PR5 Established proxy site, custom cgi and php, 2500+ uniques/day - $550+/month

General Description
BuzzySplat.com is about 8-9 months old. It has been my baby as a web site and it can be yours now. This is my very first proxy site. The name, the design, and the functionality is all custom and unique. I recently updated the site for the New Year.


New Everything
I gave the site a new everything on January 2nd, 2007. I felt that since it's a New Year, it deserved something new about it also. I gave it a new design. The design uses a light color which boosts CTR. The color scheme is still red and orange.
The concept: try surfing a page... it brings you to another page asking you to choose between Buzzy Proxy (aka PHProxy) and Splat Proxy (aka CGI). I used this for two reasons: (1) another page where users can click on ads, and (2) giving the user an option between which proxy to use.
Custom Scripts: Buzzy Proxy is the PHProxy 0.4 (latest version). It is custom so that users do not have specific options, such as javascript, and most important showing the URL form on proxified page. I disabled the options so that users are forced to have the URL form (custom). This is where I put Adbrite and Adversal ads. Splat Proxy is JMarshall's CGIProxy 2.1.15 (latest version). I have deleted all comments and made the file as bandwidth sufficient as possible. Meaning less bandwidth usage and faster load times.

Both are able to access such sites as MySpace.com.


Features
Other than the custom proxy scripts I also implimented a toolbar where users can surf right from their FireFox or Internet Explorer browsers.

I have included a section on the main page for Other Proxies just in case BuzzySplat is blocked at their place. This is great for advertising other proxies that you own or selling text-links to other proxy owners. I have not done so myself, but I have experienced traffic boost to OnlyProxy.com (which is the only proxy listed there).


Reason For Selling
I babied this site since day one, making sure I gave everything it needed. But, I've been onto other projects which need funding. I have around 4 projects that I have been funding for the last month or two and I honestly do not have much money left in my savings. I just had a little baby boy in September and I need to balance out some bills. As you can see, I have a lot on my shoulders and I need to sell my baby (the site) to support bigger things.


Note
I used to have other pages on the site, but I'm not sure if I would want to list them yet, I will put them up for anyone interested. I also disabled the toolbar for a brief amount of time, but I will enable it again for interested bidders to see how it works. I will announce it here when everything is available.


Expenses
There are not any current advertisement expenses. The only expense this site has is hosting. I own a server which this site shares hosting with. It takes up only 10% (at peek times) of the server. Thus a powerful server is NOT neccessary to run this site because of the custom scripts. If you want to calculate the site's usage with the server's price it is:
10% x $109 = $10.90/month (but realistically, less than $40/month)


Questions
Please feel free to PM me or write a question/comment.

Auction ends on January 17th, 2007 at 9:30PM (PST)
Happy Bidding!
Revenue Details:

Current Revenue Implications:
Google Adsense on front page, choosing-a-proxy page (surf.php), and other non-proxified pages.
= estimated $500 +/-
AdBrite text/banner ads on all proxified pages (forced, must be viewed).
= $50-60
Adversal pop-under ads on proxified pages.
= $80-100

Estimated total: $550-630
Traffic Details:

Here are the estimated stats by Google Analytics:
72.32% Directs
15.17% MSN Search
8.52% Google Search
3.99% Other

2,300-2600 Uniques weekdays
Estimated 50,000+ uniques a month
Estimated 630,000 page views a day.

There has not been recent advertisement. At the beginning of BuzzySplat.com's life I did pay for 2 month's of bold listing, but that was about it.

This site does not need advertisement. But obviously, if you did advertise, it would increase users.

 

Traffic/Revenue screenshots?

 

They have been uploaded on SitePoint.

 

Very nice website, and very interested. But first is will the traffic last? I see alot of traffic from direct traffic. Is that direct traffic from users Favorite folders or from other websites?

 

If analytics is correct... we have many users who only use buzzysplat.com. I started "advertisement" the first day it opened at my sister high school...

thus word of mouth is one of the main reasons why there are so many direct traffic.

 

I tried but php page could not login into myspace.

 

php proxy won't work with myspace until the latest version is released..CGI proxy is the way to go if you want it to work with myspace.

 

that's odd, it was working a few days ago.

I will try to figure out the problem, but in the mean time, let's just say Splat Proxy (CGI) only works on myspace.com

 

I would like to see referal screenshot to see where you traffic is coming from

 

The site is in the process of payment. I will be receiving stand by offers at $2600.