This Weeks Top Websites For Sale

Since getting interesting in web development and making money online I’ve been keeping my eye on some of the website marketplaces. Sites like SitePoint and DigitalPoint have 100’s of websites for sale daily and for nearly every budget, no matter if you have $1 or $100,000 you can pick up a website in your chosen niche and style. There usually seems to be a rush of sites getting listed over the weekend, I assume since plenty of people do this sort of thing as a 2nd job, so for the past few weeks it’s been my Monday evening routine to have a good browse through all these auctions.

I’m going to make this a Monday feature on my blog and note down any of my highlights. Perhaps I’ll look back in a few months at each site and see if i picked winners or stinkers… Feel free to post comments and abuse me if I pick stinkers because you know I’m going to brag about the winners I choose!

Website Auction Sites

The main two I look at are SitePoint and DigitalPoint but there are many more to chose from. Many people think the best way is to Google for sites in your chosen niche and look for hobby sites ran by enthusiasts that have good search engine listings and good content but are not monetised at all.

• SitePoint is probably the biggest website auction site. Everything from famous sites worth $100,000 to startup $1 sites.
• DigitalPoint is a great forum for any web entrepreneur. Apart from their sites for sale forum they’ve loads of forums covering every area of online business.
• WebSiteBroker is similar to SitePoint but I’m not really keen on it, it’s not as nice to browse (and on my budget it’s all I can do!) but perhaps better for people who know exactly what they want to buy.
• BuySellWebsite could really do with a bit of a redesign. It’s too hard to find the info you need and aain not as friendly to browse though as the others.
• WebMaster-Talk is another great web forum with an area for selling websites. Occasionally l check it out but most sites for sale are just adverts for an auction at one for the above marketplaces.
• eBay is the classic auction website. Quite a few websites up there but I find allot to be a bit of a scam, perhaps that unfair because there is good deals, but certainly lots of people playing on non-web peoples ignorance.
• Then you’ve got sites like bizbuysell or businessesforsale. Neither of those are very web specific and more to do with buying a brick and mortar business but you do occasionally see things for sale.

That’s the insiders guide for where to buy a website from. Starting next week I’ll list my favourites and follow a few of them for the next few months like a geeky version of fantasy football.