What would you be willing to sell your bread and butter site for?

Ramster · 2013-08-20, 05:37 PM

If it is a solid business model there are people/companies out there that will pay 2 years revenue, maybe more.

For example, years ago (and today even) it was thought that 18 months income for a pay site (member site with monthly rebilling members) was a good sell. But really that is a bit of a low ball. First off those rebilling members are gold because you know they are willing to use their credit card so if you have other products you can sell them there too increasing revenue instantly! Secondly you count the past member email database you acquire, it's huge and again more customers that at one point were willing to use their credit card. Then you have traffic base, can you sell more as the new owner than the old owner and so on...

So from the sounds of your site I would no way in hell sell for 1 year's income!

I have a residual income and can tell you even with minimal effort you will make 5 fold a year's income if it is stable to begin with. Mine has!

JK · 2013-08-20, 08:54 PM

I'm not really pushing to sell the site, the problem is I am getting countless emails from people wanting to purchase it. Probably because I'm doing such a terrible job of maintaining it.

Thanks for the responses so far, they're in line with what my thinking is. One interesting discussion I've had recently was the fact that since my site is small, commissions are based on a sliding scale with the larger affiliates getting 40% of revenue, smaller affiliates, such as myself only receive 25%.

If I went into partnership with a larger website/company/person/group, we could split the 40%, I'd be getting access to more content/reach/whatever and only getting slightly less of a percentage with potentially a lot more actual revenue.

The only reason I've considered selling is because life's hard, and I don't know if I want to sit in front of a computer forever.

2013-08-20, 05:37 PM	#1
Ramster Life is good Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 11,872	If it is a solid business model there are people/companies out there that will pay 2 years revenue, maybe more. For example, years ago (and today even) it was thought that 18 months income for a pay site (member site with monthly rebilling members) was a good sell. But really that is a bit of a low ball. First off those rebilling members are gold because you know they are willing to use their credit card so if you have other products you can sell them there too increasing revenue instantly! Secondly you count the past member email database you acquire, it's huge and again more customers that at one point were willing to use their credit card. Then you have traffic base, can you sell more as the new owner than the old owner and so on... So from the sounds of your site I would no way in hell sell for 1 year's income! I have a residual income and can tell you even with minimal effort you will make 5 fold a year's income if it is stable to begin with. Mine has! __________________ Pornstar Legends \| Live Cam Model Shows \| Hungarian Girls Skype: robmurray999

2013-08-20, 08:54 PM	#2
JK Well you know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 157	I'm not really pushing to sell the site, the problem is I am getting countless emails from people wanting to purchase it. Probably because I'm doing such a terrible job of maintaining it. Thanks for the responses so far, they're in line with what my thinking is. One interesting discussion I've had recently was the fact that since my site is small, commissions are based on a sliding scale with the larger affiliates getting 40% of revenue, smaller affiliates, such as myself only receive 25%. If I went into partnership with a larger website/company/person/group, we could split the 40%, I'd be getting access to more content/reach/whatever and only getting slightly less of a percentage with potentially a lot more actual revenue. The only reason I've considered selling is because life's hard, and I don't know if I want to sit in front of a computer forever. __________________ To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems