10 Things You Must Know Before Buying A Blog

You want to make money from a blog without having to bother making it? If yes,you can invest by buying blogs that are already making money.However, before buying a blog,you must know the following ten things that blog that you buy will be an asset or a "money machine" online.

1. Earnings

Income is usually the main factor which determines the selling price of the blog. For example,a blog last 30 days income from Google AdSense for $ 100 has a selling price of $ 1,000 (10 times earnings last 30 days).

To verify the consistency of the blog income,you should ask for screenshots income blog last at least 3 months.Do not be seduced by the income during the last 30 or 7 days only.

If the blog is using Amazon affiliated extremists,note the list of products that are sold in the screenshot income blog.Is the list associated with the product being promoted or blog topic in question?


If Google AdSense is used as a source of income,observe the time of making screenshots of income.If there is no information about the time of manufacture, be careful because it could be a screenshot of the result of engineering.

2. Traffic

You do not want to be deceived by false tarffic emanating from bot,right? Therefore,ask for the data traffic that comes from Google Analytics.Why?


First, Google Analytics is a reporting device that is reliable.Secondly,you can ask the seller to add your gmail account to Google Analytics blog in question so you can see first hand the traffic report.When viewing the traffic report,look at the key words are entered,traffic source,country of origin of visitors,bounce rate, and the ratio of new visitors/long.

3. Link Building Used

Blog ranking in the search engines (especially Google) affect the amount of traffic.You must know the techniques of link building on the blog to make sure that the blog is safe from the update Google Penguin later.


The trick is to ask the link building techniques to the seller concerned.Not just stop here,check re-backlink leading to the blog with a backlink checker,like Open Site Explorer,Ahrefs.com, or Majestic SEO. Backlink-quality backlinks that usually does not come from the activity of black hat or spamming.

4. Age and Flatform Blog

The simple rule is to buy a blog that at least 4 months old so you have the opportunity to obtain income data last 3 months.The ideal age is one year since the blog is already resistant to changes in Google's algorithm.To check the age of the blog,you can use the Whois checker (eg Whois-Search.com or Whois.Domaintools.com) or the Wayback tools.


Subject flatform,you should buy a Blogger blog.This is because the Blogger-based blog is easy to operate and under your control and also blogger is owned by Google (read WordPress Vs Blogspot).

5. Authenticity and Readability Articles

Good blog contains original content,instead of copy and paste.The easiest way to see the authenticity of the blog content is by using Copyscape.com.In addition,if the blog in English,also check the legibility of the articles there. Make sure the article is not the result of a spin article because the article was of poor quality so prone to contact with "raid" Google Panda.

6. Seller Information

Do not buy from sellers who blog are not reliable.Therefore,you must know the seller's personal information such as full name, home phone/mobile phone, email,Skype and social media profiles (Twitter,Facebook, and Linkedin). Remember,the seller can be trusted (professional) will give you all the information with pleasure because they treat the business of selling blogs in the long term.


If you buy a blog on Flippa,do not forget to see the seller rating. This rating is based on feedback from previous buyers. Rating 100% means that buyers satisfied with the quality of the blog and seller services.

7. Reasons Blog Sale

You must know also the reason why blogs are sold.Examples of reasons that make sense:

• Need money for offline (eg to buy a house,pay car payments,medical expenses, etc.)
• A percentage of the sales of the blog will be invested to create new blogs
• Do not have time because sellers are more focused on other blogs or other online projects

Keep yourself of the reasons blogs are sold because of the potential to generate substantial passive income.Why? Because if potential sellers should not sell his blog, right?

8. Payment Mechanism

If the seller does not provide information about the mechanism of payment,you should discuss the matter so that the transaction runs smoothly and safely. The best way is to use the services of a third party,such Escrow.

Unfortunately,Escrow does not support transactions in Pakistan. However,do not worry,you can make a payment mechanism like this:

1. You pay 100%, then the seller transfer the blog to your hosting
2. You pay 50% and the rest is paid after the transfer of hosting your blog to finish

Worry your money will be taken away should not be displayed when you purchase the blog from a trusted seller.Moreover,if you buy from the Pakistani blog,you can only make a payment letter of agreement signed by both parties on the stamp.It is legally binding so that no one harmed.

9. Transfer Blog

Transfer blog is usually done by the seller and takes 1 to 3 days.When the transfer is done by the other party blog, make sure you do not bear the costs for the transfer of the blog is the obligation of the seller.

10. Maintenance Blog

Blog maintenance depends on the concept of the blog.If the concept is set and forget,you do not have to bother her update the content of the blog.If it should be updated on a regular basis, you should ask the seller about how her update content:written himself or ordered in article writing services.


If not able to write your own,you can search for article writing services locally or abroad (eg iWriter).However,when booked,you should ask the seller about where and who the author so you can order the article in place and the same person to maintain the blog.

Conclusion

Even if you have money, you still need to be careful in buying a blog. Better you take a lot of time to know the ten things above rather than spending a lot of money buying a blog that is not an asset at a later date.


What else you need to know before deciding to buy a blog?