Comments on: Apparently This Is How You Really Make Money Online – Or Is It?

By: Peter Bruce

Peter Bruce — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:04:05 +0000

I know guys with 25 small blogs with low page rank banking on one of them rising above PR5 just so they can sell it. I guess it is true that everyone is hoping on this bandwagon.

By: Ren

Ren — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:58:01 +0000

I don’t quite agree with you. I agree that it’s not really a good business model, because it could hardly just being repeated over and over and over, since building a successful website/blog takes time.

But i don’t agree that selling blogs/sites isn’t beneficial for both part sellers and buyers. If your out on the look for a blog/site to buy, you’ve gotta be looking for a nice deal. Not all buyers are stupid to buy something out of “potential” rather than “performance”.

For me it could be either both sides win, both sides lose, or one side wins while another lose. In websites building/flipping, things happen according to how good you can come up with a deal.

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By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:55:45 +0000

Hi Trent, i think that you make some excellent points especially about the loss of monthly income once you sell the blog. The way i see it, it is also very superficial and blogs that are simply just there to generate money without offering the reader something in exchange just clog up the internet, but hey everyone has a choice in the matter and i respect other who want to pursue this. For me creating a blog or website is more about sharing information, ideas and getting feedback and interaction form the readers as well as making money.

By: July Bucks

July Bucks — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:58:04 +0000

I totally agree that neither side wins b’se Internet is a very changeable thing and none will ever make excellent blog succeed except its original owner. When I was reading your post I felt like there should be a continuation and I’m glad it will be.

By: George Manty

George Manty — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:02:46 +0000

I guess there is one more reason I would sell my blog…

if someone offered an outrageous amount of money to buy it. Then I would sell it.

By: George Manty

George Manty — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:01:49 +0000

Oh and also, I don’t think it’s a good idea to sell your blog unless you have a sure thing waiting in the wings or your blog is on it’s way down, in which case why would anyone want to buy it?

By: George Manty

George Manty — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:00:40 +0000

Trent,

There is one big name blogger who has suggested that an “evil” way to get traffic to your blog is to put it up for sale and then never sell it. You get extra traffic that way. I don’t think that is the intention in all of these cases, but I would imagine that it does happen…