">Justin Cooke</a> from the <a href="http://adsenseflippers.com/" target="_blank">Adsense Flippers</a> for their 5 best tips for selling on Flippa.<br> <br> These guys run a solid business out of Davao in the Philippines building and selling niche sites via Flippa and via their own <a href="http://adsenseflippers.com/buy-our-sites" target="_blank">buy sites page</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> or <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/webdomination/p/wpcurve.com/wp-content/uploads/Podcast/web_domination_episode_5.mp3" target="_blank">Download the file</a> or <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/web-domination/id526349238" target="_blank">visit iTunes</a>.<br> <br> Top 5 tips for selling on flippa<br> <br> <br> 1.  Be in the high value traffic areas on Flippa (newly listed, ending soon, most active).<br> <br> 2.  Build the list offsite - any previously interested buyers are aware of the new sale.<br> <br> 3.  Make sure Flippa username has a history.<br> <br> 4.  All about the eyeballs - market outside of Flippa in the niche.<br> <br> 5.  Store up the bids<br> <a href="http://adsenseflippers.com/"></a>Some other notes<br> <br> Start and end in morning mon-wed. Be there when it ends to answer questions and deal with bids etc.<br> 12-16 bids during the whole auction to get on the most active section on the homepage as a general rule.<br> Start at $1 to maximise the amount of bids (increases chance of getting in the most active section)<br> Have a reserve on an authority site but no need on smaller sites<br> Pay extra to be featured - ideally less than 48 hours to go - possibly even again on the 8-12 hours to be in the golden trifecta. This assumes the site is worth the extra money.<br> Consider buy and selling some sites on Flippa first to get some authority up on the site before you sell a big one off site.<br> Link to your linked in page and external sources to provide social proof.<br> Seek out buyers and seek them out directly - let everyone know.<br> People will PM you for the reserve don't give it away.<br> <br> <br> Mentions<br> <a href="http://dynamitecircle.com" target="_blank">Dynamite Circle</a> entrepreneurs forum.<br> <br> <a href="http://johnkdevries.com/" target="_blank">John the Intern</a><br> Tech tip - Annotations in Analytics<br> <br> <br> There is a neat little feature in Google Analytics where you can add notes to key events in your stats. It's a newbie trick but if you didn't know about it, it's kind of hard to find (thanks for showing me <a href="http://www.davedwyervideo.com.au/" target="_blank">Dave</a>). Here are the steps.<br> <br> <br> <br>  <br> <br> <br> <br>  <br> <br> <br> <br>  <br> <br> <br> <br> If you weren't aware of this I hope you find it useful.<br> Full Transcription<br> Dan: Web domination is brought to you by my start-up web control ring. My app shows you a simple one-page live report on all of your important business information, talks to your favorite services like Analytics Mow'n Machine Zero and more and centralizes the important info on one page accessible by a mobile or the web. The basic plan is free. Feel free to check out inform.ly/podcast for more info about the app or about the show.<br> <br> Hi guys, welcome to the show. This week I've decided to sell my authority site, awebsitedesigner.com.au. It's a high ranking site in Australia and to help me do that, I'm having a chat to Joe Hot Money Magnotti and Justin Cooke from the Ad Sense Flippas who have sold hundreds of websites on Flippa and they're going to give us five tips for selling sites on Flippa.