Thousands of people make money online with hundreds of different methods. They may do freelance work designing web sites or programming to name a couple.

Buying and flipping websites is one widely used method, but many people think you have to buy expensive sites and flip them for a ton of money to get any real profit. That would require large investments that not everyone has available. This is not so. I will tell you how to flip sites with just a basic HTML knowledge and photo shop ability.

Find websites for sale online and look for a super clean site. You really want one that isn’t cluttered with graphics. You should get something between $10 and $20.

One thing you will need for almost any avenue of online money making is photo editing ability. People like sites that are appealing to the eyes, with unique headers and logos. You want to be pretty fast at editing and put up some custom graphics.

Once you add the logo and custom header, it is mostly marketing. Make sure to bring out all the positive traits of the site you are selling. Mention the fact that the content is unique and hand written. Mention that the logo and header are custom. If the site is a high paying adsense niche like insurance or bank terms, make sure they know that.

List the site on ebay for $1. That seems super low since you may have spent $20 on it, but that isn’t where you get the money from. Their are tons of new guys looking to buy sites on Ebay. If they are new they will need hosting. You can offer the $1 price if they sign up for hosting under your affiliate link.

Hostgator pays a min. of $50 for each sign up you bring them. The customer only pays you $1, but you make $50 from the transaction. That is double your investment.