Buying Old Websites | Bloggers Lair | Yakezie Forums

I am interested in buying old domains or abandoned personal finance blogs.  Send me a message if you have anything!  Thanks!

Looks like I make three.

I know you've said that before Jeff and sounds a bit like hunting for a needle in a haystack to find a good value.

Ummm.

'People think their sites are worth so much more than they really are.'

I probably am an exception in that case; I think that The Money Principle has mainly sentimental value but if anyone is prepared to pay $100 for it…

…just kidding.

I'll probably be looking to buy something later this year so any suggestions on how to look will be very welcome.

Maria

I am looking to spend $200-$300 for a site with a reasonable link profile and >50 or so posts.

If it has a PR, that would be great.. But it doesn't have to.

So far, my search has been fruitless. 

I've talked to about 7 or 8 site owners, but all of them priced their "abandoned" sites well above that mark.

Perhaps my expectations are just off..

im always in the market for buying sites (and selling sites if the offer is reasonable), I have purchased about 20 of them over time, I dont still own all of them but have retained a few. If anyone is ever interested in buying sites or selling their sites, then shoot me a message.

Justin

Suburban Finance said:

I'm always looking to buy sites but I echo everyone's statements that bloggers tend to FAR over value their sites. There was a PF / Lifestyle blogger a few months ago who didn't even have a PR, had a low DA, PA, Mozrank, etc and had only been around for less than a year asking $10K for the site. Anyway, looks like there are a lot of potential buyers for sites on here.. but I'm throwing my name in the mix too :) suburbanfinanceblog@gmail.com

LOL.  That person was sold the dream.  I think that's the business to be in, selling the dream to aspiring or new bloggers.

I too am looking to buy a site or sites, but find blogger valuations to be based on self-defined potential or what they felt their blog should have earned them if they had struck it rich.  Needle in the haystack indeed, but clearly some people have succeeded in buying blogs at reasonable prices.

I am doing this too – buying sites. I was fortunate with the first one I purchased. The owner was a member of a private Facebook group I am part of and someone joked their site would be worthless and I said I know people who would be interested if she was serious about selling. She and another blogger pm'd me. The first one was right, her site was not worth what she thought it should be worth. The other blogger was ready to sell straight away, it was done in a week and within a week I made back my purchase price plus she supplied a few months of posts for me to use while we transitioned from her owning to me owning.

I feel very lucky to have had such an easy experience.

I am definitely looking at buying more sites this year.  

I'm curious as to how the monetization on buying/selling sites goes?  Is it possible to actually make some good money doing this?  What kind of time is spent on it if so?