Selling Growing coupon site with nearly 45000 Subscribers (if interested, send your BIN)

BUSINESS

1. Please briefly describe the business model

Online store coupons, Affiliate links, Adsense

2. When was the site launched?

Site was launched September 2013

3. How has the business evolved since it was first established?

Gradually added over 300+ Online stores. Focused mostly on collecting Subscribers for having benefits over competitors and establishing sustainable business.

4. How many subscribers does site have?

45000 Subscribers approx.

5. Who is your typical customer?

Online Shoppers.

6. Are you the original owner of the business?

Yes

7. Why is the business being sold?

We are selling so to raise capital, and relocate time and resources to other endeavours



PACKAGE

1. Please list all domain names that are included in the sale

www.Couponotic.com & www.Couponotic.in

2. Are there any social media accounts included in the sale?

Yes. Facebook, Twitter, G+, Pinterest.

3. Are there any mailing lists included in the sale? If so, which service providers are such lists held with and how many subscribers do they have?

Yes. The Subscribers’ list is held with Mailchimp. Site has around 45000 Subscribers.



TRAFFIC & MARKETING

1. What are the primary traffic sources of the site?

Direct, referral, organic, social. This reflects the strong Domain Authority of the url.

2. Have you done any Search Engine Optimisation?

Some guest posting, on site optimization and social media buzz.

3. To your knowledge, has the site ever received any search engine penalties (manual or algorithmic)?

No.

4. What level of SEO effort is required for the site to maintain its current traffic levels?

Minimal

5. Do you or have you ever purchased traffic? If so, please provide a brief overview

No.

6. Do you run any other marketing campaigns, such as display advertising, social media marketing, offline advertising or anything else?

Facebook Advertisement & Referral marketing.

7. What is the Open rate and Click rate for Subscribers list?

Open rate is 4.6% and Click rate is 1.2%



REVENUE

Note: Revenue is Negligible as very few Affiliate links are placed to gain more traffic from merchants. PM me to discuss in detail.



OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE

1. How much time, in average, does it take to operate and maintain the site, per week?

Currently working to automate the content listing on the site. After that it will take between 8 to 12 hours per week.

2. Please list owner’s responsibilities

Site operations are fairly straightforward. Listing of coupons and posting few coupons on social media. Listing of coupons can be automated with Datafeed service provider.

3. Does the owner of the site need any specific skillsets in order to successfully maintain and manage the site?
No.

4. How do you handle customer support and what is the average volume?

There is not much CS needed.



TECHNICAL

1. What platform does the website use? (e.g. WordPress, OpenCart, OSCommerce, etc.)

Wordpress

2. Where is the site hosted and does this need to change after purchase?

Is hosted on Godaddy. We will help you transfer the site to your server.



COMPETITION

1. Please describe your main competitors

Other online Coupon sites.

2. What makes the website better than its competition?

We have 45000 subscribers which can be helpful for generating a reasonable amount of revenue.


MISCELLANEOUS

1. Do you own any other internet-based businesses? If so, are any of them related to the website being sold?

We own other websites but non-competing.

2. Will you provide 1 months of post-sale support & training, in order to ensure that the buyer is able to fully take over the business and its operations?
YES

3. What are the primary growth opportunities that you see for the business going forward?

Increase sales by doing SEO, PPC or Social Media campaigns. This will increase the site revenue and valuation.

4. To your knowledge, are there any geographical limitations to the potential buyer of the business?

NO

5. Do you have anything to add to the above?

The site has get asset in the form of Subscribers. Currently, India is the target country which has a huge Online shopper base and coupon industry has a great future here. Site is a great asset to obtain a passive income or scale.

Other details:
Revenue is negligible because affiliate links were not added to the coupons. This was done to attract more New Stores to register with Couponotic.
But looking at the current traffic and subscribers, one might earn around INR 15,000/month (20% more or less).

To add more subscribers to the list, a contest was launched: http://promo.couponotic.com. The list is inactive but it was shared 4000+ times on social media (Not including the shares on WhatsApp which brought in much of the traffic). The contest launched was actually a Referral Marketing campaign. To participate in the contest one need to share the link on social media and invite atleast 1 friend to register with us. The more friends register through the referral link, more were the chances of winning.

 

how much per month you pays for mailchimp account?

 

I am not spending on email marketing. Mailchimp is just used to as a platform to grab the email ids.

 

I am interested, PM me

 

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