I am going through a course called Profit Loophole by an internet marketer named Dave Kelly.  Dave insists that this particular business model, when done correctly (per his experience) has long-term profit potential compared to other, popular internet marketing models.

Dave insists that there is a market of people who buy websites, dress them up a bit, and sell them at a higher price (just like house flipping).  Some of them even keep the website and try to monetize it with AdSense ads, affiliate offers, and their own products.  It all depends on the website’s niche and how much traffic it generates.

Here are the minimum requirements of a website that has the potential to be sold:

1) Indexed in Google, even if just 1 page indexed
2) Has a current Page Rank of at least 2 on the Google toolbar
3) Is a non hyphenated .com, .net, or .org domain
4) Has at least 1 link pointing to the site when using the link:domain.com operator in Google
5) The sites can be of any type, static HTML or Blog, it is not important as the potential buyer would not use your existing content.

But the two things that gives websites the most value are:

1) the amount of monthly hits to the site (traffic)
2) the amount of email subscribers to the site

So, if you can build up a website property that has these two features, chances are someone is willing to buy it from you.  Afterall, these are the two main reasons why Google purchased YouTube for over a billion dollars (YouTube as a business line does not make much money for Google to this day, and may even be losing money.  Google is still figuring out ways to monetize its traffic).

Just another avenue to throw into the mix.  Remember, don’t get caught in the internet marketing spiderweb.   You can try more than one model, but don’t spread yourself too thin; otherwise you’ll get nowhere.