Comments on: Beware Of Fraud When Buying and Selling Websites On SitePoint

By: Clickbooth affiliate network

Clickbooth affiliate network — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:33:15 +0000

Many scammers cruise reputable online auction sites, but may entice you to go offline for a similar item. Others will email a link to another site, claiming that it is helping with the transaction. But once you leave a reputable site, your vulnerability to a financial swindle or identity theft increases.

By: Valparaiso Landscape Lighting

Valparaiso Landscape Lighting — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:03:06 +0000

True. I know one of my friend bought a freelancing website for about $9k. Traffic, income, members all true. But the problem started when people started asking for to approve their withdrawals. The backend of that freelance site shows about $5k escrow money in owner’s a/c. But there seller didn’t told about that to my friend. Think how difficult it is. People who paid with paypal started to dispute their payment. At last my friend last my friend paid that $5k additional. But the site lost goodwill among its members.

We need to be very careful always when buying established websites. We need check each and every corner for scam.

Thanks for the share.

By: Multi-socket mains adaptor

Multi-socket mains adaptor — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:37:14 +0000

Wow, good catch. I actually had seen that FireBug method of modifying a page before, very tricky stuff. I’m going to be very careful in the future when shopping for sites.

Thanks and Regards

By: Obama

Obama — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:08:32 +0000

First I must say that this is the kind of business I also want to be involved in, but it requires a lot of business acumen, as you just demonstrated. I recently fell for a very small scam, and it opened my eyes. The Internet is still very unregulated and one must beware of cheaters.

By: Travel Activities

Travel Activities — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:14:04 +0000

Surely no one would part with money based on those facts anyway? Would they? I would want remote access to the server to check out logs etc before even entering into negotiations. Even they can be manipulated!

If I was to buy a website anyway, it would have to be on domain name and traffic potential alone rather than affiliate sales claims.

Lee

By: Diet Blog

Diet Blog — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:52:13 +0000

OMG! That’s crazy. That sounds so good, that I bet a ton of people fall for stuff like that. It’s such a bummer that some people are just out there to rip you off and make a buck.

By: London Notary

London Notary — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:46:10 +0000

I’m gonna be alot more cautious from now with these types of things. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

By: team leadership training

team leadership training — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:59:59 +0000

Now I don’t expect you to divulge your whole due diligence check list here but I’m just interested how you found the page on http://www.rentacoder.com.

By: CSS Perk

CSS Perk — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:20:09 +0000

Thanks for this great case study of how to avoid a site point scam! I’ve thought about trying the whole website flipping thing, but have yet to do so. But even when i start doing it and it’s my first time I’d never believe a seller promising that much income per month. Just like you said “that’s a little too silly”. Haha. And I gotta agree with some of the comments, access to real time stats would be a must for me. Thanks again for the great cautionary tale.

By: Hypnotherapy Manchester

Hypnotherapy Manchester — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:43:21 +0000

I am over concious when people want to sell their cow who is giving enough milk to them. Why should they will sell them for only 3 times more than their monthly income.

This one is sounding really awkward and I got my sixth sense alert. I would love to search more about the seller and his credibility in other forums as well.

As $18000 is not a small amount. Thanks for alert.