News & Media Portal Auction

Site: News & Media Group
URL: http://www.newsmediagrp.com/
Domain Registered Since: May 31, 2006
Site Online Since: July 1, 2006
Google PR: PR3
Google's Indexed Pages: 79
Alexa Rank: 2,739,525
Revenue: Very Minimal ($X.00 per month at best) as I have done NO marketing or promotion execpt on one DigitalPoint thread.
Traffic: According to Statcounter, Since July 1st:
- Pageviews: 2,596
- Uniques: 763

MAIN SECTIONS OF SITE:
1. Pulls 93 of the largest syndicator's RSS feeds all into one place. Uses free version of CaRP.
2. Website Directory using a modified SiteSift's directory script. Currently has 180 sites listed.
3. Local Newspaper Directory listing 4,019 local newspapers broken up by state. This database's contents are unique as I compiled the list myself and have not yet sold a copy of it here. The RSS feeds are fed in though a custom designed MySQL/PHP interface.

SITE NOTES & FEATURES:
* This site is fully functioning over top a MySQL database and is written in PHP. The business directory has it's own admin panel, but the newspaper & rss directories do not.
* Using AJAX for drop down menus.
* All URLs are using Mod-Rewrite to be "search engine friendly"
* Using Overture's Keyword Selector, "News and Media" got over 79464 searches in October 2006 alone. These keywords are part of the domain name.
* Hosting does not come with this site, but the domain does. Registered at GoDaddy until March 31, 2007
* Most Traffic comes from Buiness Directory Submitters (80%) & Search Engines (20%) estimated based on current October statistics.
* We reserve the right to re-sell the newspaper database unless the seller & I work out an agreement.

PURCHASE:
We will accept paypal or money order for payment. If the bid does not reach BIN, we reserve the right not to sell.

AUCTION TERMS:
Starting: Now
Ending: December 1st, 2006 8:00 EST
Starting bid: $50
BIN: $1200

This site is being sold for it's unique content (newspaper & business directory listings) as well as its unique idea for RSS feeds. While we understand that the site does not make much in the way of money right now, we fully expect that with the right person behind the helm, it is capable of being a very successful website.

Proof is available for any of the claims we have made above. PM me for any questions or concerns. Thank you!

 

All PM's answered. No bids yet...

 

bump.... no bids yet.

FYI: I am selling this site because after I built it I found a new project that I have been working on ever since. This site is still important to me, but I just have no available time for it.

 

I'll start the bidding at $100

 

Thank you very much Terrace99!

A few other details:
Yahoo is showing 159 pages indexed
MSN (Live.com) is showing 470

 

$100 still the highest bid from terrace99

 

150 How about

 

$15 my bid

 

I'll bid $175

 

terrace99 still highest now at $175.

Auction ends in about 12 hours. Its a great domain name with great content & potential!

 

how about 250

 

sorry about missing the 8pm deadline today... we had a nasty storm and lost power. It is about 2.5 hours after the deadline and we will try and keep it up for another hour or so until midnight (1.5 hours).

Right now as it stands aa262 has the hightest qualifying bid at $250 and in 1.5 hours this great site will be his for that low price. unless any other offers come forward.

Any other offers until closing?

 

30 minutes left!

Get in while there is still a chance!!!

 

SOLD... Pending payment of $250 by aa262.