Wassup Reddit Hustlers!
I just wanted to share my story of how I started making money online. It was wrong the way I did it but allowed me to quit my job and have more time to focus on what I wanted to do with my life. So I didn't give a fuck at the time.
I first heard about Flippa when I searched for "buy a website" on Google when I was working in a cubicle years ago. I bought my first website for less than $100 and flipped it for $400. I started my own web business after which was a crowdfunding marketing agency. I ran it for 6 months then flipped it on Flippa for an undisclosed amount. This was when Kickstarter was popping and my website was ranked top 3 for the keyword "crowdfunding marketing agency". Instead of starting a Kickstarter campaign (digging for gold), I sold crowdfunding marketing and web design services to campaign owners (selling shovels).
I noticed a lot of websites for sale on Flippa looked like it had fake traffic and fake sales. It was screenshots of their Paypal account, Amazon Associates, or Adsense Account. The traffic looked like it was bought off of Fiverr (which was another platform I got in early on to make money).
The Sellers on Flippa was making money. $1,000-$10,000 a sale. Some scammers did even more than that. Shit! I could hire people from Fiverr to create fake screenshots and fake traffic. Keep my real money making web businesses and sell new websites to newbies on Flippa like most of their sellers was doing or maybe even still doing today even with the verification process.
I was making up to $10K a month working less than 20 hours a week thanks to Flippa and Fiverr. I sold websites with fake sales and traffic. I had multiple accounts so it didn't even matter if one got suspended due to not paying success fees or banned due to multiple account violation. I know other scam sellers was making a lot more than me but I just wanted enough to quit my job and invest in my projects and buy bitcoin (Got in at $400). I had a lot of play money so I was having fun in the strip clubs (When Cardi B was just a stripper but she didn't drug me), taking out girls on dates, vacations, playing poker at the casino, and doing anything else that was fun.
Here is an example of two of my Escrow transactions from Flippa: https://imgur.com/a/hsUR0vn
While most people was struggling to make money online. Flippa Sellers was making bank every month. Flippa's revenue was increasing every month and they didn't care if newbies was scammed at the time on their platform cause that is how they got more sales. They was targeting newbies just like the Gurus do that sell courses and e-books. People who are beginners in buying a web business was easy targets that you could make more than selling a course or e-book to them. All Flippa did was tell wanna be entrepreneurs to do their own due diligence. Flippa and their sellers got away with doing thousands or millions in scam and fraud. Just like any other platform that have scammers, gurus, network marketing companies, etc.
I realized what I was doing was wrong. I have grown and evolved. So I stopped creating new Flippa accounts. I have one account that I could use for buying but I just use it to watch listings for ideas. I would never buy a website from Flippa. I rather start my own from scratch and enjoy the journey. Today I run a successful digital marketing agency focusing on helping local businesses in my city and state. I run a successful cryptocurrency news/signals newsletter and a successful Amazon Affiliate site. I also speak at other people's events in my city but I don't sell any e-books or courses. I just give away free information and my knowledge.
Overall, scamming on any platform is not good for long term longevity. It is only good for short term gains. I recommend to focus your energy on providing value that impacts and helps people's lives. Good luck everyone with your websites, apps, or projects!
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