{"id":1947,"date":"2021-12-02T20:34:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaserodley.com\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2022-10-20T09:42:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T07:42:21","slug":"buying-websites-for-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaserodley.com\/buying-websites-for-income\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying Established Websites for Income: The Passive Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Buying an established website is a lucrative investment. It’s a great way to earn income that isn’t directly<\/em> tied to the hours you put in, but only if you know what you’re doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At some point in the past, the industry that facilitates the sale of websites cooked up a story that is far from true \u2014 that websites are a passive income investment. Needless to say, a lot of people blindly bought into this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What these people probably didn’t realize is that when you’re building from scratch, buying websites to flip for a profit<\/a>, or acquiring them for cash flow, somebody is going to have do the work<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After writing about investing in websites<\/a>, many keen buyers with zero experience in operating websites reached out to me, asking whether it was possible to simply collect a passive income check each month without having to do much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not that it can’t be done; it can. But there are some realities to this game that you need to understand before taking the leap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re thinking about buying an established website for income, this post is for you. By the end of this article, you’ll have a balanced view of this landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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