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Monster Candy Apples

Online Candy Apples Website

  • URL: http://www.monstercandyapples.com/
  • Established: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:00:00 GMT
  • Page views/month: 11,854
  • Monthly Revenue: 1,700
  • Google Pagerank: 1
  • Uniques/Month: 1,752
  • Listed: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:33:20 GMT

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Monster Candy Apples
www.monstercandyapples.com

Visits
Mar 2008 - 1,775
Feb 2008 - 2,144
Jan 2008 - 1,693
Dec 2007 - 1,692
Nov 2007 - 1,459

Page Views
Mar 2008 - 10,862
Feb 2008 - 15,992
Jan 2008 - 12,406
Dec 2007 - 12,270
Nov 2007 - 7,740

Revenue
Mar 2008 - $1,144.79
Feb 2008 - $1,869.32
Jan 2008 - $1,234.18
Dec 2007 - $2,871.17
Nov 2007 - $1,406.10

Monster Candy Apples is an online candy apple store that serves a variety of products. The last 5 months have really picked up since I focused a lot of attention to the site and tried to really give the site some nice functionality. This ecommerce system is developed top to bottom by myself and extremely easy to use AS IS. My dad, who ran the website, was able to run it without any help from myself.

The main reason I am selling this site is because my dad is closing his candy store. I created this site for him so he could bring in additional revenue. I feel this site is being held back because he wanted to keep the site a low profile as possible. There are so many more things the next owner can do to double maybe even triple the revenue. (maybe even beyond that) We didn't have a phone number, no logo on invoices, no discounts or anything and we still brought in decent money from the site.

If you do a search for "candy apples" in Google, we show up on the first page. If you do a search for "candy apples" in MSN, we show up on the first page. The site is listed in DMOZ.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=7K4&q=candy+apples&btnG=Search
http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=candy+apples&FORM=MSNH
http://www.dmoz.org/Shopping/Food/Confectionery/Candy_Apples/

I use paypal for the payment gateway and it will be real easy to get the next owner setup with paypal. I also use FedEx as my shipping partner which will also be easy to setup with the next owner.

Included in the sale of the site:
All recipes for all of our products.
All PPC campaigns for Google and Yahoo.
Information where we get our products from.

Revenue Details:

Revenue
Mar 2008 - $1,144.79
Feb 2008 - $1,869.32
Jan 2008 - $1,234.18
Dec 2007 - $2,871.17
Nov 2007 - $1,406.10

Traffic Details:

Lots of organic traffic from all the major search engines and PPC campagins. ($4/day)

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  1. Posted date:
    Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:42:25 GMT
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    Can someone who doesn't know about candy apples run the site? Are the candy apples drop shipped? Cause um.. we aren't particuarly interestd in making candy apples hehe :)

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  2. Posted date:
    Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:18:15 GMT
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    Unfortunately, the apples are not dropped shipped, but that doesn't mean you can't hook up with a company that does the drop shipping.

    For now, the site is meant for someone who makes the apples. It is a long shot to find something like that on here but it is worth a try. If that falls through, then I am going to try and find a drop shipper for this site.

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    Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:38:06 GMT
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    What is your monthly overhead/cost for product? I guess that would depend on sales but what is the average monthly overhead cost?

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  4. Posted date:
    Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:59:47 GMT
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    Well if I was not able to apply some of the shipping profits to the costs the over average would be about $200/month. Apples/Caramel/Fudge and toppings are extremely cheap. However, I get a 40% discount on shipping and pass about 20% onto the customer so the shipping pretty much covers everything.

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    Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:07:33 GMT
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    Are you going to answer my question that I Pm you?

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    Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:11:48 GMT
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    If I am making/selling food items are there any regulatory issues I need to know about? Can I do this from home or do I need access to a commercial kitchen?

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  7. Posted date:
    Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:21:50 GMT
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    scmbbuckeye -
    I did respond to your PM yesterday pretty much right after you sent me the PM.

    rayroark -
    Each state is different. So I am not exactly sure what the regulatory rules would be for you. If you tell me what state you live in, I can check for you.

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    Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:10:31 GMT
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    Arizona (could also do Utah if needed)

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  9. Posted date:
    Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:40:19 GMT
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    I'd like to know the same thing as rayroark, but for North Carolina

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  10. Posted date:
    Sat, 03 May 2008 18:03:28 GMT
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    Unfortunately, I was unable to locate information for states outside of California. Anyone who is interested can contact their local food and drug administration to find out details.

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  11. Posted date:
    Tue, 06 May 2008 02:05:35 GMT
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    Hi Robdog

    What if I'm located in Canada?

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