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Buy the whole site

You pay once and the website is yours: the domain, the content, the partner deals and everything it earns from then on.

How you pay

In three instalments across 60 days. A quarter to start, half a month later, the last quarter a month after that.

  1. 25% On signing
  2. 50% Day 30
  3. 25% Day 60
  1. 25% On signing

    Deposit

    Both sides sign and the site comes off the market, so nobody can outbid you while you finish your checks.

  2. 50% Day 30

    Main payment

    The partner consents are back by now, so you know exactly which deals transfer and on what terms before the largest payment goes out.

  3. 25% Day 60

    Final payment

    Clears the balance and completes the registrar transfer, so the domain is registered in your name. The authorisation code sits with the escrow agent from signing and is released to you here.

You get control at payment 1

The site starts running on your host after the deposit.

As soon as the first 25% clears, the domain’s nameservers are repointed to whichever web host you choose. The site resolves to your infrastructure, you control the hosting, and you can start working on it while the remaining payments run.

Worth being precise about: pointing nameservers is not the same as owning the domain. Until the registrar transfer completes at payment 3, the registration still sits in the seller’s account. Two things stop them repointing it: the domain is locked at the registrar once the deposit clears, and the authorisation code is lodged with the escrow agent at signing, so you can complete the transfer yourself if the seller goes quiet.

Bank transfer

Connect your bank through Plaid and pay by ACH. No wire instructions to retype, and the account is verified on connection.

Credit card

Card is accepted up to $10,000 per payment, and the buyer covers the 3% processing fee. ACH has no fee.

Both sides carry risk across those 60 days. The deposit is refunded in full if a partner consent is refused or the seller can’t deliver something the listing promised — but not if you simply change your mind. A missed payment gets ten days to cure after written notice. The full terms are on the risks page.

What we check before a site is listed

Traffic

We get read access

To the live analytics account, not a screenshot. You get the same access before you commit.

Money

We match statements to the bank

Partner remittances against what actually landed. If they don't reconcile, the site isn't listed.

Contracts

We ask the partner in writing

Whether the deal transfers to a new owner, and on what terms. You see the reply.

Anything we haven't finished checking stays flagged on the listing rather than being rounded up into a number.

What you get on completion

Transfers to you

The site itself

Domain, hosting, all content and images, the analytics account and the email addresses.

Transfers to you

The income

The affiliate and ad partner accounts, with written confirmation from each partner that they'll move.

Comes with it

The playbook

How the current owner runs it: what gets published, when, and what has worked. Plus a handover period.

The one thing to check first. Not every affiliate deal can be transferred. Some operators make a new owner open a fresh account and start again, which can reset your commission rate. We confirm this in writing for every site before completion — ask to see it.

Get new sites before they are listed Most sites sell before they reach this page.

Questions

How does the money change hands?
In three instalments — 25% on signing, 50% at day 30, 25% at day 60 — by Plaid ACH or card. Each one goes to an independent escrow agent and is released to the seller against the transfer milestones, not on a date. You get working control early: the nameservers point at your host once the deposit clears. TODO: name the escrow provider
How long does it take?
Most of the wait is partner consents, not paperwork. VERIFY: typical timeline from completed deals
Some sites already have a sponsor. What does that mean for me?
It means part of the income is already contracted. Whoever bought that site's ad space is locked into paying for the rest of the term, and that contract transfers to you with the site. You can't resell those ad slots until the term ends, and you should read the contract before you buy — especially what happens if the sponsor stops paying.
Do I need to run it myself?
Yes, or pay someone to. These sites need content published and partners managed. The income is not passive.
What do you charge?
Buyers pay us nothing. Our fee is 10% of the sale price and the seller pays it out of the final instalment. The percentage is the same whichever option you take, so we have no reason to steer you toward one. See how we get paid.