https://flippa.com/auctions/109871/630pm-Ebook-Design-Service-w-Adsense-Income----Google-Page-1---REAL-BUSINESS

Some months passed, it always took the seller forever to answer my emails and finally transfer the site.

Fact is he put revenues as estimates on the sale page which were supposed to amount to more than $600.

More than 3 months after I can safely say I had 0 sales and just 4 inquiries (but see later about this).

When I complained the first time that no one was contacting me on the site I received 4 enquiries from @gmail.com addresses within 3 days, none of those turned into a sale.

I suspect he's sending fake hits because google analytics shows 85-90% traffic as type-in, which can hardly be the case.

So it seems that a lot of data in the auction was bogus (revenue and visits mainly), but I had no idea until I purchased the site.

I have tried contacting the seller, who seems a nice guy on the outside, but without any answers in the last 3 weeks.

Is there anything else I can do beside swallowing up the loss and try to promote the site anyway?

Anything else I could have done better in the due diligence phase?

We all make errors, I'm sharing mine so that you know to do better due diligence next time you buy a web property.