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Selling Web Design & Development Forum with Good Traffic

Discussion in 'Sites' started by webdevguy, Nov 10, 2010.

  1. #1
    Site: ny-dev.com, a webdesign & development forum

    This site is 4 years old
    This site was always mine
    I did not buy this site

    Reason for sale: I'm selling because of a lack of interest in keeping up with it
    Traffic: This site gets 3000 unique visitors, and 3500 page views, on average, a month
    Software: vBulletin and VBSEO
    I will provide any kind of transfers needed for scripts, etc.

    The content on this site is 98% unique, but we do occasionally have people quote from other sites
    I used to use Google AdSense, but got rid of it. I'm not banned from AdSense
     
    webdevguy, Nov 10, 2010 IP
  2. Aryanquest

    Aryanquest Peon

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    #2
    Do you have any valid reason for your BIN price $6000?
     
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  3. webdevguy

    webdevguy Guest

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    #3
    i looked at a few sites that appraised websites, and they all said it was worth around 9k
     
    webdevguy, Nov 10, 2010 IP
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    Aryanquest Peon

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    #4
    To be honest, the appraisal websites are usually junk!
    Fix a price based on the member base, revenue and the growth potential of the forum.
    Fix a honest price that you expect for the work you did with the forum!

    I hope I'm not rude and you got my point!
     
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  5. webdevguy

    webdevguy Guest

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    #5
    I honestly did a lot of work on the forums in the 4 years it has been around. I believe there is a lot of potential for growth, as there is a good member base already, and has a pretty decent ranking. what do you believe is an 'honest' price?
     
    webdevguy, Nov 10, 2010 IP
  6. ipostmedia

    ipostmedia Active Member

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    #6
    What's the average earnings from this site? From where?
     
    ipostmedia, Nov 10, 2010 IP
  7. webdevguy

    webdevguy Guest

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    #7
    i dont sell anything or advertise on the site
     
    webdevguy, Nov 10, 2010 IP
  8. Brandon Sheley

    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    #8
    6k is way out of range if you ask me
    how many active memebers do you have
    how many new post a day
    what would you sell it without the vb and vbseo

    thx
     
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  9. webdevguy

    webdevguy Guest

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    #9
    if 6k is out of range, what is within range, in your opinion?
    i have more than 1200 members, but don't know how many active.
    about 15-20 new posts a day
    i'd sell it with the vBulletin, sure
     
    webdevguy, Nov 10, 2010 IP
  10. arkueckelhan

    arkueckelhan Active Member

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    #10
    Looking at it I'd say your best BIN price would be $1000 (very lucky if you reach that). You have a decent number of posts per member and your forums all seem to have some conversation on them. But at only 5,000 posts your really talking about like $250-$400.

    Sorry man. Forums aren't worth much until they reach that mark where little work is required and it shows strong exponential growth (at least 200+ posts/day).
     
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  11. petertdavis

    petertdavis Notable Member

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    #11
    I'd say that's about right. And, then, only if there are at least a few active members. Too many of the forums that come up for sale here are barren wastelands or spam magnets.
     
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    #12
    The forum is basically dead with hardly any posts. I'll start you off at $100.
     
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    ht125 Notable Member

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    #13
    ht125, Nov 10, 2010 IP
  14. RickM

    RickM Well-Known Member

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    #14
    Hi webdevguy,

    Unfortunately I do have to echo what some have said. Thew price is way too high. To give you an idea, I bought WebDesignForums.net (24k members, and active) for $9k this year. For a 1,200 member forum which is in a state of neglect, you're looking at a maximum of about $800 ($600 would be more realistic - the post count of the forum is very low). I know this isn't what you want to hear when you've put so much time/effort into the site, but unfortunately the amount of time spend on the site rarely comes into its selling price.

    I'd like to make you an offer, but first I would say that should I take on the site, it would be merged into the above mentioned one.

    I'll start you off with a $300 offer.
     
    RickM, Nov 11, 2010 IP