Can I sell a multi-million dollar idea?

I have a multi-million dollar idea for a website and wanted to know if its possible to sell it without having to go through all the work of getting it set up and running?

i found out last night that the site im trying to build is going to require me to have a support team or something like that so that it can be ran..does anybody know how i can get a support team like that and how much they cost?

I don't quite get it. If you have a multi-million dollar idea, why would you want to sell it instead of setting it up and making the money for yourself?

i dont have a support team to help me get it started or the money or experience.

There's what's called "Venture Capitalists", who are basically people with a boatload of money who wait for people to come to them with well thought out ideas & the drive to make those ideas come to life, so they can fund those ideas for a handsome return.

If you're positive it's a "multi-million-dollar" idea, research it thoroughly, document everything, put together a presentation that would make you want to invest in the idea if the shoe was on he other foot, and start looking for VC investors to pitch the idea to.

You really need to have the idea well thought out though, and when I say thought out I mean written down. If you lack experience in something, research the costs associated with hiring people to fill in that gap. A lot of running a business is finding the right people to do the things you can't or don't have time to do.

In a nutshell, by the time you start looking for a VC, the only thing you should need is money to put things in action.

what do i have to do to copyright the idea, because id like to have it copyrighted before i start talking to anyone about it?

unfortunately i don't think you can copyright an idea like that, nor can u patent anything. You need something to copyright first, a trademark for example.

i'm sure your idea is probably a good one but don't get carried away with your enthusiasm, just get a quote.

before i start talking to anyone about my idea and getting the website funded and up and running i want to know how i can copyright it so nobody steals it?

thank you

wat do you mean "just get a quote?"

i found out yesterday im going to need more money than i have to start my website and was wondering if anyone here has used a business plan and gone through a venture capital to get funding for a website?

You can copyright the website. I don't believe you can copyright the idea unless that per chance falls into intellectual copyright (I didn't check that closely)

You can learn how to copyright here
http://www.copyright.gov/

If you simply want to sell your idea as per your previous post, your best bet is to obtain a contractual arrangement with an interested party and have a lawyer that's well versed in that kind of thing review (or write) the contract before you and the interested party sign it.

You can't sell ideas ...

Inventions, you can sell.

Breeze, you most definitely can sell ideas. Didn't you read Joebert's post above?

Nope, I skimmed but obviously missed the point ...

I thought ideas to be unpatentable and free of copyright (the latter unless it's written) ...

Meh ... as in the Young Einstein movie, "What do you wish me to do, sir? Patent your head?"

Nope ... I think it'd be much easier just to put a little away at a time to save up, unless it's an astronomical amount of money.