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Buying a holiday affiliate marketing website?

Hello,

I have been offered a website which lists available holidays to buy, which is linked to an affiliate marketer. If someone buys a holiday using my site, I get a commission. The seller would like £70 for the site. Also taking into consideration the cost to advertise the site, do you think that this is a worthy investment?

Thanks
Stephen

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  • bostonerimus
    bostonerimus Posts: 5,617 Forumite
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    No!.But it is a good way to lose 70 quid.
    “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
  • Bitcoin
    Bitcoin Posts: 9 Forumite
    If you want to get involved in affiliate marketing you should probably buy something bigger than a £70 site. Alternatively, you could try and build your own site!
  • Zanderman
    Zanderman Posts: 4,808 Forumite
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    I have been offered a website which lists available holidays to buy, which is linked to an affiliate marketer. If someone buys a holiday using my site, I get a commission. The seller would like £70 for the site. Also taking into consideration the cost to advertise the site, do you think that this is a worthy investment?n

    Probably not!

    But impossible to judge unless the seller gives you real, demonstrably accurate and true stats on how much it makes.
    If he/she only wants £70 for it it won't be much (otherwise the cost would be rather higher!) and the real deal might be that they make money on selling these sites to unsuspecting punters, not that the sites make money. It smells like a scam.
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