reflections

Barely a day goes by recently where a new social networking or image host springs up, only to fade to nothing and slip past everybody because of a fundamental lack of originality!

So I found it quite refreshing to learn this morning that somebody was doing something unusual with a website! Glogster is a fantastic new way to express your mood, feelings and ideas visually. The simple and intuitive interface quickly takes you a long way beyond what could be created with basic text and videos. It’s still officially in beta - but I personally feel that it’s already as slick as it needs to be!

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A few people have sent me emails, asking if I knew what had happened to David Airey’s blog. His site went down about a week ago now, and then started forwarding to Bebu.net (whatever that is). Then yesterday the domain failed completely, and today it’s parked at Sedo.

To be honest I could only come up with two possible answers. Either David had enjoyed his holiday so much that he’d decided to stop blogging completely, or somebody had managed to gain control of his domain in his absence (tougher than it sounds to achieve).

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So that time is drawing ever closer again, with just seven short days until the mayhem kicks off (at least in my house anyway). In a complete break with tradition though I’m totally prepared! I started buying presents for my kids back in October, and got the last few a week ago - and I’ve even got the wrapping paper… Read the rest of this entry »

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As promised a couple of weeks ago, this post begins a series of articles on the subject of Website Flipping. At it’s simplest level, flipping a website involves the following steps:

1. Find a site to purchase
2. Evaluate, negotiate and complete the sale
3. Add value to the project
4. Find a buyer and make a sale

Finding a Site to Purchase

In order to narrow your focus a little, it’s a good idea to decide on some sort of specialisation. Perhaps there’s a particular type of site that you already have experience with - forums, blogs or e-book sites for example. Buying in an area that you’re already familiar with will give you a much needed step up the virtual ladder, at least over somebody who’s a stranger to them. If you don’t have existing experience then sites that provide a service like image hosting, file storage, content resources, tutorials etc may be a wiser investment. E-commerce sites that sell an actual product are also good to work with.

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