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I was originally going to write this post about the top places to buy and sell websites on the internet. Of course, everyone knows about Flippa, but I wanted to find some viable alternatives. So, this afternoon, I spent more than three hours scouring the corners of the web, searching for legitimate places to buy and sell websites. I did find several online marketplaces similar to Flippa, but they all suffered from 1) a vastly inferior interface, 2) a lack of activity, 3) outdated listings or 4) no means of easily determining the truth and accuracy of the website listing description.

So, in the end, I didn’t come up with much. For the sort of sites I want to buy, Flippa is the clear choice as far as I can tell.

Flippa

Before Flippa, the SitePoint marketplace was a popular place on the internet to buy and sell websites and domain names. In June 2009, SitePoint spun-off their website marketplace into Flippa.com. It appears no momentum was lost with the spin-off, as Flippa is, by far, the most popular place on the internet to buy and sell websites and domains despite the relatively expensive cost of to listing a website on Flippa. As far as I can tell, Flippa is definitely the best place to purchase a website. Websites are sorted into high-end, mid-range and entry level. There is also an excellent search function that you can use to help wade through the considerable clutter. For instance, by searching websites that are more than 2 months old or have a pagerank of 1 or greater, you can vastly reduce the amount of turnkey template sites in your search results. You can also search by popular tags such as “blog” or “Clickbank”.

Digital Point Forums

Digital Point is a webmaster forum with a busy marketplace for domains and websites. Listings here are free, so there is a tendency towards low-end sites or start-up sites. If you’re in the market for a brand new start-up site, this may be a good place to look. If you’re a seller that builds turnkey websites for sale, this may be a great choice since you can avoid Flippa’s steep listing fees.

Ebay

Ebay is another popular place to buy and sell websites. Most of these listings tend to be junky startup turnkey websites. There may be some diamonds in the rough, but there are many obvious scams and dishonest listings to wade through.

The V7 Network

V7N is similar to the Digital Point Forums, but not as big. They have a marketplace forum for buying and selling websites. I don’t see any reason to choose V7N over digital point.

So how about it? Are there any good alternatives to Flippa as a place to buy a website?

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