subject: Website Flipping Tips On How To Maximize Your Auction Listing [print this page] If you are a website flipping professional, or a newbie, it's quite likely that you've heard of the biggest and most popular marketplace for buying and selling sites. I'm of course, talking about Flippa.com.. Prospective buyers have endless opportunity to bid on websites in almost any niche. Alternatively, sellers can auction off their websites on Flippa hoping that they will interest a buyer from the thousands who visit the site each day.
While this may all sound very promising for a seller, fact is, there are just too many sites on the market than there are actual buyers. This makes for a very competitive marketplace for the seller. This therefore begs the critical question, how do you get a potential buyer to notice your listing? Sure, you may have researched some advice on how to make your listing stand out, but you may not have considered strategies which might help direct more traffic to your listing. This strategy is advertising your auction page outside of Flippa.
Extending your promotional efforts, you can reach others who have their own websites, but have not tried using Flippa. In addition, you can go for those who may be solely interested in the website niche you created.
So, what are the steps you should make? First, promote your website listings on your own site. As the old adage goes, "charity begins at home." Advertising on your website, is a very easy yet efficient way to market your auctions. In fact, if you promote on the same site that you are selling, the buyer may be more interested in owning it because he is already a regular reader or follower.
Another way of finding potential buyers is to put in a relevant comment on related-niche blogs and websites. For example, if your site focuses on fitness and health, you could take a look at similar blogs, then give a comment along with a link to your auction. You can even go as far as contacting that website owner, and volunteer to guest post in exchange for being able to leave a link to your Flippa listing.
Join marketing forums which are relevant to your niche. Flippa is a popular marketplace, but it isn?t the only one out there. Warrior Forum and Digital Point are two of the ideal places where internet marketers and website flippers can be found. Any one of the individuals there might be looking for a website to acquire.
Anothing thing you can do is to look for forums that are related to your site. For example, car owners are very participative in forums that pertain to their car model, looking for maintenance tips or giving them. So, advertising a website that relates to your own subject is an effective way to get your listing known.
That said, always let the site owner and/or forum participants know that you intend to leave a link to your listing after your relevant response. Not all will welcome this move, but it is better to be frank upfront, so you don?t seem sneaky. Also, if you aren?t honest, your remark could be flagged or marked as spam. Even worse, you could be banned totally from participating in any of these forums again and in website flipping, you need to widen you network and not cut ties.
