Selling a Valuable Site Without Getting Scammed Selling a valuable website without getting scammed can be very tricky for a number of reasons. You want to ensure that your buyer is trustworthy and that you get the correct value for your website.
The first thing you need to do when thinking of selling a valuable website is make sure you are sure how much it is worth. Whilst there are many programs that will provide this service for you there are vast differentials between the figures they produce. So either pay someone professional to do this for you or make your own estimation in the following way.
Analyze your traffic, current revenues, content quality and potential growth areas. Then find other websites for sale and compare your figures to theirs. This will give you a good indication of the relative value of your site. This one step should make selling a valuable site without getting scammed much easier. Having full grasp of your site information ensures that the buyer will not be able to hoodwink you in negotiations and scam you into underselling your site.
Analyze your traffic, current revenues, content quality and potential growth areas. Then find other websites for sale and compare your figures to theirs. This will give you a good indication of the relative value of your site. This one step should make selling a valuable site without getting scammed much easier. Having full grasp of your site information ensures that the buyer will not be able to hoodwink you in negotiations and scam you into underselling your site.
With private purchasers, you need to ensure that the money transfers are in place before you sign over any of your site details. Avoid using disreputable money transfer systems and ensure that there are documented records of all steps of the transaction, as it is very hard to come back once ownership is transferred if you can no longer trace your purchaser. Using an escrow service is the smartest choice, in this case.
In most cases the easiest way to sell your website without getting scammed is to ONLY sell a hard copy of your website. This means putting the files onto a DVD and sending them via recorded delivery and using either Paypal or escrow to complete the transaction. While Paypal's dispute system has come into disrepute, having a signed delivery certificate for a physical product will ensure that your payments are not refunded and that you have the purchasers address should any further action be required.
So while selling a valuable website without getting scammed may seem like a hard task, providing you exercise prudence you should be able to complete the transaction without the opportunity to be scammed ever arising.
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