Malaysian Blog Sold for USD$10,000

Filed in: Make Money Online, Malaysia, Weblog — November 9th, 2007

How much would you sell your blog for? A Malaysian blogger, Bob Jiwakacau, sold his 5 months old but good rankings blog “blog oh blog” for USD$10,000.

Blog Oh! Blog sold for USD$10,000

How good is the blog?

Blog Oh Blog is young (5 month old) and do not have high traffic (1000+ visitors/day), but it received good rankings such as PageRank 6, Technorati No.44, and Alexa 35,331.

How did the blog ranked so high?

One of the main reasons is because the blog received many incoming links from other blogs. Bob created some popular free WordPress themes. Every blog that uses his theme will link to his blog in the theme footer.

My two cents

It is not easy to have a blog in Technorati Top 50. Bob did that by offering free high quality WordPress themes. He has received the fruit of his hard work now. However, I think USD10,000 for the blog is under priced.

According to Bob, the main reason of blog selling is commitment to his work, and he cannot write in English well. That’s too bad. He probably can sell the blog for a lot more at its 1-year old milestone.

How much would you sell your blog for?

[hat tip: Inside My Frontal Lobe]

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  • http://www.riceblogger.com/ Rice Blogger

    his idea is great…

  • http://www.riceblogger.com Rice Blogger

    his idea is great…

  • http://www.nextplayground.com/ jared l.

    it’s just awesome work!

    i’m sure more folks will start to give a shot on producing templates…

  • http://www.nextplayground.com jared l.

    it’s just awesome work!

    i’m sure more folks will start to give a shot on producing templates…

  • http://www.blog.lankapo.com/ azlan a.raof

    his English is not very good? are u sure?

  • http://www.blog.lankapo.com azlan a.raof

    his English is not very good? are u sure?

  • http://www.friedbeef.com/ Friedbeef

    good job by him… 10k USD is a lot of cash :)

  • http://www.friedbeef.com Friedbeef

    good job by him… 10k USD is a lot of cash :)

  • http://fazlee.phixelgrafix.com/ fazlee

    still cant believe it… 5 month? well done…

  • http://fazlee.phixelgrafix.com fazlee

    still cant believe it… 5 month? well done…

  • http://www.sabahan.com/ gaman

    Yea the blog costs as much as a Kancil. It’s amazing how one’s digital “residue” could be value as much by those who understand its value.

    Anyhow, it’s strange the blog doesn’t show up in the offcial Technorati top 100 list.

    http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/

  • http://www.sabahan.com gaman

    Yea the blog costs as much as a Kancil. It’s amazing how one’s digital “residue” could be value as much by those who understand its value.

    Anyhow, it’s strange the blog doesn’t show up in the offcial Technorati top 100 list.

    http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/

  • http://digitalproductscenter.com/ Ainuddin

    At 1220 today I googled “link:www.blogohblog.com” and observed “8,580 linking to http://www.blogohblog.com“.
    I visit some of them to see their page source you would see “Designed by Blog Oh Blog”
    I’m selling many WP Templates at http://digitalproductscenter.com and observed the templates having many hidden links to the websites belonging to the makers of those templates. A very bad thing to do. So stay away from free and paid WP templates. Still a good buy if you care to look for those hidden links and remove them provided no copyright issue is involved.

  • http://digitalproductscenter.com Ainuddin

    At 1220 today I googled “link:www.blogohblog.com” and observed “8,580 linking to http://www.blogohblog.com“.
    I visit some of them to see their page source you would see “Designed by Blog Oh Blog”
    I’m selling many WP Templates at http://digitalproductscenter.com and observed the templates having many hidden links to the websites belonging to the makers of those templates. A very bad thing to do. So stay away from free and paid WP templates. Still a good buy if you care to look for those hidden links and remove them provided no copyright issue is involved.

  • http://www.andrewooi.com Andrew Ooi

    What’s wrong with having a link back to the creators of the theme?

    Nothing malicious there.

  • http://www.andrewooi.com/ Andrew Ooi

    What’s wrong with having a link back to the creators of the theme?

    Nothing malicious there.

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  • http://www.csssnap.com/ bob

    Hola! thank you all :) $10K? not much la.. lol.. who want the tips to get high rank? just email me.. :) Bob

  • http://www.csssnap.com bob

    Hola! thank you all :) $10K? not much la.. lol.. who want the tips to get high rank? just email me.. :) Bob

  • http://www.csssnap.com/ bob

    @gaman – yes, my BOB not in list for top100. (technorati) why? Technorati is supposed to only count links from blog posts content and not from credit links :)

    Please check this :)
    http://www.technorati.com/blogs/yahoo.com
    http://www.technorati.com/blogs/google.com
    http://www.technorati.com/blogs/wordpress.org

    The best WordPress Themes blog is Small Potato
    http://www.technorati.com/blogs/www.wpdesigner.com

    The API all same, but technorati had ways to split the TOP100. Technorati top 100 list is a quality blog. All of them not come from credit links but from post links :) So here i’m not proud of my Technorati rank at 44 when it sold. :) But i’m proud coz many people using my WordPress Themes. It boost without 5 month :) Cool bukan? lol

    Thanks
    Bob

  • http://www.csssnap.com bob

    @gaman – yes, my BOB not in list for top100. (technorati) why? Technorati is supposed to only count links from blog posts content and not from credit links :)

    Please check this :)
    http://www.technorati.com/blogs/yahoo.com
    http://www.technorati.com/blogs/google.com
    http://www.technorati.com/blogs/wordpress.org

    The best WordPress Themes blog is Small Potato
    http://www.technorati.com/blogs/www.wpdesigner.com

    The API all same, but technorati had ways to split the TOP100. Technorati top 100 list is a quality blog. All of them not come from credit links but from post links :) So here i’m not proud of my Technorati rank at 44 when it sold. :) But i’m proud coz many people using my WordPress Themes. It boost without 5 month :) Cool bukan? lol

    Thanks
    Bob

  • http://www.mohdrazif.com/ Overclock

    First time i heard the blog selling for 10K i think its very waste..But after i think again its one of good long term investment..

    My prediction the new owner can recover his 10K around 8 month from now.. Its only if the new owner have good plan..

    The blog has a good traffic & reader.. IMO its no problem to earn more than 1K a month.

    Anyway congrats to blogohblog because got a new great webmaster..

  • http://www.mohdrazif.com Overclock

    First time i heard the blog selling for 10K i think its very waste..But after i think again its one of good long term investment..

    My prediction the new owner can recover his 10K around 8 month from now.. Its only if the new owner have good plan..

    The blog has a good traffic & reader.. IMO its no problem to earn more than 1K a month.

    Anyway congrats to blogohblog because got a new great webmaster..

  • http://www.ageniklan.com/ Agen Iklan

    Wow. I know Bob. He has a good deal. Congrat for him.

  • http://www.ageniklan.com Agen Iklan

    Wow. I know Bob. He has a good deal. Congrat for him.

  • http://digitalproductscenter.com/ Ainuddin

    Blogging is a tough way to make money online – the reason why I don’t do much blogging except for linking purposes

    An article “Google Goes after the Everyday Blogger” written by PayPerPost’s CEO Ted Murphy reinforces my view.

    To read it click http://community.izea.com/blog/2007/11/google-goes-aft.html

  • http://digitalproductscenter.com Ainuddin

    Blogging is a tough way to make money online – the reason why I don’t do much blogging except for linking purposes

    An article “Google Goes after the Everyday Blogger” written by PayPerPost’s CEO Ted Murphy reinforces my view.

    To read it click http://community.izea.com/blog/2007/11/google-goes-aft.html

  • http://www.senikata.com/ adyy

    WOW…

    it seem like my favorite wordpress theme blog already went out from malaysian hand… ermm…

    bob, you should hold the blog more longer…
    longer = more money
    just my 2 cents :P

    anyway, congrats… :)

  • http://www.senikata.com adyy

    WOW…

    it seem like my favorite wordpress theme blog already went out from malaysian hand… ermm…

    bob, you should hold the blog more longer…
    longer = more money
    just my 2 cents :P

    anyway, congrats… :)

  • http://www.blogyourownbusiness.com/ speed

    I think he done a good job in a short 5 month with such result. But, selling with that price is too low. he actually can invite people who know english to blog at his site

  • http://www.blogyourownbusiness.com speed

    I think he done a good job in a short 5 month with such result. But, selling with that price is too low. he actually can invite people who know english to blog at his site

  • http://neoryan08.blogspot.com/ Daddy Keaton

    So sad, he can hav partner to do all the writting or blogging. while bob just maintained n do more free theme..

    anyway, since bob can do, i bet he can come up another new blog, with same concept perhaps ?

  • http://neoryan08.blogspot.com Daddy Keaton

    So sad, he can hav partner to do all the writting or blogging. while bob just maintained n do more free theme..

    anyway, since bob can do, i bet he can come up another new blog, with same concept perhaps ?

  • http://www.goalcentre.com/ goalcentre.com

    His themes are quite good.

  • http://www.goalcentre.com goalcentre.com

    His themes are quite good.

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