{"id":762,"date":"2011-12-14T15:33:13","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T19:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/?p=762"},"modified":"2011-12-14T15:33:13","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T19:33:13","slug":"the-comprehensive-guide-to-acquiring-pre-owned-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/buying-and-selling-websites\/the-comprehensive-guide-to-acquiring-pre-owned-websites","title":{"rendered":"The Comprehensive Guide to Acquiring Pre-Owned Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting a new site at a marketplace like WebsiteBroker.com might be easy, but that&#8217;s no reason that you should ignore the principles of success and start bidding based on your whims. Instead, it pays to have a comprehensive guide to acquiring these pre-owned websites; and we&#8217;re glad to help you out in your endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because it&#8217;s important to WebsiteBroker.com that people have success on this site; after all, your positive experience means you&#8217;re more likely to come back and visit us. So let&#8217;s take a look at a comprehensive approach to <a title=\"buyng pre-owned websites\" href=\"http:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/\">buying pre-owned websites<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Principles to Follow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, instead of looking at the rookie mistakes you might make, let&#8217;s take a look at the direction you <em>do<\/em> want to go in. You want to buy pre-owned sites that have a lot of profit potential but don&#8217;t have a lot of cost.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a simple formula. But how do you actually execute it in the real world, when you&#8217;re never quite sure you have all of the facts you need?<\/p>\n<p>The best bet is to improve your investment instincts by doing a lot of research. Find out where the site you&#8217;re buying ranks in the top search engines. See how good the domain name itself might perform in organic and direct traffic. Ask yourself if the site is in a viable niche &#8211; if there&#8217;s no room for it in the marketplace, there&#8217;s probably no room in your site portfolio for this new website.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the principle of effective and thorough research and you&#8217;ll not only gain insights about specific websites, but about buying websites in general. You&#8217;ll hone your skills and instincts and will start to get a &#8220;sixth sense&#8221; about which websites have the most profit and traffic potential.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mistakes to Avoid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are a number of mistakes you&#8217;ll want to avoid, even if you&#8217;re going about things the right way. For one, you&#8217;ll want to avoid making decisions based on your &#8220;gut,&#8221; at least early on. Why&#8217;s that? Well, your instincts might not be well-honed enough to give you accurate feedback and insight about which sites are the best to acquire.<\/p>\n<p>Another mistake to avoid is paying too much for a website that already does have some semblance of an online presence. Sure, it&#8217;s enticing to have a lot of passive income coming in from a shop you&#8217;ve acquired, but if you pay too much, it can take you such a long time to earn your investment back that you&#8217;ll eventually go sour on the entire process.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have mastered these secrets to <a title=\"buying the best pre-owned websites\" href=\"http:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/\" target=\"_self\">buying the best pre-owned websites<\/a>, you should have a good idea of what constitutes a good purchase. You&#8217;ll learn there are a lot more variables that go into the equation than you could have ever imagined &#8211; but once you learn what these variables are, you&#8217;ll be able to make a lot more sense out of the process. Keep trying and keep learning &#8211; you&#8217;ll be destined for success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting a new site at a marketplace like WebsiteBroker.com might be easy, but that&#8217;s no reason that you should ignore the principles of success and start bidding based on your whims. Instead, it pays to have a comprehensive guide to acquiring these pre-owned websites; and we&#8217;re glad to help you out in your endeavors. Why? Because it&#8217;s important\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/buying-and-selling-websites\/the-comprehensive-guide-to-acquiring-pre-owned-websites\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[365,366,363,364],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":764,"href":"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions\/764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.websitebroker.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}