Comments on: Should I Sell My Website? http://flippingeasy.com/should-i-sell-my-site.php Make Money Online Buying, Selling, and Flipping Websites Mon, 11 May 2009 04:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Khalid Saleh http://flippingeasy.com/should-i-sell-my-site.php/comment-page-1#comment-27 Khalid Saleh Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:42:42 +0000 http://flippingeasy.com/?p=18#comment-27 Ben, the offers we received were going to give us a lot of cash, allow us to be part of a larger organization and really grow the business. It was a question of whether we want to do it on our own and put in the hours to grow our sites slowly or should we take the offer and lose control yet grow the business a lot faster. I have to tell you at this point in time I am glad we passed on the offer. I was not this certain few months back. Ben, the offers we received were going to give us a lot of cash, allow us to be part of a larger organization and really grow the business. It was a question of whether we want to do it on our own and put in the hours to grow our sites slowly or should we take the offer and lose control yet grow the business a lot faster.

I have to tell you at this point in time I am glad we passed on the offer. I was not this certain few months back.

]]> By: Ben Cook http://flippingeasy.com/should-i-sell-my-site.php/comment-page-1#comment-26 Ben Cook Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:46:46 +0000 http://flippingeasy.com/?p=18#comment-26 @Wellington, I appreciate the feedback. What type of meat are you looking for? I think your assumption that anyone who has found the site automatically wants to sell and sell right now is inaccurate. Even experienced site flippers struggle with the decision on when to pull the trigger and list a site. That being said, if you have suggestions for topics that you'd like me to cover, please let me know and I'll do my best to hit as many of them as I can. @Wellington, I appreciate the feedback. What type of meat are you looking for?

I think your assumption that anyone who has found the site automatically wants to sell and sell right now is inaccurate. Even experienced site flippers struggle with the decision on when to pull the trigger and list a site.

That being said, if you have suggestions for topics that you’d like me to cover, please let me know and I’ll do my best to hit as many of them as I can.

]]> By: Wellington http://flippingeasy.com/should-i-sell-my-site.php/comment-page-1#comment-25 Wellington Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:26:44 +0000 http://flippingeasy.com/?p=18#comment-25 It is hard to try to be constructive without sounding rude, but here my opinion of the post. It belonged on Ezine or something. This is a blog about site flipping, so anyone who has found your site wants to sell their site. The article on its own was good, but a waste of a post in my opinion. Basically I'm saying quit the filler, and bring the meat. The fluff so far has been good, but its fluff. If you want to grow your readership, bring the pain! It is hard to try to be constructive without sounding rude, but here my opinion of the post. It belonged on Ezine or something. This is a blog about site flipping, so anyone who has found your site wants to sell their site.

The article on its own was good, but a waste of a post in my opinion. Basically I’m saying quit the filler, and bring the meat.

The fluff so far has been good, but its fluff. If you want to grow your readership, bring the pain!

]]> By: Allyn http://flippingeasy.com/should-i-sell-my-site.php/comment-page-1#comment-24 Allyn Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:48:49 +0000 http://flippingeasy.com/?p=18#comment-24 I totally get what you are saying with the emotional side. I have a site that I was offered 5-figures for a couple months ago but I just can't part with it. I use it as an outlet and if I lost it, I would go nuts. Plus, some sites are like children and as you raise them up, you don't want to let them go. Sappy, but true. AL PS--plus, my wife would just take the money and spend it on shoes! I totally get what you are saying with the emotional side. I have a site that I was offered 5-figures for a couple months ago but I just can’t part with it. I use it as an outlet and if I lost it, I would go nuts.
Plus, some sites are like children and as you raise them up, you don’t want to let them go.
Sappy, but true.
AL
PS–plus, my wife would just take the money and spend it on shoes!

]]> By: Dan http://flippingeasy.com/should-i-sell-my-site.php/comment-page-1#comment-23 Dan Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:30:43 +0000 http://flippingeasy.com/?p=18#comment-23 Indeed a good write up, think you have them down there. Albeit I think there is a spin off from the pet-project /business project - maybe it could be their child. It's the project-with-potential-that-hangs-around-with-the-owner-hoping-to-do-something-with-it project. Lol - at least thats how I feel with a couple of mine, they are up and running and have been pet projects that I want to merge into business projects, but I've just lost the pace I had with them when I started! Indeed a good write up, think you have them down there. Albeit I think there is a spin off from the pet-project /business project – maybe it could be their child. It’s the project-with-potential-that-hangs-around-with-the-owner-hoping-to-do-something-with-it project.

Lol – at least thats how I feel with a couple of mine, they are up and running and have been pet projects that I want to merge into business projects, but I’ve just lost the pace I had with them when I started!

]]> By: Ben Cook http://flippingeasy.com/should-i-sell-my-site.php/comment-page-1#comment-22 Ben Cook Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:14:19 +0000 http://flippingeasy.com/?p=18#comment-22 @Khalid, I'm glad you enjoyed the post. When you were considering the investors' offers, what kinds of questions did you find helpful? Were there any I missed that you had wished you had asked yourself? @Khalid, I’m glad you enjoyed the post. When you were considering the investors’ offers, what kinds of questions did you find helpful? Were there any I missed that you had wished you had asked yourself?

]]> By: Khalid Saleh http://flippingeasy.com/should-i-sell-my-site.php/comment-page-1#comment-21 Khalid Saleh Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:30:35 +0000 http://flippingeasy.com/?p=18#comment-21 nice write up Ben. We had couple of investors who offered to buy out some of our sites but I was too emotionally connected to them to let go :) One of the deals would have been really worth it in terms of money and I found myself praying for it to fall through!. It finally did and I am back doing what I enjoy doing in the first place. nice write up Ben. We had couple of investors who offered to buy out some of our sites but I was too emotionally connected to them to let go :)

One of the deals would have been really worth it in terms of money and I found myself praying for it to fall through!. It finally did and I am back doing what I enjoy doing in the first place.

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