$200,000 for my website, I don't want to sell...
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oh! another thing... how bitchin is the domain?
i mean if you have fuckin' "fatloss.com" or something like that, you seriously need to re-evaluate your situation, and ask for a shitload more than 200k
i mean if you have fuckin' "fatloss.com" or something like that, you seriously need to re-evaluate your situation, and ask for a shitload more than 200k
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It's hard to give any actionable advice without knowing the specifics, but please tell me you're building a list.
Take the money man, easy choice if it's only doing 40k a year right now. Then take that money and build 5 others
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is that you?!
that site looks like 1999.
is that you?!
that site looks like 1999.
You clearly have no idea what you are doing. I would suggest you wait a while before you actually understand site value, and how to monetize a site properly. If someone is seriously interested in your website and is willing to go above $200k, there is some serious value attached to your website. They are very interested, clearly, and will not give up as they probably flip websites like yours all the time.
Start building email lists from your visitors if you can, try out 20-30 different CPA offers for display campaigns, split-test as much as fucking possible, and evaluate your results over a 30 day period before even CONSIDERING accepting the $200k offer. If anything, that offer will still be on the table in 30 days and you will have a better idea if your site can be monetized enough to keep it.
Sounds to me like you have a website that took off by random chance. Figure out your demo and monetize accordingly. If you think you can't handle all of the above your self, seriously consider hiring someone to help you monetize your site and pay them well so they do a decent job.
Start building email lists from your visitors if you can, try out 20-30 different CPA offers for display campaigns, split-test as much as fucking possible, and evaluate your results over a 30 day period before even CONSIDERING accepting the $200k offer. If anything, that offer will still be on the table in 30 days and you will have a better idea if your site can be monetized enough to keep it.
Sounds to me like you have a website that took off by random chance. Figure out your demo and monetize accordingly. If you think you can't handle all of the above your self, seriously consider hiring someone to help you monetize your site and pay them well so they do a decent job.
agreed. i think you should be absolutely positive that you've maximized your sites potential before letting it go. once you've figured that out then decide if it's worth it to keep it. you don't wanna find yourself regretting the decision to sell it after realizing you got low balled.
It's obvious they are either really stupid or know something about your market that you may never realize. Regardless of the case, I would say offer it for even more so you don't get low balled in negotiations.
I would then explain to them that you have not even started to really scale promotion of the site and haven't really tried to monetize the traffic yet, which makes a case for an even higher sales price given the potential.
Take the money from the sale an invest it in another 10 - 15 web properties. If 2 or 3 of them reach similar potential in another year's time and you can get similar offers, you can double or triple your cash easily.
Or you can hope your site's future in the bush is worth more than the $200K in hand.
I would then explain to them that you have not even started to really scale promotion of the site and haven't really tried to monetize the traffic yet, which makes a case for an even higher sales price given the potential.
Take the money from the sale an invest it in another 10 - 15 web properties. If 2 or 3 of them reach similar potential in another year's time and you can get similar offers, you can double or triple your cash easily.
Or you can hope your site's future in the bush is worth more than the $200K in hand.
Something is wrong with this picture... I cant see why any company would offer 200K for a website with only 15K uniques a day. I'm not saying that's chickenfeed, don't get me wrong, but it's not exactly buyout material.
However, they might just have a killer product in your niche that they feel will make them a ton of money because of your high SEO rankings. Or, they like your domain. Or, both.
How about countering with 400K as is, or 200K + 2-5% lifetime royalties of sales they make, to be audited by your accountant yada yada yada. Either way you win, even if their product fails you still made enough money to pat yourself on the back.
Good job either way man, I like to hear success stories like this. Be proud you got this far.
However, they might just have a killer product in your niche that they feel will make them a ton of money because of your high SEO rankings. Or, they like your domain. Or, both.
How about countering with 400K as is, or 200K + 2-5% lifetime royalties of sales they make, to be audited by your accountant yada yada yada. Either way you win, even if their product fails you still made enough money to pat yourself on the back.
Good job either way man, I like to hear success stories like this. Be proud you got this far.
If someone comes at you easily (maybe a little too easily) with a $200K offer, you should make it a priority to find out who you are dealing with.
If they are not trying to scam you, they will not have too much of a problem meeting with you when it comes to showing them potentially sensitive information about your site, which any serious buyer will definitely want to see.
If it comes to this, it would be a very good idea to involve professionals such as a CPA and legal counsel; this is money well spent, as they will let you know very quickly if the people you are dealing with are legit.
You could take about $20-40,000 and outsource some of the technical aspects and grunt work to start several projects over the next year. Make them diverse so you will not be dependent on a specific market.
If they are not trying to scam you, they will not have too much of a problem meeting with you when it comes to showing them potentially sensitive information about your site, which any serious buyer will definitely want to see.
If it comes to this, it would be a very good idea to involve professionals such as a CPA and legal counsel; this is money well spent, as they will let you know very quickly if the people you are dealing with are legit.
You could take about $20-40,000 and outsource some of the technical aspects and grunt work to start several projects over the next year. Make them diverse so you will not be dependent on a specific market.
Alot of issues vome in to play here. What do you think you can do with the site. Can you make what they want to give you and get even more. Could you use that $200k on something else you fell you could develop.
I do like the idea of percentage of sales from the site. If they think they can make way more than you. Something like $100k upfront and a 15% profit sharing could be a real nice residual income.
If they do have that much to get the site. Remember to pick their brain on what they plan on doing. Offer some service to help them achieve that to get you residual.
Give them a buyout option after 1 or 2 years for 1 year worth of income. Just some random ideas.
I do like the idea of percentage of sales from the site. If they think they can make way more than you. Something like $100k upfront and a 15% profit sharing could be a real nice residual income.
If they do have that much to get the site. Remember to pick their brain on what they plan on doing. Offer some service to help them achieve that to get you residual.
Give them a buyout option after 1 or 2 years for 1 year worth of income. Just some random ideas.
sell the site for 200K, then sell me your niche for an additional $200 ... I will hire you as a consultant and we will start over ... LOL jk
Sell it, quickly!
Sell it, quickly!
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