Question About Buying A Website +Rep

Hey,

I am interested in purchasing websites, but I am not sure how many months revenue is a good amount? I've seen people sell for as little as 2 months revenue, while others are expecting a lot more.

I also realise that revenue shouldn't be the only thing a buyer looks at when purchasing a website, but that's all I am interested in at the moment.

So the question: How many months revenue do you think is a suitable amount to pay for a website or what's the average?

+Rep to all helpers. Thankyou.

 

I believe the general rule is three months of revenue, although I've seen many larger sites go for 6-12 months of revenue. Best you can do is see what similar websites are selling for and use your best judgment when buying/selling.

 

I think that with a good theme and a nice and unique site. 10 months revenue is fair. It mostly depends what your buying. For example a really nice proxy might only go for 3 months revenue, because a proxy might die and is usually unreliable consistent source of revenue.
Hope that helped a little,
Noc

 

Thank you for your input. A few more opinions would be great.

 

1) In demand topic
2) Premium theme
3) Unique content
4) Easy Maintenance

Can or cannot have revenue.

Depends on what you want to do with the website.

 

Depends on the type of site.

Generally it is 10 months revenue but there are a few exceptions

Proxies 3-6 months
Directories 4-7 months
Blogs 6-10 months
Forums 10+ months

But obviously there are many many variables with that.

 

It depends. From observing the 'Sites' section for some time, I've realised that smaller sites can go from just 2 months of their revenue while big sites can go for 12 months, and even more. Basically, if the site is going to carry on making a good and constant revenue then it will go for more.

 

If the site is a clone of a clone (everyone has one) then 2-3 months revenue might
be OK but if the site is actually a new idea or custom made and you can see potential
then I don't see why it can't be sold/bought at 12x or even more

 

Websites normally sell for 12-24 months revenue sometimes less, a websites value is normally based on assets such domain, PR, Backlinks and revenue.

The raw code the website itself has no value what so ever really.

 

1.earning
2.unique
3.old of this site
4.Price
Good luck for you
Buy a good website

 

Somehow this xyz month's revenue doesn't go inside my head, what I will look for is

(1) Amount of content, also quality
(2) Basics of the site (backlinks, age, SEO, reputation)
(3) Potential i.e. what you want to do with the site
(4) Amount of work gone in the site by the seller
(5) Competion and life of teh business

I beleive suppose you get a site for 12 months revenue then keep it for a year, you will get your money back and then sell it, great 100% return in a year

 

Those figures are probably the most common methodology when it comes to sales on forums like DP. New sites without much history usually fall under those guidelines.

But a good, stable site will be worth 2-5 years revenue, or more. For example, DMOZ is a directory, but I have a feeling it would sell for more than 4-7 months revenue.

Likewise, TechCrunch is a blog, but it's worth a lot more than 6-10 months revenue.

 

Revenue sometimes has nothing to do with it. I'm selling a website right now for $7000 and after hosting expenses you break even.