I started my internet marketing career in mid 2004 with a couple of network marketing affiliate programs. I tried hard to make these work and ultimately these two never made me any money. Then later that year I came across a plug in website business that teaches you how to create your own site and market it. Through this program I became involved with other network marketing programs, single level affiliate programs, email marketing, building lists, article marketing, membership sites, adsense income and other ways to make money online.

However, I really didn't have the success I was looking for as an internet marketer until I did two things:

1. Build my own sites.

2. Buy existing sites.

When I started doing this I wasn't really planning to sell the sites. I just wanted to earn some income from selling products on the sites and increase my adsense income. However, I at some point decided to try to make some quick money from the sites that were generating traffic and money. Why? Well, at that time I needed some extra income above the monthly amount I was making.

The great thing about building a website that gets traffic and earns some income is that you have created something others want. Others are looking to buy web sites to build up their income and are willing to pay a good amount for web sites. You can get anywhere from 6 to 36 times your monthly income by selling a site. perhaps even more if you have a high traffic site with great potential.

So now, my main focus online is to build and buy websites with the intent of eventually selling them. I call this flipping web sites. I even wrote an e book about the subject called Flip Web sites: The Difinitive Guide. More and more people are finding out about this under appreciated way to earn a few extra bucks or perhaps a huge full time income on-line.

Tim Phelan has been making a fulltime living online since mid 2004. He now has started writing and sharing how he does this.

http://www.flipwebsites.com

http://timphelansblog.blogspot.com