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hzarabet
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Selling an internet business - 3/11/2007 16:49:12
Hi all:
Does anyone have any experience in selling a strictly interent business? Does anyone any trustworthy business brokers that specialize in interent businesses?
I figure if I can sell my busness for the change left under the table at the YouTube sale I'd be set for life
Howard
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RE: Selling an internet business - 3/13/2007 10:09:19
Howard,
I have not replied in hopes that someone with different experience would be able to help you, but since no one has volunteered - here is my 2¢.
I have sold many internet based businesses over the last several years. Most of them were variations of ecommerce sites that had some form of shipping, credit card processing or customer service involved. The other sites were monetized via Adsense or Affiliate programs. I also track the sales of web sites for my personal use and will base my answer upon *my* real world experience rather than hype, college textbooks or unrealistic emotions.
I know there are other places that sell sites - just Google for them, but I don't know how well they work. Here is my list of places to sell:
1. Sitepoint - there are some serious buyers (deep pockets) that watch the sitepoint marketplace for good business opportunities. Generally, the more money you are asking for your business the more traditional business information you should be able to provide.
2. dnforum.com - this can be an easy place to sell a quality website/business, but you should expect offers to be less than Sitepoint. Domainstate.com, NamePros.com and webhostingtalk.com are also places where to can expect to sell a quality site.
3. EBAY - I have sold a few sites on EBAY.
4. Forum Stealth Campaign - Not that you are trying to do that here, but it is a good plan. I remember someone selling a high priced ($350k) site on Webmasterworld by at first just discussing how much money their site made, how easy it was to run and that if they wanted to sell - how would they go about it? It was a clever strategy that paid off with a WMW member purchasing her site.
That's about it. Certainly there are other sites, but these are the ones that I usually sell from. My first stop is SitePoint.com and if I can't sell there after a couple of attempts I move on to the steps. I have never bought or sold a site while using a broker service - so I can't help you there. You may want to Google for other options.
Good luck.
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hzarabet
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RE: Selling an internet business - 3/13/2007 10:31:23
As always, thank you for sharing you wisdom Mojo!
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RE: Selling an internet business - 6/19/2008 14:44:06
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ORIGINAL: Mojo
Howard,
I have not replied in hopes that someone with different experience would be able to help you, but since no one has volunteered - here is my 2¢.
I have sold many internet based businesses over the last several years. Most of them were variations of ecommerce sites that had some form of shipping, credit card processing or customer service involved. The other sites were monetized via Adsense or Affiliate programs. I also track the sales of web sites for my personal use and will base my answer upon *my* real world experience rather than hype, college textbooks or unrealistic emotions.
I know there are other places that sell sites - just Google for them, but I don't know how well they work. Here is my list of places to sell:
1. Sitepoint - there are some serious buyers (deep pockets) that watch the sitepoint marketplace for good business opportunities. Generally, the more money you are asking for your business the more traditional business information you should be able to provide.
2. dnforum.com - this can be an easy place to sell a quality website/business, but you should expect offers to be less than Sitepoint. Domainstate.com, NamePros.com and webhostingtalk.com are also places where to can expect to sell a quality site.
3. EBAY - I have sold a few sites on EBAY.
4. Forum Stealth Campaign - Not that you are trying to do that here, but it is a good plan. I remember someone selling a high priced ($350k) site on Webmasterworld by at first just discussing how much money their site made, how easy it was to run and that if they wanted to sell - how would they go about it? It was a clever strategy that paid off with a WMW member purchasing her site.
That's about it. Certainly there are other sites, but these are the ones that I usually sell from. My first stop is SitePoint.com and if I can't sell there after a couple of attempts I move on to the steps. I have never bought or sold a site while using a broker service - so I can't help you there. You may want to Google for other options.
Good luck.
although there hasn't been a post for a while, I wanted to comment that this technique for selling an internet business has been known to work, and it has been laid out very well here.
All the best.
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