Websites that makes money via Google AdSense always interest me as they can offer me semi-passive income opportunities. Your real work would be attracting highly targeted traffic to your website, as well as optimizing your AdSense ad unit placement. However, there is one, big caveat when it comes to buying a website with Google AdSense earning: Misleading earning claims. Buying an AdSense-monetized [...]

I have made several mistakes when buying websites – learn from my mistakes so that you don’t have to go through a lot of trouble in fixing and clearing things up. When you buy websites, you (should) always check for things you should be getting; is the seller delivering what he promised? That being said, I have made some mistakes in doing my due diligence. One of the biggest issues I’ve [...]

You are always exposed to a higher risk of getting scammed buying and selling websites on Webmaster Forums, such as DigitalPoint Forums, but when it comes to Flippa, I (and many of us) expect the risks to be significantly lower. But still, there is a scam or two occurs on Flippa. I understand that Flippa is doing its best to curb scammy listings and biddings, but scams happen regardless – and [...]

In buying a website, I follow a super-simple principle: I am willing to pay (much) lower than the site value. Let’s say I try to implement Warren Buffett’s ways of investing – discover the intrinsic value of a business, and pay for it accordingly, not considering how much the market think the business worth. Now, the problem with website value is the unknowns. Website valuation [...]

Scammers are everywhere, especially on the Internet. In your webpreneurship journey, expect to get scammed once in a while – it’s a learning process. Learn from my experience – here are some tips the help you spot one or two when you buy or sell websites. I was bitter. I was tricked a couple of times buying junk websites. To say the least, those junk sites are collecting dust [...]