I have been offered to sell my site
Someone contacted me on my website's contact form, inquiring into buying my site from me.
I was intrigued and wondered what he would offer me for it. He wanted to know my traffic stats and monthly revenue. I told him the details, that I get almost 300 visitors a day and that I make up to $150 a month in affiliate revenue.
He got back to me and has offered to buy my site for $1800. To me, this isn't enough.
I decided, even before I knew his offer, that I would not sell for less than $3000. Now I wonder if I should tell him that.
Part of me wants to sell my site, and move on with what I have learned to a new site, but part of me does not want to part with my site, it feels like my baby. I have worked so hard on it, I don't want to give it up now.
What would you do?
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I wonder why to sell it? If your site will generate for you passive income through the time, it is not worth.
I agree with you, if I'm making $150/month in affiliate revenue then I'm not going to sell it for 2 reasons. One: that's $150. With that being said, it covers your cost for WA($47), it covers the cost for the basic upgrade of Jaaxy ($19), and cost of an email marketing company such as the one I use, GetResponse($15). That leaves you with $69 of profit that you can either put up or place back into your business with paid traffic or PPC marketing. So no I wouldn't dare sell it, not after all the hard work you've put into it.
Hello NemiraB, well that's a compliment if someone would like to buy a site. If you are building up a site to help another because they just do not know how to and choose not to learn that's one thing, but if it's your niche, and your loving it......don't sell, and enjoy the income. Even if it is producing a small amount of money....it makes for a nice little nest egg. I say don't sell unless your bored of it, and want to go on to something else.
Hello
I used to create and sell sites as a full time job and when I checked out your site on a Trust Rating site I used as your site is a new one its trust rating is only 59% and valued at $1231.62
Going by this info the offer of $1800 seems like a pretty good deal.
I wouldn't have accepted that if it had been one of mine.
I would have waited until the trust rating and value had increased.
Robert
My site is over a year old, but I moved it to WA hosting just 6 months ago, would that effect it's trust-ability?
Yes indeed. As it is now under WA it will be classed as 'New'.
I have one site that is over 4 years old and its only valued at just over $5,000.
But then again I haven't bothered with it for well over a year.
Robert
$3,000 is too low. I think he is buying cheap and pump in the traffic for this so that he can make a higher benefit.
My advice is if you aren't ready to sell, don't. Keep on working on the site as I can see the potential in it for your other post.
Iohn
Hi
I think you need to determine value that you are comfortable with. You need to consider the potential growth you can envisage for the future in this site. Have you explored all the potential income sources? Is it a topic you are content to leave to someone else to manage? You will need to consider carefully the terms of sale such that you can build another site in the same genrè in the future if you want to.
Finally do you think this is a one off buyer or if you put your site up for sale others would be interested?
Cheers
It is weird, because this is the same guy who called me months prior about joining his affiliate network called jumbleberry.
There are too many factors to wage in to give you an estimated worth. If you want to PM me and talk about it you can. However, I can say, that at $1800 he is low balling you. If he was serious about it. I would deny the offer and ask if he is open to negotiations. That is of course, you truly want to sell.
It's not a matter of well.. "if the money is right" You either are willing to part with it 100%.. or you want to keep it 100%
I would be willing to part with it if I was blown away with the price. I would have to fell like it is too good of a deal to pass up.
I would count up the hours (at least a close estimate) and multiply that number by $20 - which is a reasonable hourly rate, in my opinion. Let's say you've put in 200 hours building and maintaining your site - that's $8,000. Then add one year's worth of estimated revenues at your current rate of income - $150 X 12 = $1,800.
Start the negotiations at $10,000 and work from there. You will probably have to come down some, but only sell if you feel well paid for it. Sure you can quickly build up another site with what you now know, but this one already has momentum, and in a year or two's time, who knows? ... it could be hauling in a thousand dollars or more per month.
Hi,
I think 3000 is not enough, in 20 months he has his investment back and you did not count all the time and effort you have put in the site as Ron says...
But I don't know why you wouldn't start with a new site and keep also the one you have now...
Maybe within 6 months it goes up to $300 a month...
No no, $3000 does not change your life...
If it was $10000 or $15000 you should do it maybe, but why does the guy wants to buy your site, what are his plans?
Did he tell you that?
Just a personal opinion...
Grtz,
Bert
He said he wants to acquire a site in the niche I am in, he probably wants to have the base work done for him.
always a tricky thing, however I would say thank you for your offer but you would not consider selling it for less than 3000
Great answer, start negotiating at the price of $3000,00, tell him to come with a better offer. When you have worked 1000 hours on it, you monetized it, so 1000 x $5,- == at least $5000
I m not sure what I would do if I was offered something for one of mine. Like you part of me would be torn. It takes a lot of work to get a site up and running so from that perspective they are personal attachments. At the same time if you can generate profitable sites selling them is another source of revenue. I guess ask yourself if 3000. pays for the time and effort you put into the site.
Best wishes.
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I agree with Robert it is a fair offer but you can do better.
I think so too :)