This week’s deals feature an off-market site in the food niche, a site on Flippa in the rabbit niche, a site on Empire Flippers in the spirituality niche, and an aged domain in the baking niche.
For domains, we share findings on 5 aged SEO domains and 7 branded domains live at GoDaddy auctions.
Let’s get into each deal!
Off-Market Site: ThymeScience.com
Summary
Type: Starter Content Site
Niche: Food, Kitchen
Revenue: $0, starter site
Listed Price: $6,000
AHREFS
Growth Blueprint
Highlights
- 175 published articles
- 260,000 words
- 4 draft articles ready to publish
- Showing signs of growth in AHREFs
Setbacks
- Starter site; no revenue yet
- Grammar needs to be improved in some articles
Easy Wins
- Continue publishing new content
- Monetize the site with display ads, either Google Adsense or Ezoic
- Add Amazon affiliate links within content
Takeaway
This is a starter content site that is starting to crawl out of the Google Sandbox and get traffic. I am listing this site because (1) it has traction in Google with keywords being indexed, and (2) is in a niche that is easy to grow in.
This would be a good project for someone who wants to build a portfolio in the food/kitchen space, or is a beginner looking for a project to get started with.
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Domain: WhimsyAndSpice.com
Summary
Type: Aged Domain
Niche: Baking (Food)
Source: Odys Global (see listing here)
Age: 2008 (14 years old)
Listed Price: $3,860
AHREFS
Backlinks: NY Times, Refinery29, Food & Wine, Parade, Thrillist, The Kitchn
Site History
This website was an online seller of baked products like handmade cookies, pastries, hot chocolate mix, and marshmallow treats. Princeton Magazine profiled the business when its products were sold at 17 New York City retailers. They were in business for 12 years before closing in 2020.
Here’s a snapshot of their original website:
Growth Blueprint
Baking is a popular topic with many low-competition keywords that you could target with informational articles.
While recipe keywords are typically competitive, there are thousands of long-tail keywords and questions related to baking that have a low keyword difficulty.
A quick search of the AHREFs keywords of popular baking blogs or viewing the People Also Ask section for any popular keyword will produce many low-competition keywords you can target.
Here’s what I would do with the site:
- Recreate the homepage to focus on the same type of baked goods
- Publish question-based informational articles about baking (e.g., what is a good substitute for eggs in X, how long can X last in the pantry)
- If the site shows good traction in Google after 30-50 articles, branch out into baking product reviews
Monetization in this niche should be focused on display ads with Ezoic and eventually Mediavine or AdThrive. Food-related sites make up about a third of all sites using Mediavine, so you have a good chance of getting accepted once you reach 50,000 monthly sessions.
You can also add Amazon affiliate links to relevant baking products like mixers, ingredients, and baked goods. You could eventually expand to selling digital products about baking including courses and e-Books.
3.5-Year Old Spirituality Site Making $2,276/mo on Empire Flippers
Summary
Type: Established Content Site
Niche: Religion & Spirituality
Source: Empire Flippers (see listing)
Profit: $2,276/mo from Mediavine (100%)
Asking Price: $109,235 at a 48X multiple using a 12-month average
AHREFS
Growth Blueprint
Highlights
- Traffic goes to a diverse set of pages – the top 3 pages make up < 10% of the site’s total traffic
- 80 articles which give the site great topical relevance
- Stable earnings and page views – up YoY
- Solid content that is well-written by someone knowledgeable of the space
- Evergreen niche, with plenty of content to cover and publish
- Brandable domain name great for the niche
Setbacks
- Weak EAT that can be improved (might be necessary for the niche)
- Only 1 source of revenue
Easy Wins
- Create content to promote affiliate programs to increase and diversify revenue
- Collect emails from informational pages with a pop-up
- Try Adthrive, which can increase earnings by 5-15%, or about $100-$300/month
Takeaway
This website is an intriguing one to consider. It has a solid foundation in content and links, which has led to its YoY growth. The niche is large enough to support much more content and growth – I’ve seen sites in the same niche earning 5 figures monthly.
The easiest way to get there is to start promoting affiliate programs in courses, services, and e-books. Affiliate programs are much more lucrative than display ads and the site’s topical relevance is likely going to help affiliate articles rank quickly. Finding and promoting affiliate programs is the biggest win and can help the site’s earnings skyrocket. Additionally, collecting emails to get additional traffic and create an email funnel can also prove lucrative in the long-run.
There aren’t any red flags, but I would focus on improving the EAT since the niche might be considered a YMYL niche.
This site is great for new and experienced operators. It’s easy to operate and manage with a number of levers to pull.
Flippa Site: Rabbits.life
Summary
Type: Established Content Site
Niche: Pet (Rabbits)
Source: Flippa (see listing here)
Revenue: $820/mo from Mediavine, YouTube Ads, and Amazon Associates
AHREFS
Due Diligence Dashboard
Growth Blueprint
Highlights
- 4-year aged site
- 272 articles published
- Includes revenue-generating YouTube channel
- Low competition niche with many keyword opportunities
Setbacks
- Monetized with Mediavine which requires 50,000 sessions (this site currently has 42,000 sessions)
- Low quality backlinks (not spam links; just none noteworthy)
- Domain extension is .life; no issues with Google on this but branding issues
Easy Wins
- Update content. Last update was September 2019
- Update title tags from 2020 to 2022
- Add comparison tables for higher CTR and commissions
- Add call-to-action buttons that stand out (higher contrast color and text)
Takeaway
The rabbit niche is less competitive than conventional animals (dogs, cats). In the past 12 months, I’ve sold and brokered 3 sites in the same niche.
This specific site has been around for 4+ years and gets excellent traffic to continue growing. For easy wins, the site content has not been updated in multiple years. Updating the content would result in a good boost in traffic. Furthermore, adding comparison tables and proper CTA buttons to buying guide articles would boost Amazon Associates’ revenue.
The major setback is related to Mediavine. Mediavine requires 50,000 sessions for new users. However, if you already have a Mediavine account with a site, it may be possible for them to waive that rule. It really depends. Nonetheless, the risk is the site may not qualify for Mediavine and thus Ezoic is the only option with a 30% reduction in revenues.
🚀 5 SEO Domains & 7 Brandable Domains
My team and I sifted through the marketplaces and found 5 aged SEO domains with quality backlinks and 7 branded domains that are live at auction.
5 SEO Domains
This week has five two-word domains with authority, currently bidding from $75 to $750 at the time of writing.
- CountriesQuest.com: Was a country information site starting in 2004. It has an AHREFS Domain Rating of 21 and ranking for 923 keywords in the top 100 positions. With authority backlinks from Wikipedia, CBSNews and Britannica.com.
- OhioMoose.com: Started in 200, the site for the Ohio State Moose Fraternity. Has a DR of 31 and ranking for 915 KWs with backlinks from AOL, MapQuest and AlJazeera.com.
- WinAgents.com: Was a site selling Network Administration software starting in 2003 with a DR of 33 and ranking for 444 KWs. Has backlinks from TechRepublic and NIST.com.
- Strathearn.com: Started in 2009 the site for the Strathearn area in Scotland. It has a DR of 36 and is ranking for 246 KWs with backlinks from Wikipedia, Springer and UPenn.edu.
- AlleyCode.com: Was an HTML editor app starting in 2003 with a DR of 28. Ranks for 200 KWs and has backlinks from Wikipedia and TechRepublic.
7 Brandable Domains
Seven domains with brand potential this week. Currently bidding from $180 to $3,200.
