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***Windows Vista - Earned $9,000 - Since 2005***

Discussion in 'Sites' started by tolkein, Sep 13, 2007.

  1. #1
    I'm selling one of my first websites - a Windows Vista resource website that's been around since September 2005: VistaUltimate(dot)com. It's based on the most powerful version of Windows Vista, i.e. the Vista Ultimate edition.

    Domain Name (GoDaddy)
    Registered - 2005-09-10
    Expires - 2007-09-10

    Ranks
    It's been a PR5 for a while and was once a top 100,000 Alexa site (in case you plan to sell TLAs). The site has quite a number of good backlinks, including DMOZ and Wikipedia.
    (Search Stats)

    Traffic
    I've not updated the site since May 12th but it's still getting traffic from type-ins and search engines. There were 127,000 unique visitors in August, i.e. down from 448,000 in March. Actually, traffic was highest in February but I had server problems in Jan/Feb and lost traffic data.
    (Traffic Stats)

    Earnings
    The site earned about $8,000 in the last 12 months from Adsense alone - max. was $69 in a day. 5 months of these earnings were before Windows Vista's launch, so there's really more potential than this. There are lots of other ways to milk the site, e.g. I received requests from companies to blog about their product or to advertise.
    (Earnings Stats)

    Outlook
    Windows Vista was officially launched at end-January 2007. Adoption of Windows Vista has been slow because of software incompatibilities but the number is growing. Hence, expect both the traffic and earnings to increase from hereon.

    Miscellaneous
    I bought a forum last year to complement VistaUltimate(dot)com but that's not included in this sale. It's because the forum makes under $300/month and knowing how most DP forummers calculate the value, it'll be severely under-priced. FYI, I rejected a $26,000 offer for both the site and forum in February.

    Why Am I Selling?
    I started providing online marketing consultancy (mainly SEO) in Nov 2006 and that business has grown significantly, to a point where I've no time for my sites anymore.

    Price
    Looking for $12,000 and above for VistaUltimate(dot)com.
     
    tolkein, Sep 13, 2007 IP
  2. tradedemon

    tradedemon Active Member

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    #2
    is the traffic all organic or are you doing any paid advertising ? Any chance you could post details of referrers ?
     
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  3. tolkein

    tolkein Guest

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    #3
    Never done paid advertising before. All the traffic is organic.
    (Referrers)

    Btw, I'm the guy behind sites like YoutubeX(dot)com, which achieve 7,000 visitors/day and sold for high $x,xxx in under 3 months.
     
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  4. Pasacom

    Pasacom Peon

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    #4
    That's a REALLY impressive site. I think it's a bit overpriced though. I don't have $15,000 dollars. :(
     
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  5. tolkein

    tolkein Guest

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    #5
    I think it's more attractively-priced than the Youtube site I sold. Consider these:
    - total earnings included 5 mths of pre-Vista release earnings
    - more advertisers now and higher $/click
    - increasing adoption, i.e. new PCs being configured with Vista
    - site has not been updated since May 12th
    - I've spent time optimizing the ad placements
    - I did not include Amazon and Dell affiliate sales
    - I never sold TLAs or banners on the site, or did paid reviews
     
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  6. DenisB

    DenisB Active Member

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    #6
    hey...can you provide latest adsense stats. They are almost a year old.
     
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  7. tolkein

    tolkein Guest

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    #7
    DenisB - the screenshot shows earnings for the last 12 months up to September 12th 2007.
     
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  8. Adam Nugent

    Adam Nugent Peon

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    #8
    Hi, I think he means could you take a screenshot from the bottom of the adsense stats page, so potential buys are able to see what type of revenue its making these days.
     
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  9. tolkein

    tolkein Guest

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    #9
    Still looking to sell this website - earned $456 from Adsense so far this month (see attached screenshot).

    I'm lowering my asking price to $10,000 ONO.
     

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    tolkein, Oct 17, 2007 IP
  10. Mat2000

    Mat2000 Peon

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    #10
    Does forum comes with the price ?

    Thanks.
     
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  11. tolkein

    tolkein Guest

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    #11
    Obviously not. :)

    The forum gets close to 400,000 unique visitors and 6,000,000 pageviews.
     
    tolkein, Oct 17, 2007 IP
  12. cooolapts

    cooolapts Active Member

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    #12
    Can you provide me last two months traffic and revenue stats ?
     
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  13. tolkein

    tolkein Guest

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    #13
    cooolapts - the stats, referrers, 12-mth earnings and this month's daily earnings have all been posted above.
     
    tolkein, Oct 17, 2007 IP
  14. cooolapts

    cooolapts Active Member

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    #14
    I am sorry but it shows me Oct '06 earning stats.
     
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  15. tolkein

    tolkein Guest

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    #15
    Huh? The Adsense screenshot in the first post shows earnings from Oct 2006 to Sep 2007. The attachment a couple of post above shows the latest daily earnings for October 2007.
     
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    searchfordeal Well-Known Member

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    #16
    what happen to traffic? Traffic is down every month. can you include forum DB ?
     
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  17. Froggie

    Froggie Well-Known Member

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    #17
    has microsoft ever said anything to you because of the domain name?
     
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  18. tolkein

    tolkein Guest

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    #18
    Site has been sold! You snooze, you lose.
     
    tolkein, Oct 17, 2007 IP