This week’s deals feature 3 websites for sale from Empire Flippers, Flippa and QuietLight in the religion, tech and dropshipping and niches, 1 website from our private Facebook group in the health niches, and 1 off-market site in the culinary niche.
For domains, we featured 3 domains from SerpDomains™ and 3 from GoDaddy auctions.
🚀 3 Vetted Aged Domains
This week we take a look at three premium-aged domains from our partners –SerpDomains.
1️⃣ AdopteUnChateau.com
10 years old — 193 ref. domains — $970
Travel is currently one of the hottest niches in the niche community. This domain could provide an interesting spin on it. Obviously, you should focus on Europe and make use of the hreflang tag, as the previous site was in French. View on SerpDomains
2️⃣ CatBird.com
26 years old — 297 ref. domains — $4,500
Despite what the domain name might imply, CatBird.com is not a pet site. Originally, it hosted a software solution that was acquired by a larger competitor in 2017. Its standout feature is a robust backlink profile, including links from prominent sites like Cisco.com, Fortune.com, and ABSInsights.com, among others. With its brandable domain name, CatBird.com could be an excellent choice if you’re planning to launch a SaaS product. View on SerpDomains
3️⃣ ThaiCrossword.com
6 years old — 149 ref. domains — $1,680
It is ultra-niche, but still an interesting domain. We would personally use it as a mix of programmatic content, such as crosswords, with some Thai learning content on top. This approach would open the doors to many available revenue sources View on SerpDomains
Off-Market Site: CakeJournal.com
Summary
Niche: Baking
Source: The Website Flip
Revenue: Monetized via Raptive
- Last-3-month average: $455.97
- Last 6-month average: $538.81
- Last 10-month average: $511.71
Listed Price: $22,000 (~41X of L6M average)
Ahrefs
Growth Blueprint
Highlights
- Aged site with 17-year history (since 2007)
- Domain Rating 60 with 3.8k referring domains
- Over 500 articles and tons of high-quality photos from experts in baking
- Pinterest account with 78k followers and 1.7 million monthly views
- Twitter account with 26k followers
- Google traffic has been stable for the past year at about 5k-6k organic traffic according to Ahrefs
Setbacks
- Most of the traffic comes from Pinterest and not Google
Easy Wins
- Offer guest posts for food sites that want strong links
- Publish affiliate articles like buying guides for baking products
- Publish more frequently to Pinterest with a VA
- Add recipe schema to recipe articles
Takeaway
This site used to be one of the most popular baking blogs in the world. In 2011 it received over 7.6 million pageviews for the year. In 2014 it had 2.2 million new users and 5.5 million pageviews.
Today it typically gets over 1,000 pageviews each day although there has been minimal work done over the past year (only a couple of new articles published).
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🚀 3 Websites For Sale From Brokers
1️⃣ 13-year-old religion site making $2,198/mo on Empire Flippers
Affiliate site— Religion —35X — $76,924
Let’s kick off with this unusual site in the “boring” niche. It has survived most of the recent Google updates. It looks a bit outdated, so there are many easy wins available for revenue diversification. Launching your own digital product in this niche should be the first step. View on Empire Flippers
2️⃣ 31-year-old dropshipping business making $16,048/mo on QuietLight
Dropshipping business — Beverages — 39X — $630,000
If you are tired of constant Google struggles, here is the perfect option for you (US only). This dropshipping business boasts a strong recurring customer base and well-established relationships built over 33 years of business tenure. Be sure to check the PDF from QL for all the details from the owner himself. View on Quiet Light
3️⃣ 1-year-old tech site making $800/mo on Flippa
Tech — Live Auction ($8,000 starting bid price)
If you are looking for a smaller site that wasn’t affected by the update, this could be a decent opportunity. On the other hand, most of the traffic does not come from the US, and the niche is very volatile, meaning that you need to publish fresh content at least on a monthly basis. If you are into tech reviews, this is the perfect niche where you can review the products yourself, as most manufacturers need exposure in the first-world market. View on Flippa
🚀 GoDaddy Auctions This Week
Aged domains bidding from $111 to $5,300 at the time of writing.
- BeautifulOnBroadway.com: This was a Broadway musical site that started in 2014. The domain has a DR of 50 and ranks for 333 keywords in the top 100 positions. Backlinks from NYTimes, BBC and BusinessInsider.
- PortCityBlue.com: Started in 2006, this was the site of a Portland, Maine nightclub. It has a DR of 37 and is ranking for 182 KWs with backlinks from TheGuardian, NYTimes and Boston.
- TechCityUK.com: Was the site for a London tech startup space starting in 2011. It has a DR of 65 and ranks for 121 KWs with backlinks from BBC, TheGuardian and CNN.
Branded domains bidding from $205 to $3,999 at the time of writing.
👉 Additional Reading
Make sure to perform due diligence when acquiring any domains or websites. Here are more resources:
- How to flip websites
- Due diligence framework
- Website valuation framework
- Content site due diligence service
