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April 14, 2008

RealOpps.com - Business Opportunity Classifieds

Price: $1,250
URL: http://www.realopps.com

RealOpps.com Business Opportunity Classifieds for both online and offline business. Proposals that are business opportunities can be listed on the site. Persons looking for business opportunities can browse or search the listings to locate one of interest him or her. One can also subscribe to receive links to new business opportunities posted on our site in one’s selected categories.

The site charges for listings starting at $10.00 per listing for 180 days and goes as low as $5.00 each for multiple listings. The fee can be changed as the owner may decide - charge more/less, subscription-based listings, featured listings etc. Basically, others buy and sell and you collect the fees.

RealOpps.com - Domain Name

RealOpps stands for Real Opportunities which indeed it is. Acquiring a premium domain name is like acquiring a real opportunity to make money online. Short, highly relevant, easily remembered and brandable domain, would be worth in 4-figures for the name alone. It may be possible to build another similar site, a domain name like this doesn’t becomes available everyday.

How much money can the site make?

To make the site popular, listings are free for the time being. Later it is intended to charge for each listing. Let’s say you decide to charge $10 per listing for 180 days. 100 listings per month (which is no figure at all considering the size of the market) will bring in $1,000 in a month; 500 listings will bring in $5,000; so on so forth. Depending on the exigencies of the market, you can increase or decrease the fee as needed. You can have featured listings and charge a higher price. This is set-up via Site Admin and can be changed anytime it is needed. While you can do your own permutations and combinations - pessimistic, realistic and optimistic - note that you can make this money with no overheads at all. All you pay is for hosting and renewal of the domain name.

To make money you must market your service. Initially you may need some effort to popularize the site. Once it starts getting popular, viral marketing will set in. The site, from there onwards, will market itself on its own. Augmenting the site with articles, tips, guides, tutorials, etc will greatly increase its utility and value to visitors. They will simply never stop coming in!

What are the site’s special features?

Built using PHP scripting with a powerful MySQL database, the site is totally manageable from a browser based Admin Panel. You can manage users, listings, configuration of the site - all from your web browser.

Payment processing can be via PayPal.com or 2CheckOut.com or another processor. You set the minimum amount a user should pay and once the payment is received, corresponding credit(s) get reflected in the user’s account via the automated payment gateway. If you decide to charge $10 for a listing, the minimum a user must pay is $10. He/She may pay a higher amount for listing multiple items and may decide to pay $30 or $50. Corresponding credits, as per payment, is updated in their account for 3 or 5 listings.

The period for which a listing can remain on the site can be set from the Admin Panel. You may set a uniform period for all listings or let users choose the period for which they would like to list. You can also charge for listings based on how long they are to remain on the site.

Users have their own control panel from where they can manage their listings. Users can add new listings, modify existing ones and delete the ones that are not required. Listings sold and no more available can remain on the site and marked as such.

FloatMarket.com - Marketplace for Floating Equipment

Price: $1,250
URL: http://www.floatmarket.com

Ships, Boats, Yachts - as essential and necessary as automobiles, trains and airplanes - a multi-billion dollar business - one of the basic forms of tranportation, a means of livelihood for many and entertainment or hobby for some. This website is a marketplace for such products where everyone can list his/her property for sale and everyone interested in acquiring one, can buy. Currently free, a listing fee is intended to be charged after the site becomes popular.

Sellers can be expected to pay, say, $25.00 per listing remaining on the site for 90 days. 100 listings per month (which is no figure at all considering the size of the market) will bring in $2,500; 250 listings (which too is miniscule) will bring in $6,250; so on so forth. Depending on the exigencies of the market, you can increase or decrease the fee as needed. You can have featured listings and charge a higher price.

To make money you must market your service. Initially you may need some effort to popularize the site. Once it starts getting popular, viral marketing will set in. The site, from there onwards, will market itself on its own. And you can make this money with no overheads. All you pay is for hosting and renewal of the domain name.

Built using PHP scripting with a powerful MySQL database, the site is totally manageable from a browser based Admin. You can manage users, listings, configuration of the site - all from your web browser. Users have their own control panel from where they can manage their listings. Users can add new listings, modify existing ones and delete the ones they have sold.

FloatMarket.com - Domain Name

Ships, boats, yachts etc are all properties that are in reality floating equipment or vessels. That’s what this domain conveys - marketplace for floatong equipment. Short, simple and conveying its meaning and purpose unambiguously, would be worth several thousand dollars for the name alone.

April 10, 2008

BarterOpps.com - Barter Opportunities

Price: $1,250
URL: http://www.barteropps.com

This website is a B2B Marketplace for exchange of goods and services without the use of money. Barter offers increased purchasing power, higher revenue, more clients, better cash flow, greater marketing opportunities and improved efficiency. It benefits companies and countries in exchanging goods and services rather than cash, and also enables those who are lacking “hard currency” to obtain goods and services.

Initially set-up as a free site for promotional purposes, the services rendered are ready to be charged for as you may decide - pay for listings or pay as subscription fees. You can set and increase or decrease prices as necessary. Basically, others buy and sell, you collect the fees.

What exactly the site does?

BarterOpps.com facilitates the exchange of goods and services on barter basis i.e. without the use of money. Intended primarily as a B2B place where companies and governments can list goods and service they have to offer and goods and services they wish to acquire in exchange. Interested bidders can submit their detailed offers from which the most suitable ones can be selected.

Persons interested in listing their offers and those making bids are required to register at the site first. He/She can then publish a detailed description of their offer, along with images, if necessary. The approximate value of the goods and services on offer are stated to give prospective bidders an idea about the volume of the deal. A listing is initially for 180 days and can be renewed or relisted if the offer is still valid.

BarterOpps.com - Domain Name

Barter Opportunities - that’s what this domain represents. Barter transaction opportunities is the theme or business model of this website. A short, easily remembered domain, conveys it’s purpose and meaning without any ambiguity or confusion. Will be worth in higher 4-figures for the name alone.

How much money can the site make?

To make the site popular, listings are free for the time being. Later it is intended to charge for each listing - pay per listing or on subscription basis giving the privilege of making certain number of listings for a certain period. Let’s say you decide to charge $25 per listing for 180 days - you may or may not charge for renewals. First, barter transactions in the B2B sphere are generally going to be large transactions. So a $25 fee is minuscule. Even at $25, 100 listings per month (which is no figure at all considering the size of the market) will bring in $2,500 in a month; 500 listings (which too is a small figure) will bring in $12,500; so on so forth. Depending on the exigencies of the market, you can increase or decrease the fee as needed. You can have featured and premier listings and charge a higher price.

Please, however, be very clear. To make money you must market your service. Initially you may need a lot of effort to popularize the site. Once the site starts getting popular, viral marketing will set in. The site, from there onwards, will market itself on its own. And you can make this money with no overheads. All you pay is for hosting and renewal of the domain name.

What are the site’s special features?

Built using PHP using MySQL database, the site is totally manageable from a browser based Site Admin. You can manage users, listings, subscriptions, configuration of the site - all from your web browser.

Several payment gateways are integrated with the site - PayPal, 2CheckOut or another processor. As stated earlier, you can charge pay per listing or on subscription basis giving the privilege of making certain number of listings for a certain period, featured listings, bold listings etc.

Users have their own control panel from where they can manage their listings, subscriptions, profiles. Users can add new listings, modify existing ones and delete the ones that are not required.

April 03, 2008

Anonscape.com / Anonscope.com - Anonymous Web Surfing

Price:
$500 for individual sites
$750 for both sites
URL1: http://www.anonscape.com
URL2: http://www.anonscope.com

Never has been the issue of privacy become so critical. With prying eyes all over the web, it has become absolutely important for each and every web surfer to guard and protect his/her privacy and personal information against unauthorized monitoring.

Anonymous Web Surfing Service

It works like a shield against data spies and unauthorized tracking of a web surfer's Internet activity. In a common environment, people can retrieve detailed information about anyone's activities on the web and even get personal data one never wants anyone to know about.

Here, while browsing the web or downloading files, data will be transferred through our servers instead of calling it directly from the target system. This prevents unauthorized people and organizations from gathering one's personal information. Instead, the only thing they see is the servers IP address which doesn't say a thing about those who surf via this site.

It works with all popular website technologies such as Java, Plug-ins and SSL. It supports access with http and https (browsers) as well as ftp (upload/download files). Additional features include: removing banner ads, disabling scripts, blocking cookies and the ability to run on SSL for highest security level.

The Money You Can Make

The site makes money by offering the service on a quarterly subscription basis. The site presently is set to charge $9.95 every three months to those who wish avail of the sites anonymous web surfing service. This amount can be changed anytime you wish - you can increase it, you can reduce it, you can offer an annual or a monthly service - all upto you.

See this simple calculation:

You have 10 subscriptions: You make 10 x $9.95 x 4 quarters = $398 per year
You have 50 subscriptions: You make 50 x $9.95 x 4 quarters = $1,990 per year
You have 100 subscriptions: You make 100 x $9.95 x 4 quarters = $3,980 per year
You have 500 subscriptions: You make 500 x $9.95 x 4 quarters = $19,900 per year
You have 1000 subscriptions: You make 1000 x $9.95 x 4 quarters = $39,800 per year

You would know how many million web surfers are out there! Additionally, you can serve AdSense or YPN ads on each and every surfed page to generate additional revenue.

Of course, there would be many subscriptions which may not be renewed. But you have the basis of calculation and now can do your own permutation and combination - optimistic, pessimistic, realistic.

The site is set-up to accept subscription payment both via PayPal.com as well as 2CheckOut.com. Those who subscribe are automatically charged for the next subscription on expiry of the current period.

Website Admin Functions

Managing users is totally web based. Through your browser you can: Add and Delete Users

Additional customization can be done via the script. You can set the following parameters:

- The manner in which cookies are blocked - all cookies, image only cookies, cookies from selected servers, or allow cookies from selected servers only
- The manner in which scripts are blocked - all scripts Java, VB etc, scripts from selected servers, or allow scripts from selected servers only, add to mime type list
- The manner in which banners are blocked - all banners, replace blocked banners with transparent gif, add entries to or remove entries from banned banner server list and banned image patterns
- Special settings - show or prevent from showing FTP welcome message, max request size, use post on start, faster html with less privacy
- Build your own proxy network - to distribute bandwidth if the site is heavily used
- Text only browsing - blocks all images and binaries

Purchasing an SSL Certificate, and to install it a dedicated IP number, will be required to run the site in secure mode.

Pair of Fantastic Domain Names

It may be possible to built another similar site but premium domain names like Anonscape.com and Anonscope.com may not be available easily. Short, highly brandable and meaningful - would be worth in high 4-figures for the name alone. Run them in pair to divide bandwidth and offer surfers two different IP options. Anonscope.com domain is listed in DMOZ.