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My First Experience in Website Flipping

I have finally sold one of my web property. All this time, all I do is acquiring websites to add to my portfolio.

I can’t disclose the details – yet.

But this first-time experience is really teach me a lot, because, in fact, it’s not as smooth as I thought it would be :p

The transaction is through Paypal, and as long as Paypal has a 60 days transaction cancellation period, I have to be worry for the next 56 days or so, because it’s easy to get refund using Paypal :)

I actually eager do transaction with escrow services, such as Escrow.com, but my country is not in their list :(

All I can say is that some minor details went unnoticed, and my buyer asked me to settle the problems.

Silly me – I should’ve checked the details not when I’m about to sell it, but when I bought the site 5 months ago! A newbie mistake, I believe.

Fortunately, the buyer is keen to work this out and not rushing to get a chargeback through Paypal.

I’ll keep you updated with the outcome.

The first lesson I learn in website flipping is: Triple check every transaction detail and inquire small details as much as you can to the seller. It’s better being annoying than sorry later.

Ivan Widjaya
Website flipping noob

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2 Responses to "My First Experience in Website Flipping"

  1. Ah yes, I had a similar circumstance, except I was on the other side of the transaction. I was trying to purchase a domain name and ended up dealing with two brokers on behalf of the seller. The good news is I was able to talk them down from over two grand to $500, I guess because there were probably no other buyers. How much of a profit are you making off of your first flip?

  2. Noobpreneur says:

    Matt,

    Ha! That’s too-much profit they might receive if you are not a good haggler :) Anyway I made almost a grand from the transaction.

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