Web2.0forsale.com Launches - Sell Web 2.0 Websites

By Steve Poland • April 9, 2007

I have launched a new website, Web2.0forsale.com, focused on the buying/selling of “Web 2.0″ websites. Feel free to also sell just programming code, prototypes, domain names, or other related products/services. You can also post ‘wanted’ ads here.

Web 2.0 companies are cheaper and faster to build — and there’s already been a bunch for sale, but I think there’s a ton more (particularly “hobby” projects by students) to come. The price for posting a listing is $10 for 30-days, which is reasonable enough so that anyone should be able to post their creation. Also, as a buyer or simply someone with curiosity, you can snag the RSS feed to keep updated on the latest postings.

There is also an affiliate program, so that if you run a “Web 2.0″ blog, you can grab the widget of latest listings, and if someone comes to Web2.0forsale.com through you and creates their own listing for $10, then you get a $5 commission. I’m hoping bloggers will add this widget to their websites and help spread the word, so that this can become a helpful resource for connecting buyers with sellers.

Note to Sellers: Specify URL, dev details (PHP? .NET?), web stats (# of users, uniques or pageviews), what’s included (any post-sale support?), & why you’re selling (was a hobby? needs marketing dollars?).

The domain is flexible, so if “Web 3.0″ ever occurs, I’m ready for it

Web2.0forsale.com Open Discussions I’m linking to this post from web2.0forsale.com — consider it a quick man’s way of allowing visitors of web2.0forsale.com to post comments about any of the classified listings at web2.0forsale.com. If you’re a seller —...
Web2.0forsale.com — Latest Listings Some of the more recent listings to the Web2.0forsale.com website: FreePixelIcons.com, Domains (TagMeet.com, SlingVoice.com, etc), YouDanceLikeAFreak.com, VlogPlanet.com domain, ArtBlog.com domain, MagicMerchant (like Yahoo Stores), RSS.TV domain, MediaMingle.com (image search engine), PayByCellphone, WeeklyWarrior (shared calendar), Readr.com...
Web 2.0 Buy/Sell Tips I’m linking to this post from the web2.0forsale.com website to provide people with a place to post links to help buyers and sellers of websites/domains/etc. Please post any links to sites/posts that may discuss website...
IDEA #58 - Politics: Who Should You Vote For? This idea comes from Josh Manuel of StateOfBrain.com (website that allows you to submit links and apply an emotion to it — rather than just giving a thumbs up/down) (btw, it’s for sale at web2.0forsale.com...
IDEA #11 - Classifieds by Cell - The Long Tail of Used Goods that has yet to Emerge Currently it can take 5+ minutes to list anything for sale online — I’m proposing a process of less than 1 minute … and tapping into the long tail of items in people’s homes that...

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8 Responses to “Web2.0forsale.com Launches - Sell Web 2.0 Websites”

Robert Dewey on April 9th, 2007 10:26 am (perm link)

Interesting idea; I’ve seen several bloggers discuss something similar (was it Om?). Ah, I can’t remember.

Anyway, with the number of eBay sellouts, I think this might be of value to at least a few people… A problem-specific service is always better than one that tries to do everything.
Michael Wales on April 9th, 2007 1:21 pm (perm link)

Great launch - I was thinking of working on something like this, especially after Mike Arrington mentioned the need. Hope it works out for you!
Dazed on April 9th, 2007 2:13 pm (perm link)

great concept. where is the widget?
Steve Poland on April 9th, 2007 5:14 pm (perm link)

Grab it in the header — you have to become an affiliate of the service, then grab the widget.
drew on April 9th, 2007 6:49 pm (perm link)

Sounds like a neat idea. Hopefully it will focus on high-quality listings and differentiate itself from other similar services, such as SitePoint’s marketplace.

Perhaps a “make me sell” option could be a killer feature. Zillow has a “make me sell” option that seems very promising.
Jason Jennings on April 9th, 2007 7:15 pm (perm link)

Very interesting site. I have used SitePoint.com’s marketplace a few times. That is probably the best palce to buy and sell websites currently. But, this niche market should be a huge success.
Richard on April 10th, 2007 7:38 am (perm link)

Often people will show some numbers from a web log analyzer for the traffic levels (as you mentioned in your Note to sellers). However, it might be optimal to have the sellers use a third party tracker like GoStats.com with viewable stats to have “audited” figures.
Noah on April 10th, 2007 12:12 pm (perm link)

but what if I want to see a web2.1 site?