Comments on: Website Broker – An Emerging Business Model

By: Maxim

Maxim — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:09:57 +0000

@AL: I am a website broker. Please contact me if you wish rintago @ gmail.com

By: AL

AL — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:13:29 +0000

Ben,
yep, this is exactly what I need is a broker to sell sites for me. Reason being is that my time is worth more than the cost of paying 10% of the sales price to the broker.

I also think that an experienced broker should be able to appraise the value of the site as well which can be a big help in the whole process.

I actually have a PR2 blog I am ready to sell. If you want to be my broker, or can point me to one, please use the email address provided in my comment. I am also a member of the blog flip blueprint.

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:59:49 +0000

@Yura: yeah, I think the most likely scenario will be on the selling side of things. However, if you were to offer to take care of some complicated items such as non-compete agreements, or the actual transfer of the site etc, I could see people paying a smaller percentage for that. @Forest: as long as you have your agreement in writing, I don't think it would be too hard to avoid getting the short end of the stick. What types of problems do you think a website broker might encounter?

By: Forest

Forest — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:06:46 +0000

I have often been thinking about this and envisioning websites like real estate broker windows….. Maybe one day I will do it but being the middle man is a good place to be s**t upon too!!

By: Yura

Yura — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:02:07 +0000

I certainly see such a business model to exist.

If you have the skills to buy/sell your own sites, you can help others for a fee as well. While I don’t see many people looking for a broker to buy a website (though some with a huge budget, but little time, might), the vast amount of opportunities should be in the selling market.