Can I sell a starter website that have no revenue, content, and pageview on Flippa?

What is Flippa com?

Flippa #1 for Buying and Selling Online Businesses is an online marketplace for selling and buying websites.

Suitable For:

People who like to develop websites.

Skills Required:

• In-depth knowledge of Wordpress platform and website creation.
• Time Required For Creating A Website -
• The time required depends on the expertise of the developer in website creation.

some Guidelines:

• Choose a topic you are passionate about. You need to be passionate about the subject your website focuses on. If you launch a website about something that you don’t care about, you will lose interest very quickly and inevitably stop working on it.
• Think about your long-term business model. To make your website successful, you should do a lot of research beforehand.

Try to find the answers to the following questions:

1. Who are your direct competitors?
2. How do your competitors make money?
3. How will your website make money?
4. How can you make your website stand out from others?
5. How long will it take to monetize your website?

• Choose a domain name that is relevant to your topic and appeals to your target audience. A good domain name is an essential part of branding your blog. Choose .COM as your domain extension because it looks more professional.
• Choose a reliable paid host like Hostgator, Bluehost or anyone that might suit your needs.
• You need to make your website's design and layout look very professional. Believe it or not but first-time visitors will make a judgment about your website within first 10 seconds of loading, so you need to make sure that your website’s design appeals to them, and they like it.

How To Monetize:

• Register your website on Flippa #1 for Buying and Selling Online Businesses. Flippa works on bidding model; the highest bidder gets the ownership of the website.
• Set the bid price of your website 15 times greater than the current monthly income of your site. For e.g. If your site is earning $500 per month then you can set the basic selling bid price of your site to at least $7500.
• Start the auction and wait for bids. People will start bidding for purchasing your site. Once you receive the bid that satisfies your target selling price, then finalize the deal with the bidder.
• Flippa #1 for Buying and Selling Online Businesses will manage all the payment and other technical stuff for you, and you'll receive your commissions via your selected payment method.

In my opinion, it's probably not worth your time or the $9 listing fee to even bother trying to sell in its current state. Instead, I would make a few improvements to try and get the value up first.

Successful Starter Sites typically show attention to the following:

1. Vertical: Since Starter Sites are often acquired by beginners, the vertical is very important to capturing their interest.  In my experience, buyers of these sites want a vertical they can relate to and get excited by. When you pick a vertical you want to pick a vertical with mass appeal (Sports, News, Politics, Celebrities, Music, etc.)
2. Content: Content is another great way to elevate your Starter Site above other bottom of the barrel opportunities. Dumping a site with "lorem ipsum" or duplicate content isn't an attractive investment to a buyer. On the other hand, loading a site up with ten unique intelligently written 500 word vertical specific content posts, that may actually help the site rank in Search Engines, will probably garner some interest.
3. Unique Design: People don't want to feel like they are buying the same regurgitated packaged website that's been sold in a slightly modified way to hundreds of buyers. Give each Starter Site a unique look with a custom logo and custom design.
4. Domain: The domain is a big aspect of the value of any Starter Site. As the companies brand, you want something cutting edge that is going to catch people's eyes, and also something related to your Vertical.
5. Post-Sale Support: This is another incredibly important area of concern for buyers, and an opportunity for sellers to capitalize. Generally, buyers of starter sites don't have a lot of experience transferring a site or operating a CMS. The more you can provide assistance and teaching and tie that into your overall Starter Site offering, the higher the price you are likely to get.

I think it's worth mentioning a solid interview on our blog with a gentlemen named Alec Larsen. Alec mastered the craft of selling websites with no traffic and revenue. During the interview, he brought up a great quote:

"In a gold rush, don't dig for the gold, sell the shovels."

Larsen compared this quote to his own method of selling useful Starter Sites. In short, he was able to succeed selling Starter Sites because he was able to provide quality infrastructure that had real value to the end buyer, and I think this is the key to answering your question. Provide something of true value and people will probably buy it.