Turnkey Websites, Are They Worth It?
I received the following email on Saturday morning. I like to post stuff like this so more than just one person can learn from the question.
do you no any one that has bought a website from turnkeynation i was
thinking about it can you help.
i dont no 2 much about where to find info about websites to see if there
scams please help .
thank you jr
Hello JR,
I don’t know of anyone who has bought a website from Turnkey Nation. But I can think of 3 good reasons off the top of my head why I wouldn’t buy a website from them.
Reason #1: Chances are, Turnkey Nation (TKN) is selling duplicate websites. You might buy a website from them to sell Teddy Bears. TKN has sold that same exact website to other people. The website may have a different name, maybe even a different look, but the content is the same. Google clearly states in their guidelines not to have websites with duplicate content. Read under Quality Guidelines - Specific recommendations.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/webmasters/guidelines.html
When you build your own website, you can control the content. If you don’t know HTML, you can go with an OScommerce site, which is what TKN is selling.
Reason #2: Turnkey websites sell the same products as other turnkey websites. Like the sites being duplicated, so are the sells of the product. Even if the turnkey website sold a niche product that not too many people were selling, more and more people would get a turnkey website from the same place trying to sell the same product. Eventually, everybody and their brother would be trying to sell the same product. Competition drives your profit margin down in the dirt.
Reason #3: TKN is charging between $400-500 for a drop ship website. They are OScommerce websites. They look like templates sites. You can get a fully loaded OScommerce template for around $150. All you need is a product to sell, preferably something as niche as possible. Then you have to load your product and you are ready to go.
If you want to buy an already built website. I would recommend checking out website sells in Forums like forums.digitalpoint.com and http://www.v7n.com/forums/. There are many others. I for the most part, prefer building my own.
If you have any more questions, feel free to email me. I will be posting this email in my blog for others who might have the same question.
Thanks,
Jon
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I can tell you from experience that turnkey websites that are built from generic web templates are not profitable. Most of these sites perform poorly (don’t generate sales and profit) because they lack quality in the areas of design, content, and usability. Please do not waste your money.
Very good suggestions and although the person in question may not know a lot about building a website, the forums you listed are a wealth of info to get started.
You could easily save $400 by doing it yourself.