There are a number of ways you could build a website around this internet business idea, including a purely informational site, or a niche property listings site, or a combination of both.
Well explore both types of websites in this article, including ideas for making money with this idea.
The period home has always been popular with a certain segment of home buyers. Many people are vying for these types of classic homes nowadays, and people that own one are usually very attached to it.
I suppose the next question you would naturally be asking is, "What is a period home?"
A period home is a home that was built in the early twentieth century or older; Victorian homes are called period homes.
Craftsman Style Bungalows or Cape Cod Style homes are also examples of a period home.
People love owning period homes because of the history they offer and because of their unmatched architectural beauty and quality of construction.
However, though many people love period homes, it is rather difficult to find them, as they often get lost among lots of other home listings online.
In the end, these homes often end up being sold to someone who intends to knock down the home to build new houses or completely remodel its design, rather than to someone who wants to live in the house.
You could actually start a service to help match these home buyers and sellers by creating a website featuring information about the style of period home you choose, and offering listing space to home sellers so they can connect with home buyers who visit your site.
These websites target period homes in general, but it's smarter to target a niche style of home so you have less competition with this idea.
Research to find a type of period home to target that has a lot of nostalgia and history, and would provide great content to write about for your website.
Of course, to create a website like this, you will need to have a listing of period homes.
You could perhaps look around for period homes locally by checking local Realtor listings, and you can even expand this to as many areas as you want.
You would then have to contact these home sellers, or their listing agent to let them know about your website service.
A helpful tip to save you time on research would be to contact all the realty offices in your targeted area and let them know about your website. You could do this in person, by phone or even by mail.
A Realtor who has listed the type of period home you are targeting would be sure to let the homeowner know about your site, saving you the time of having to contact people individually.
To make money with this internet business idea you can charge a set fee for people to list their period homes on your website.
An amount like $70-$100 is a reasonable fee to charge to list the period home until the home sells.
You’ll find more ideas on how to make money with an informational version of this internet business idea further on in this article.
If you really love a certain type of period home, or just appreciate older homes in general this might be a fun and rewarding internet business idea for you.
You could consider your service to be a means of promoting and nurturing the love of period homes.
And it's is not that you are a real estate agent; you won’t be playing any part in the sales transaction of the house. You only provide people with the information on the location and perhaps some other general information about these types of houses.
You form a bridge to bring people together to help preserve heritage through the preservation of period homes.
You do not need to furnish any information on the period homes to the prospective buyers, except what is available in the listing on your site.
Your listing encourages the buyer to contact the respective owners or sellers of the period home they are interested in for more information about availability, condition and to arrange a showing of the house.
Creating An Informational Period Home Website
You can also create a purely content related period home website with lots of info about your chosen period home, including history, tips for maintenance and upkeep, décor, etc.
And if you want to combine both ideas into a website it would be best to build the content related website first to get traffic started and have a good showcase to add the listings too, and then add the listings as an add on.
Now as internet business ideas go this has a lot of potential and a small start up cost, mainly for the cost of building your website.
And building a website with my favorite website builder –
Site Build It
would work perfectly here.
Not only is Site Build It (SBI)
the best way to build a website
that gets traffic and earns an income, but SBI has a very inexpensive add on module (only $99.00 per year) that allows you to add a form to your website that allows visitors to send you content, pictures, etc., for you to add to your website.
You would be able to use this content form to add the listings to your niche property listings website. However, make sure that the information that you provide on the website is true, and up to date.
You will need to require photographs of the house for sale with your listing. This is because with the photo, people will get a better idea of what the house looks like, and to help them decide on whether or not they are interested in looking at the home.
This is a great way to have a website that other people help you build, and provide beautiful photos for.
And even if you opted to do just a content website, people who have period houses love showing them off and sharing about them and they would be sure to send you photos and info to feature on your site.
Content sharing is one of the best ways to build a website!
By building a platform that other people can share their love, appreciation, interest, opinions, etc., you have content written for you that helps you grow your website, and your income!
Now how would you make money with the content website model?
There are lots of affiliate marketing opportunities to explore here along with other monetization opportunities.
Affiliate marketing means that you partner with companies that sell products targeted to these types of homes and feature them on your site.
Here are just a few ideas:
1. You could also partner with sites like Amazon and eBay. Recommending books about these types of period homes on your site that people would buy would earn you commissions from Amazon.
2. Partner with home plan services to offer building plans for people wanting to build a new home incorporating the period style.
3. Directing people to listings on eBay for home décor and other items specific to the period home style you are writing about can also earn you commissions if your visitor bids and wins an auction.
4. Use ad content networks such as Google Adsense whose ads you can put on your site and you will get paid whenever a visitor clicks on them.
5. You might even come up with your own product to sell on your website, perhaps a calendar you design featuring some of these homes, or an ebook you write about specific maintenance issues and solutions for these homes.
Thinking of ways to monetize a website idea like this is easy, and with SBI you learn all about how to do this as part of their 10 day action plan.
And building a website like this would be a lot of fun, not to mention having the perks and flexibility of a home based business.
Just be sure to do lots of research to find the right period home niche to target.
SBI helps you to do this process too with their Brainstorm It keyword research tool, so you’ll find the right market to target and ensure your success with this business idea.
