Well Established PR 3 Forum - Good Alexa Rank - Over 2600 Members - MASSIVE Traffic

FOR SALE:
http://tinyurl.com/ye3uez
Running on SMF
Mods: Simple blog, Simple links, Karma
Established: 2.16.06 ( registered with goDaddy, free push will be provided )
Full cpanel backup of files and database
PR 3
Alexa Rank: 166,063
Backlinks:
Google: 39
Yahoo!: 376
MSN: 367
AltaVista: 5
AllTheWeb: 5

DETAILS:
Posts: 24364
Topics: 2289
Members: 2667
Usergroups: 5
Moderators: 9
3-5 new members daily.

ABOUT;
I cannot stress enough that this board is the one and only board to go to discuss this niche.
Very popular site, many blogs pull information from the boards.
The name itself is worth over $1000.
This forum is based around Bape/Bathing Ape clothing line.
Very solid and well established member base.

HISTORY:
I ran phpBB from the start, however I was experiencing some security issues so I decided to switch SMF in the beginning of October, I was told by my host that I had to cancel my account and start over because of the security breach, so decided to go with SMF for the 'fresh' install.
That is why the traffic stats read for Oct and Nov only.


REVENUE:
There is no revenue to speak off at this moment, however I would imagine that with a member base of over 2600 it wouldn't be too hard to bring in a decent revenue.
There are a handful of Adsense Mods for SMF and I'm told they work great.
Also, the new owner will have access to over 2600 email adresses, perfect for an email marketing campaign.

WHY AM I SELLING?:
I know this becoming a cliche response on DP, but I currently have a million other projects on my plate and have no time or resources to care for it anymore, it has taken up too much of my time already.

PAYMENT:
Paypal or Google Checkout

STARTING BID:
$500
Increments of $25
Auction ends 11.06.06 5pm Est.
BIN $2000.00

FINAL:
I'm sure there are plenty of details I forgot, feel free to ask questions.

 

How much do you pay for hosting? When sold do we have to move it right a way?

 

I pay $25 and thats only because I have reseller plan, you would not be required to move it right away.
After the sale is complete and the winning buyer has moved the forum to their host I will complete my migration to Media Temple.

The forum itself uses very little as far as resources are concerned.

 

$500 bid - nice site

 

Well all right, discoverclips is starting us off.
I thank you kind sir.

 

I would like to add also, that every member and every post is 'organic' in the sense that none of the posts, threads or members are 'paid for'.

 

$525... is there any end date to this, do you have a BIN in mind?

Feel free to add me to MSN (check my profile), if you want to chat.

 

See, I knew I forgot something.
ORIGINAL POST EDITED TO REFLECT BIN AND AUCTION END DATE.

 

Nice forum, love BAPE clothes

 

$600 - would it be possible to show me some referrer logs?
The site doesn't show up in google for bape forum, any idea why?
Does google send a lot of visitors to your site?

Thanks

 

I can show you referrer logs if you want, I will say that they are not going to be entirely accurate considering they are only for 2 months.
I would say that 99.9% of this forums members joined via word of month (direct requests) from other forums, blog and other sites.

Bape forum is most certainly not a top keyword for this forum in regards to Google, never the less, the forum does rank #1 in Yahoo! for Bape forum.

Keep in mind also that all of the boards, except one, are hidden from guests so you would have to register to see the forum in its completeness.

Top bid stands at $600.

 

Im not trying to ruin your sales thread but I just came across this website bapetalk2.com

Anyway good luck with your sale.

Edit: 100th post nice!

 

Huh.
Had no idea about that one, I'll have to check that out, kind of flattering actually that someone named their forum after mine.

I was the first though, ha.

 

Can I see referrer stats as well?

$700 bid.

 

$1100 offer received via PM.

 

Im still willing to bid more on this but I just need my questions answered.

Could I get the referrer stats for your website.

Also do you own bapetalk2.com?
And is myspace.com/bapetalk yours? And will that be included in the sale?

Also among your forum they talk about bapetalk version 2 in a few threads, is that what bapetalk2.com is?

Best Regards.

 

site is sold already

 

Is this site really sold??

 

avis03 offered $1250, but DougtoDusk just bid $1350 via PM, so it is not sold yet.

 

Ok then, could you answer in this thread what DougtoDusk asked. What country is the majority of the traffic coming from? Also, your forum is only showing one forum section, is that all it has or is there hidden forums that show up when you sign up?