Today’s Authority Business Blueprints features an off-market Facebook group in the off-grid living niche, a site from Flippa in the RV niche, and an age domain from ODYS Global in the outdoor niche
For branded domains, we share data on 12 domains live at auction. We also share the AHREFs metrics for each domain.
Let’s get into the growth blueprints!
Blueprint #1: SuperSherpas.com
Domain Summary
Type: Aged Domain
Niche: Outdoors
Source: ODYS.Global (see listing here)
Age: 15 years old
Listed Price: $1,740
AHREFS
Backlinks: Notable links from BBC, Outside Online, Backpacker, Climbing, Mount Everest, among others
Site History
This was a website and blog owned by a group of mountaineers that climbed Mt. Everest, known as SuperSherpas. It also hosted content related to the Apa Sherpa Foundation. The site it self covered everything from mountaineering, climbing, and the outdoors.
Growth Blueprint
This is a nicely branded domain that is catchy and easy to remember. Building an authority site on this domain would lend itself to a long-term asset.
The original owners of this domain had a trademark according to USPTO. However, that expired. Just make sure to do further due diligence.
This is what I would do:
- Recreate the pages that have backlinks or help with topical relevancy. Any pages related to the Apa Sherpa Foundation should be recreated. This helps the site keep relevant.
- Add informational articles about sherpas, mountain climbing in Mt. Everest, tourist guides about Mt. Everest, etc. I would take 30-50 articles here initially.
- Venture into buying guides covering product reviews and travel services
Monetization in this niche can easily be done with display advertisements, products via Amazon or direct from the brand, and travel affiliates. The easiest is to use display ads initially. You could also do lead generation for tourist companies near Mt. Everest and take a commission.
Overall, this is an interesting niche with not much competition.
Blueprint #2: RVTalk.net
Website Summary
Type: Existing Content Site
Niche: Auto/Outdoors
Source: Flippa (see listing here)
Revenue: $4,742/mo average over last 10-months via Amazon Associates only
AHREFS
Due Diligence Dashboard
Growth Blueprint
Highlights
- Highly-diversified traffic to top pages (highest is 4.39%)
- Overall growing niche
- 281 articles published
- AHREFs DR 50 website; high authority
Setbacks
- Hit by December 2020 Google Core update
- Drop in traffic July 2021 due to Google Analytics tracking issues (revenue was stable)
- High concentration of commercial (buying/review) content
Easy Wins
- Add Ezoic or Mediavine (if qualifies) to the site for immediate boost in revenues
- Improve comparison tables (too crowded, no CTA, no images)
- Comparison tables are not mobile responsive
- Images in buying guides not linked to Amazon
Takeaway
The RV niche, in general, has been growing over the last few years. There are some large blogs in this space that have are currently for sale and have sold for 6-7 figures.
This site is well-positioned to be grown into something much bigger. The site is an AHREFs DR 50 with a selection of quality backlinks.
In addition, the site has MANY easy wins. The site has no display advertisements implemented. Adding Mediavine or Ezoic would lead to at least a $15-$20 RPM, thus boosting revenues by $600-$800 at least. In addition, the high-traffic pages do not have proper CRO implemented.
Note: the seller messed up Google Analytics tracking on July 2021 thus the large dip downwards. He states the earnings are still fine during that month. Make sure to double-check.
From my experience, with proper CRO, the site can earn an additional $1,000 from Amazon Associates and an additional $600-$800 from display ads. This means the future potential valuation could be in the $200K to $225K range at a minimum. Your mileage will vary.
The site is currently listed with a minimum asking price of $119,000.
Blueprint #3: Off Grid Living Uncensored (FB Group)
Asset Summary
Type: Facebook Group
Niche: Outdoors
Revenue: Unmonetized
Price: $4,000
Growth Blueprint
Highlights
- 62,000+ members currently
- Very niche audience in off grid living
- High-growth during 2020-2021
- Highly vetted members (must answer questionst to access group)
Setbacks
- Not taken care of last 6 months
- No moderators in place
Takeaway
I bought this group in mid-2020 to use to drive traffic to my outdoor case study site. While it did drive traffic, it just did not get close to my organic traffic so I lost interest. In addition, with a community, you need to be engaged and I was not interested in this topic at all.
So since early this year, this group has run on autopilot. Members post questions, and other members answer. Each member is vetted before entering to minimize spam. Any spam comments or posts resulted in the member being kicked out immediately. This kept the group clean.
This is a great group to own to tack on an existing site about outdoor living, off-grid, RV, etc. Or you can buy the group and then look for a site in a relevant niche to acquire.
Furthermore, you can develop digital products and promote them in the group. I only sometimes posted Amazon affiliate links.
I am selling because (1) I will not use it anymore for its original purpose, and (2) the funds from this could be put to much better use for my other websites.
Next Steps
If interested, please do the following:
- Click below to fill out the interest form
- Join the group here
- Vet the group for quality
- Closing done via Escrow with 50/50 split in fees
🚀 12 Brandable Domains at Auction
My team and I sifted through the marketplaces and found 12 branded domains that are live at auction.
Best authority brandable domain this week, MusicNation.com, with a DR of 21 and 562 referring domains live in AHREFS. A quick look at link anchors shows some ringtone spam but also several high authority links.
First registered in 2006 MusicNation was a national online video-based music contest from 2007 to 2010.
FlowTraining.com is a solid brandable pick for use in the health and wellness niche. It originally was a Finnish Mindfulness site according to the Wayback Machine.
| Domain | Link | End | Domain Rating | Ref. Domains |
| RisingPhoenix.com | GoDaddy | Nov 9 | 0 | 5 |
| Hotelly.com | GoDaddy | Nov 10 | 4.4 | 60 |
| FlowTraining.com | GoDaddy | Nov 10 | 0.7 | 8 |
| FirstPixel.com | GoDaddy | Nov 11 | 3.1 | 44 |
| MusicNation.com | GoDaddy | Nov 12 | 21 | 562 |
| WindBirds.com | GoDaddy | Nov 12 | 0 | 0 |
| PowerTravel.com | GoDaddy | Nov 12 | 0 | 0 |
| IdentityOne.com | GoDaddy | Nov 12 | 0.1 | 2 |
| Soulu.com | GoDaddy | Nov 13 | 0 | 0 |
| DecoLife.com | GoDaddy | Nov 14 | 0.3 | 7 |
| TechSpirit.com | GoDaddy | Nov 14 | 0 | 0 |
| SurfNews.com | GoDaddy | Nov 15 | 7 | 72 |
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