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://blog.miragestudio7.com/ Calvin

    what a waste, he could have made more than USD10,000 per year from adsense alone and subsequently more every year.

  • http://blog.miragestudio7.com Calvin

    what a waste, he could have made more than USD10,000 per year from adsense alone and subsequently more every year.

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

    Yeah. But it’s a good example. If you are a web designer.. just throw in some effort to get up some cool wordpress theme and you have a money maker !!

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

    Yeah. But it’s a good example. If you are a web designer.. just throw in some effort to get up some cool wordpress theme and you have a money maker !!

  • http://nikshikin.blogspot.com/ NikShikin

    Hm.. Good example for a successful designer.. But, what a waste?

  • http://nikshikin.blogspot.com NikShikin

    Hm.. Good example for a successful designer.. But, what a waste?

  • http://AhTim.com/ Tim

    It’s really a good idea to boost our blog popularity by design free quality wordpress themes.
    But might take longer for me, because design is not my profession :)

    –blog for dream–

  • http://AhTim.com Tim

    It’s really a good idea to boost our blog popularity by design free quality wordpress themes.
    But might take longer for me, because design is not my profession :)

    –blog for dream–

  • http://philipyong.com/ Philip Yong

    Well, i sold my blogspot blog for RM200. heh not a lot but not bad for a blogspot blog. heh

  • http://philipyong.com Philip Yong

    Well, i sold my blogspot blog for RM200. heh not a lot but not bad for a blogspot blog. heh

  • http://jeremylooi.blogspot.com/ Jeremy

    Wow.. USD10,000 for 5 months work! For me I think it is a very good beginning. Its around 2K/month.. not bad.. convert to RM.. around RM6XXX/month. it is more than what a manager can claim to earn every month.

    Good Job for Bob! Anyway.. where he sell out his blog? I mean the promotion part? Thru website or personal?

  • http://jeremylooi.blogspot.com Jeremy

    Wow.. USD10,000 for 5 months work! For me I think it is a very good beginning. Its around 2K/month.. not bad.. convert to RM.. around RM6XXX/month. it is more than what a manager can claim to earn every month.

    Good Job for Bob! Anyway.. where he sell out his blog? I mean the promotion part? Thru website or personal?

  • http://www.tebaboom-network.net/ Fahmishah

    if he monetize his blog and friendly SEO i’m sure he will get more than that

  • http://www.tebaboom-network.net Fahmishah

    if he monetize his blog and friendly SEO i’m sure he will get more than that

  • http://www.probloggerwedding.com/ colbert low

    wow not bad. USD10000 is enough to finance my wedding dinner this dec….sigh

  • http://www.probloggerwedding.com colbert low

    wow not bad. USD10000 is enough to finance my wedding dinner this dec….sigh

  • http://EdwardKhoo.com/ Edward Khoo

    USD$10,000 is definitely underrated, if he wait for 6-12 months later I am sure the price will be double

  • http://EdwardKhoo.com Edward Khoo

    USD$10,000 is definitely underrated, if he wait for 6-12 months later I am sure the price will be double

  • http://jeremylooi.blogspot.com/ Jeremy

    Hi Colbert,

    So nice! Congratulations!
    Next month is my wedding to!! hehe!

    If the $10,000 can go into my pocket.. wow! what a fat ang pow!

  • http://jeremylooi.blogspot.com Jeremy

    Hi Colbert,

    So nice! Congratulations!
    Next month is my wedding to!! hehe!

    If the $10,000 can go into my pocket.. wow! what a fat ang pow!

  • http://www.kucau.net/wp/ kucau

    thanks for the mention liew. well, personally i believe bob didnt wait longer becoz he couldn’t maintain the blog anymore. beside that, he has another blogs/sites to run , im sure he will sell those sites when the ranking is good.

  • http://www.kucau.net/wp/ kucau

    thanks for the mention liew. well, personally i believe bob didnt wait longer becoz he couldn’t maintain the blog anymore. beside that, he has another blogs/sites to run , im sure he will sell those sites when the ranking is good.

  • http://www.knocksomesense.com/ kss

    it is a good site which i wish i could afford to buy. i hope the new owner will update it regularly as the themes are great!

  • http://www.knocksomesense.com kss

    it is a good site which i wish i could afford to buy. i hope the new owner will update it regularly as the themes are great!

  • http://www.hot-screensaver.com Neo

    Liewcf, how much you want to sell yours?

  • http://www.hot-screensaver.com/ Neo

    Liewcf, how much you want to sell yours?

  • http://www.icalvyn.com/ iCalvyn

    english not good is just a minor problem, as long understandable and 1 more important is need to have good content.

    If the grammer not good, don write too much, more picture will do, “PICTURE WORTH THOUSAND WORD”,

    my english not good too, so i rather put more picture for my reader, more easy to understand

  • http://www.icalvyn.com iCalvyn

    english not good is just a minor problem, as long understandable and 1 more important is need to have good content.

    If the grammer not good, don write too much, more picture will do, “PICTURE WORTH THOUSAND WORD”,

    my english not good too, so i rather put more picture for my reader, more easy to understand

  • http://michaelwoo.net/ Michael Woo

    Yeah I saw the website – I think he priced is a little low lar I think he can get another $5k on top of $10k

    But it’s incredible – his blog is a pr6 blog. I think you can get alot more cash for PR6..

    Probably he just needs the cash..

  • http://michaelwoo.net Michael Woo

    Yeah I saw the website – I think he priced is a little low lar I think he can get another $5k on top of $10k

    But it’s incredible – his blog is a pr6 blog. I think you can get alot more cash for PR6..

    Probably he just needs the cash..

  • http://www.money-brooks.blogspot.com/ Brooks

    USD$10,000??
    wah awesome….
    someday i can do it so….
    i believe…n_N someday…haha

  • http://www.money-brooks.blogspot.com/ Brooks

    USD$10,000??
    wah awesome….
    someday i can do it so….
    i believe…n_N someday…haha

  • https://kclau.com/ KCLau

    That’s pretty low. The blog rank high in search engine for “wordpress theme”

  • https://kclau.com KCLau

    That’s pretty low. The blog rank high in search engine for “wordpress theme”

  • http://wpthemesplugin.com/ Moses Francis

    dang..maybe i can make more..hahaha, but true releasing wp themes is a good way to rank high in Technorati ;)

  • http://wpthemesplugin.com Moses Francis

    dang..maybe i can make more..hahaha, but true releasing wp themes is a good way to rank high in Technorati ;)

  • http://techmalaya.com/ Syahid Ali

    maybe bob is planning another world domination. even the price is a little bit underrated, that is quite an achievement. still, making EXCELLENT themes seems a good way in boosting someones blog rank, especially Technorati. Put your link inside the themes and watch the rank shoots up.

  • http://techmalaya.com Syahid Ali

    maybe bob is planning another world domination. even the price is a little bit underrated, that is quite an achievement. still, making EXCELLENT themes seems a good way in boosting someones blog rank, especially Technorati. Put your link inside the themes and watch the rank shoots up.

  • http://blog.techsnack.net/ dicky

    Wow, USD10,000. I doubt how his technorati rank so high? how he can get such ranking between 6 months? A lot of things have to learn…….

  • http://blog.techsnack.net dicky

    Wow, USD10,000. I doubt how his technorati rank so high? how he can get such ranking between 6 months? A lot of things have to learn…….

  • http://digitalproductscenter.com/ Ainuddin

    $10,000 is not a good price for a blog with very big potentials because there are so many one-way in-bound links from blogs using BOB’s free WP templates.

    Early this year I sold SEOgeek.com for a good price. Attractive prices are being offered for AdsenseForDummies.com and 1stGirl.com (both bought from auctions) but I don’t think I want to sell them since the domains themselves by the nature of their popular names for online dating and Adsense are getting good traffic without any SEO stuffs at all.

  • http://digitalproductscenter.com Ainuddin

    $10,000 is not a good price for a blog with very big potentials because there are so many one-way in-bound links from blogs using BOB’s free WP templates.

    Early this year I sold SEOgeek.com for a good price. Attractive prices are being offered for AdsenseForDummies.com and 1stGirl.com (both bought from auctions) but I don’t think I want to sell them since the domains themselves by the nature of their popular names for online dating and Adsense are getting good traffic without any SEO stuffs at all.

  • http://balootisme.blogspot.com/ baloot inc

    i also would like to thanks to BOB because of his template. i also use his template at my money making blog.

    my English is not good also BOB… it takes time to fluent English….

  • http://balootisme.blogspot.com baloot inc

    i also would like to thanks to BOB because of his template. i also use his template at my money making blog.

    my English is not good also BOB… it takes time to fluent English….

  • http://bravemaverick.com/ uner

    eventhough it’s underpriced, still 10 grand in USD is not a small amount..

  • http://bravemaverick.com uner

    eventhough it’s underpriced, still 10 grand in USD is not a small amount..

  • http://www.buttermind.com/ azamzaki

    Congratulation to Bob The site owner , its very good idea to gain popularity fast :) . I salute you

  • http://www.buttermind.com azamzaki

    Congratulation to Bob The site owner , its very good idea to gain popularity fast :) . I salute you

  • http://wpthemesplugin.com/ Moses Francis

    @dicky:

    It’s very possible to climb technorati rank even in 1 month.

  • http://wpthemesplugin.com Moses Francis

    @dicky:

    It’s very possible to climb technorati rank even in 1 month.

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