I’m currently selling one of my domains on Flippa. I have the luxury of knowing 2 of the bidders, who I feel I can trust. A new bidder has entered the scene, though, and I don’t know him. The question arises: what due diligence can you do on a website buyer?
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Using The Wayback Machine
This short example highlights the importance of using the Wayback Machine when researching sites you might want to buy. I happened by chance on a parked domain with a notice on it saying that it might be for sale. It was a domain in a niche that interested me and ist sported the usual acquirethisname link so I registered my interest with a low bid.
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Whenever you consider buying a website from someone, trust is always an issue. It is in the seller’s interests to paint as rosy a picture as possible about the site being sold to make it seem like an attractive investment for potential buyers. It’s not unusual for sellers to embellish the truth a little about the site’s selling points. Some unscrupulous sellers even go so far as to use an image editor like Photoshop to falsify their traffic or revenue screenshots. This makes trusting such screenshots difficult.
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