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Flipping Web Sites, Selling the Niche (nytimes.com)
14 points by markbao on July 28, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



I've been thinking about doing something along the lines of starting up a bunch of sites.

I know that when I see a spammy, single page site, I immediately click back and move on to the next google link. That's zero revenue for the owner, and zero use for me (as somebody looking for something). I'm thinking that there is a nice middle ground where you can provide good value to the user, while still getting a fair number of click-throughs. Spend the time to write up good content, have a halfway decent design, and then leave it with little maintenance over time.

Basically, I think I can do better than the sites I just checked out on sitepoint.

Feedback? Am I scum? Am I lifting the web out of the dark ages of crap?


All they talk about is ebay as a marketplace, but when I search ebay for "web site" all I get is a listing of worthless template sites. I wonder where they sell them?


Who buys these sites once they're fixed up?


For a site like bird-cage.com, perhaps a bird cage manufacturer so they can have a direct sales presence online instead of selling only through pet shops.




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