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Looking to buy a website or web domain? Perhaps you’re looking to sell your current website.. Either way, you need to know the best places to buy and sell your website.

There are a number of directories, forums, and marketplaces that allow webmasters and business consumers purchase and bid on web properties. Some of these forums have strict bidding processes and secure transactions, while you may be warned that some sites do not have the strictest guidelines and you may get burned. Remember, if it’s too good to be true, the other guy’s a Nigerian Prince.

The best places to buy and sell your websites:

Sedo.com

Sedo is definitely one of the most popular domain-exchange sites on the internet. They’re built into products like 1and1.com and allow you to easily park domains, and have bidders come to you. They have about 362k visitors per month and millions of domains for sale, definitely an A+ site.

BuySellWebsite.com

These guys actually have a team backing them, and they get about 17k visitors per month from Compete, so they have a good collection of products for sale, including domains as well as currently existing web properties.

DealaSite.com

These guys have an auction-type bidding system where you can make bids on properties in the hopes of grabbing them at a discounted rate, as well as giving site-owners the ability to sell their properties more quickly. These guys get 9k visitors and have about 1,000 properties currently for sale.

SitePoint Marketplace

These guys are also in the big boys when it comes to domain-exchanges. Of their services offered, you can sell advertising space, sell domain names, buy premium websites, hire employees, exchange links, and about 20 other similar services. With 600k visitors per month, you should definitely start your hunt here, but be warned, since it’s such a big exchange, you may pay inflated prices and will be bidding against everyone else in the world.

WebsiteBroker

One of the nicest interfaces when it comes to the domain brokers, these guys have a quality system that allows you to buy and sell domains and websites, buy and sell premium websites, and even get your website appraised for its sale value. At about 20k visitors per month, these guys are a great place for quality content, and I’m sure we’ll be seeing them grow quickly in the future.

BizBuySell

This directory is actually an all-around online business exchange. You can buy and sell pretty much any business in the world. You can also find brokers who will help you buy or sell your business, and help you maximize your dollar amount. In addition to web domains, you can also find franchises, which is a nice plus for a web directory. With 240k visitors per month, this is a powerhouse that definitely should be checked out.

Tidget

Tidget is one of the smaller marketplaces covered in this best of, but definitely something you shouldn’t ignore. They offer a variety of services including websites, domains, content, graphics, advertisements, link exchanges, and even software licenses. Their listings are pretty sparse at only 2k visitors per month, but be sure to keep checking back here for some great content in the future.

Digital Point Forum

Some of the best places to find quality web-content and domains are the forums spread across the web. And digital point doesn’t disappoint. With forum topics ranging from adsense help to link-building techniques, Site Point covers it all. Their buy sell trade directory is a great place to find great domains and sell your product to fellow members who know their shit, so to speak, when it comes to web site management. At over 800k visitors per month, these guys are the powerhouse.

Wicked Point Forums

Like the guys at digital point, forums are where it’s at when it comes to buying and selling domains. Wicked Fire is a newer site than digital point, but their content is the same and you might say better in some areas. Their biggest discussions come from affiliate marketing, traffic building, and design, development & programming. At 80k visitors per month, this is a fast-growing community that has a great selection of content and advice.