We usually go onto Ebay to find second hand gifts, electronics, perfume, collectibles, or just about anything. You name it and they have it. But how about an internet business? It is something I never anticipated on bidding for. The website is called www.DomainPageRank.com. It is not just a domain name. It actually makes some decent money. Before we get into the financials, let's talk about what it does. DomainPageRank.com checks a website's Google PageRank. PageRank is an algorithm that the Google folks created to determine how popular a website is based on the number of other websites linking to it. DomainPageRank.com also shows a website's total links. Now why you ask does a person want this information? Well really it is for internet marketers. It helps them to see the progress they have made in building links, which helps with ranking for certain keywords. There is certainly big money in ranking for good keywords.
Now to the money part. This website pulls in $1,000 per month from various sources including Google Adsense, hosting affiliates, and selling ad space. The owner was looking for $14,000 USD for this baby. This is a relatively high price to pay for internet business. I actually put in a $9,000 bid, but threw in the towel after the reserve still wasn't hit.
Update: The website is a parked page now that belongs to someone else. Seems like the owner forgot to renew the domain. A big oops for the former owner.
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