I have never been one to pay a lot of money for a website. In fact, I’ve never purchased a site for more than $15, and even then I still feel weird about buying them. I don’t know what it is, but I always feel like I’m making a mistake. Today, however, was different. I bought a site today for $130. I am usually so cheap, I can’t believe I did it. It took me like 4 hours to pull the trigger. I was debating back and forth on whether or not to make the purcahse.

So you may be wondering what site I bought. Well, that’s the funny part. I didn’t buy a normal content site. I bought a proxy site! It’s called MySpace Bypass I know, I know… some of you probably hate proxy sites, but I was told by a friend on MSN that proxy sites can be an easy way to earn a couple bucks a day. The big issue with owning proxy sites is finding a host that allows them. The previous owner agreed to host the site for me for free for 1 month. I can either use that time to find a new host or he will charge me $10/mo from there after. However, if the traffic increases he will charge more.

So let’s talk about the stats. At first I thought the stats were too good for this price, and if the stats hold up … then I got a hell of a deal. But honestly, do stats ever hold up after a sale of a site? No, for some reason they never do. So far this month the site has received 2500 uniques! That’s 300+ a day. The site is only a little over a month old. Traffic has been increasing a little bit every day. According to the revenue screenshots he sent me, the site makes anywhere from $0.50-$3.00 a day. It fluxuates depending on the days of the week. Proxy sites don’t make nearly as much money or have as much traffic on Weekends because people aren’t in school and work.

I plan on adding at least 15 more proxy top sites to my site. Hopefully this can bring in another 40+ uniques a day. Another way I plan to market this is through MySpace bulletins. I would love to spread the word on MySpace about this site to get all the kiddies in school aware of it. I will also add it to my MySpace Directory and Layout Pimps. This might bring in another 10-15 uniques a day. Ultimately the best way to promote this site is word of mouth.

I have my work cut out for me. I’m taking on an unfamiliar project. I’ve never owned a proxy site, and I’ve actually never really used one either. I figured the worst case scenerio is I can sell the site in a week or two for what I paid for it or more.

I will be doing A TON of updating to a lot of domains I haven’t mentioned here. So keep checking back this weekend as I fill you in on the progress.