Getting rid of my dropshipping site

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Tangled

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So I've had a drop shipping website for about two years and I think its time to say goodbye. Mistakes were made and lessons were learned.

Any idea how I would go about selling it? Just throwing it away seems like a waste because I feel like it could be much more with a little effort.

I tried flippa but haven't had much success (probably because I didn't put a lot of effort into the post, or maybe because they didn't want to get into the Canadian market).

Any ideas? Thanks
 


Tangled said:
So I've had a drop shipping website for about two years and I think its time to say goodbye. Mistakes were made and lessons were learned.

Any idea how I would go about selling it? Just throwing it away seems like a waste because I feel like it could be much more with a little effort.

I tried flippa but haven't had much success (probably because I didn't put a lot of effort into the post, or maybe because they didn't want to get into the Canadian market).

Any ideas? Thanks
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Why are you being lazy? Put in some effort and re-list that thing.
 
who ya dropshipping with?

Whats the niche?

Why should I buy it if its in the red?

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so you decided to reg here and post a faux sales thread?
 
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who ya dropshipping with?

Whats the niche?

Why should I buy it if its in the red?

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It's a furniture website in Canada. Am I allowed to post the site or is that against regulations?

It's not really in the red, it probably makes an average of $100/month. I've had the checkout disabled for about a month now because I don't want to bother with it.

I think if someone knew what they were doing they could probably make something of this site. There is a competitor that has pretty much the same site as mine with the same manufacturers but they seem to be doing a lot better. I have been trying to figure it out for the longest time but I have no clue what it is.

I suppose I could persevere but the niche is making me sick at this point, I dont want to look at another couch for as long as I live.

What mistakes were made and what lessons were learned?
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As for mistakes/lessons, the big ones are probably:

- Pick a niche where you can add some value
- pick a niche where comparison shopping that simple
- Prepare to treat this like a real full time business (pretty obvious) - I've take meetings with furniture manufacturers, pitched over the phone, gone to conferences, trade shows etc.
 
Ahh furniture...great profit margins, worst competition ever + worst dropshippers (if you are new to the business).

Here is what I would do:
White hat - contact the other website you mentioned and offer them your domain name + previous customers database + subscribers (given you have any), plus business contacts (furniture dropshippers that they maybe don't have).

Not so white hat - blast some content, blast some low quality links, gains some PR+PA+DA, get some subscribers, repeat the above "white hat" procedure (try to sell to another business directly). This is basically inflating the traffic on the website in order to make it more appealing. But please, don't just shoot thousands of garbage links and post articles that are spun a million times. Doing this might attract some noobs on flippa, but it will not work with a business in the same niche (especially a successful one). Make it legitimate, one final push for good old days!

In other words, think what this website can offer if not conversions. Maybe you have a great database for re-marketing, maybe you have a great forum with a million subscribers waiting to become a part of someone's email marketing campaign...maybe you've got nothing and you are doomed, in which case I'd say: auction the domain!
 
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