A few months ago, I made a post about creating a Website Galaxy with an internal linking structure that would hopefully provide a more immediate and relevant indexing and SEO juice to the “sun” site. Well… now I’m selling it.

The network of sites had limited success, mostly due to my limited interest in developing the network. The site is AlliReview.com, a website about the first ever over the counter weight loss drug approved by the FDA. The product was and is a huge success but the bottom line is I didn’t and don’t care about the pill. It didn’t interest me. I had no motivation to build the network. I had other sites and domains I actually WANTED to work on that I considered FUN. And while I’ve eaten a few too many slices of pizza… I just couldn’t relate to the product enough to enjoy developing.

So, in short, the websites have sat idle for the past few months – I haven’t even checked their stats until today when I decided to put it up for sale on Sitepoint. Here is the link to the listing:

I sincerely think that whoever buys it can turn it into a monstrous success if they put the work into promoting and monetizing properly. I didn’t do that.

So I guess I’ve learned a few lessons from this and I thought I’d share them with you:

• Build sites around topics you care about and enjoy if you intend to keep them for long. I already hate my 9-5 job… why work on websites that I don’t enjoy building? You hear this over and over and over but this finally illustrated the fact on  a personal level.
• Have one of two game plans: build one site and build it really, really well or build a quick site and set it and forget it. This website galaxy combination proved to be too tedious, repetitive and boring. If it were on a small 1 site scale that would have been fine… but over 20 sites where I had to write all the content and set up each site myself? Yuck. Had I just registered AlliReview.com and built that single site to the best of my ability, I think I would have worked harder and just been able to keep it and make a couple hundred a month. But seeing 20 sites on my list of things to do knowing that I despised working on them because the topic was boring really bothered me. So I put it off and none of the sites ended up as successful as I wanted them to be.
• Boring but the opportunity is too good? Set it and resell it. I could have purchased a FEW of these domains initially, built them quickly and put them up for sale almost immediately on sitepoint. The Alli buzz was peaking and I could have probably netted some good money just by trying to make a quick flip.
• Think before you register. These domains were based on breaking news that I read so I simply piled up my shopping cart and bought them up as soon as possible. Some domains are really good others aren’t too ripe for the picking. Oh well.

Moreover, I think I’ve learned a TON since trying to build this website galaxy. This can be illustrated by my recent site that has been earning $50-$100 every day for the past month. And, I just registered another domain that I honestly think I’ll be able to do the same with. Time will tell.

This will actually be my first “sale” of ANYthing if this goes through. The min bid is set for $500 and the domains themselves cost $150 so I imagine it shouldn’t be a problem. The BIN is set to $5,000 and I honestly think that could be a bargain for someone who wants to develop these sites. When January and New Year’s Resolutions come around I’m sure traffic will spike. AND, you’ve got 2 full months to prepare the sites and get them performing at a nice clip.

So yup, that’s it, the Galaxy is for SALLLEEEEEEE. I’ve actually got a TON more to talk about…. but it will have to wait at least a couple days. I’m eager to tell you about some recent successes… I think by this time next year I MIGHT be able to quit my day job. Oh… and I have a job interview on Friday. OH, wish reminds me… CRAZINESS has ensued at work – and not the good kind.

I’m rambling…. back to work!