I'm just considering selling this site. How much do you think it can go for? It has no ads, but alive since May and +1000 members. www.bandoftheweek.com
It's pretty much manual, you have to edit the html in the php files. But it's coded in php, so it's very easy to add new things to the side bar/menu/ change images, etc. EDIT: I just added the new band of the week, the whole process took about 10 minutes. I just copy paste their info, upload the music, and resize their logo. That's it.
License is included(owned). It's not really a back end, except for 'submit your band', that's the only part of the main site that links to vbulletin. Well I'm still thinking about selling it, but I'll let you know my decision soon.
To add ads it's very simple, you can add it to header.php, side.php, rightside.php, or footer. You can basically edit one file and they will appear in all pages. And for the contest, I would probably end up paying the winner anyways, although there seems to be a lack of interest in the contest so it might be cancelled.
are all the links there just links of interest, or did they pay to be on your site (like the hawaiian shirts ...