Expanding your affiliate business through website acquisitions and sales? Our experts will provide detailed strategies for buying and selling websites guaranteed to maximize your revenue potential. Experience level: Intermediate Target audience: Affiliate/Publisher Niche/vertical: Buying/Selling Websites Chuck Mullins, CEO, CashForYourSite.com (Twitter @chuckiii33) (Moderator) David Gass, Owner, Vision Group Management, LLC (Twitter @davidgass) Kyle Wakefield, Founder, Themeco (Twitter @jkwake) Jason Yelowitz, Senior Website Broker, Quiet Light Brokerage (Twitter @BRMillionaire)

1. Buying and Selling
Websites
Chuck Mullins
Founder
Chuck@CashForYourSite.com
CashForYourSite.com

2. Why Buy or Sell Websites
Reasons to Buy :
- Cash Flow
- Synergy
- Untapped Potential
- In-house Link Network

3. Why Buy or Sell Websites
Reasons to Sell :
- Cash Out
- Redeploy Capital
- Declining Market
- Focus on Core Business

4. Where to Buy and Sell Websites
Auctions
- Flippa.com
- Venforo.com
- Ebay.com
Broker
- QuietLightBrokerage.com
- Latonas.com
- WeSellYourSite.com
- AcquisitionsDirect.com
- WebsiteProperties.com
- W3BusinessAdvisors.com
- WebsiteBroker.com

5. Where to Buy and Sell Websites
Market Place
- CashForYourSite.com
- BuyingandSellingWebSites.com
- BizBuySell.com
Miscellaneous
- Craigslist
- Forums
- Contact Site Owners
- Networking

6. How to Prepare a Site for Sale
Add Google Analytics and make sure it is
working properly!
Create a clean verifiable Profit Loss
Statement for the last 3 years.
Tweak your website to increase revenue.
Audit your website looking for obvious
errors.
Be Credible and Honest.

7. Due Diligence Tools
(F/P) - OpenSiteExplorer.org / SEOMoz.org
(F/P) - SEMRush.com
(F/P) - MajesticSeo.com
(F/P) - SpyFu.com
(F) - BannedCheck.com
(F) - SeoMastering.com
(F) - YouGetSignal.com
(F/P) - DomainTools.com
(F/P) - CopyScape.com
(F) - Alexa.com
(F/P) - Compete.com
(F) – Archive.org
(F) – BuiltWith.com
F = Free P = Paid

8. Additional Due Diligence
- Read the comments of other prospective buyers
- Research the seller not just the company
- Ask questions that you have already researched
and know the answers to
- Ask seller to add you to their Google Analytics
account
- Ask questions about potential revenue streams
- Ask what plans the seller had for the business
moving forward
- Ask seller to verify all claims with documentation
- Ask about anomalies
- Ask about skills and time required to operate the
site
- Ask, Ask, Ask!!!

9. How to Transfer the Site
Communication is key - Agree on specific
terms and a transition plan before you agree
to purchase the site.
What is your pain point ?
High Value vs Low Value sites.
Have a contract prepared stipulating the
terms of the sale and how the transfer will
take place including time frames and
consequences.
Payment Terms ?
Seller Support ?
Non-Compete ?
Non-Disclosure ?
Non-Performance ?

10. How to Pay For a Site
Send Payment First:
- Escrow.com
- Paypal.com
After Transfer of Domain and Files in Hand:
Warning these methods have little to no recourse!
- Check
- Cash
- Wire Transfer
- Western Union