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Site for sale made $360,000 first year

subscriptions + virtual goods

  • URL: http://private-pleasepm.com/
  • Established: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:00:00 GMT
  • Uniques/Month: 50,189
  • Page views/month: 328,872
  • Monthly Revenue: $30k
  • Google Pagerank: 4
  • Listed: Mon, 12 May 2008 05:14:21 GMT

Description:

Our corporation owns a website/community that has been around for roughly a year. Since then it has grossed over $360,000 ($1,000/day). It's community targeted toward gamers and operates off two business models: subscriptions and virtual items, with a third potential based off incentives (early tests were good). The revenue is entirely passive. The built in commerce system accepts three types of payment processors including Paypal. We are open to offers and will be entertaining anything over $1.25mm. Serious inquiries only.

Revenue Details:

We have had $50k+ months.

Traffic Details:

50,000 visitors a month

  • Direct Traffic 152,189 (75.29%)
  • Referring Sites 36,669 (18.14%)
  • Search Engines 13,254 (6.56%)
  • Other 13 (0.01%)

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  1. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 05:20:04 GMT
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    url doesnt work

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  2. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 05:20:53 GMT
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    pm me the url please with more information

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  3. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 05:44:49 GMT
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    PM me the URL too

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    Mon, 12 May 2008 05:47:23 GMT
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    please pm me the url, info

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  5. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 05:49:11 GMT
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    You have to list the site url, you are violating Sitepoint terms.

    Will report this post tomorrow if url is not listed.

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  6. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 05:56:22 GMT
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    sorry, I did not read the terms. If that's true, I will just take this post down.

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  7. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 06:04:15 GMT
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    * take this auction down.

    For every seriously interested buyer there are a thousand copy cats. I have to stay as discreet as possible, and will reveal the URL after I know I am talking with a serious candidate, and after some specific information has been exchanged and a non-disclosure agreement is in place. This is not your run of the mill site - it has allowed me to build a profitable multi million dollar business within a year.

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  8. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 07:17:21 GMT
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    i am interested pm me the url, stats and revenue proofs. Your 1.25mill seems a bit high for only making 1k a day. Any thoughts on the ceiling! Market cap for the site etc? PM me.

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  9. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 09:14:50 GMT
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    please pm me the url, info

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  10. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 10:00:08 GMT
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    pm me the url please with more information, cash waiting for the right sites.

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  11. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 10:13:35 GMT
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    where is the location to download the NDA, what details are required etc, please provide a little more info

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  12. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 10:30:47 GMT
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    what is your reason for sale after just a year? what are the costs involved, what is the NET profit?

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  13. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 10:37:54 GMT
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    please pm me i am really interested.

    Thanks so much

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  14. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 10:39:42 GMT
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    Please PM me the URL too

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  15. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 12:28:39 GMT
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    If your business cannot be sustained with a thousand copycats, you are clearly not offering anything truly unique. Hiding the URL clearly demonstrates that.

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  16. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 12:48:36 GMT
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    Sitepoint Rules are that you have to have the URL public, please make it public or cancel the auction.

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  17. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 13:13:01 GMT
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    $1.25mm....i seriously doubt this would get bought

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  18. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 13:31:32 GMT
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    when you decide to sell for around 12-16 months rev please contact me...otherwise your asking price is way too much for a year old biz.... thanks

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  19. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 14:35:17 GMT
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    If you have a serious inquiry, please inquire, otherwise not really interested in the commentary. Why do I say this? because there are parties out there that will value the business model, member base, growth, sustainability, and will gladly pay our asking price.

    "If your business cannot be sustained with a thousand copycats, you are clearly not offering anything truly unique. Hiding the URL clearly demonstrates that."

    I just want to keep it private and only offer the specific details to serious interested parties. I am selling more than just a "site." This has been one my most successful businesses over the last year.

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  20. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 14:36:42 GMT
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    So may i have the URL so i may see lol i am interested

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  21. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 14:39:35 GMT
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    Interested in the url please.

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  22. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 15:50:04 GMT
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    For everyone who contacted me, I will be preparing a package to learn more about the site, traffic, revenue, our software platform, etc. I will be in contact today.

    Thanks.

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  23. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 16:27:35 GMT
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    I am interested in further information as well. Thank you

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  24. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 16:50:05 GMT
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    Please send URL.... Also, your last price and any details you may have...how long have you been earning $1000+ a day and etc... thanks - Art

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  25. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 16:51:16 GMT
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    I am interested..please PM me details. I hate it that this thread has become alot like digitalpoint... :(

    i wish sitepoint has a 'seriousonly' section..by subscription or something...oh well..

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  26. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 17:03:49 GMT
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    Pls PM URL

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  27. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 17:57:13 GMT
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    Please send URL.... Also, your last price and any details you may have...how long have you been earning $1000+ a day and etc...

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  28. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 18:40:50 GMT
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    "For everyone who contacted me, I will be preparing a package to learn more about the site, traffic, revenue, our software platform, etc."

    Perhaps you could have prepared these details BEFORE you started the auction? I mean, if you are serious about selling this $1.25M site.

    Also, the marketplace rules are pretty clear:

    "4. The seller must provide full details of the item for sale (including a URL if they are selling a website) in the auction. Sellers may not intentionally hide information from public view. This includes the use of statements such as PM me for more information. This also includes obfuscation or abbreviation of URLs using services such as tinyurl. If a moderator sees evidence that the seller is not publicly disclosing information, the auction may be suspended pending changes."

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  29. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 19:01:58 GMT
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    Please PM the URL. Interested...

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  30. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 19:35:19 GMT
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    Please PM. Very Interested.

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  31. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 19:50:10 GMT
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    Please PM, very, very, very interested...

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  32. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 20:06:27 GMT
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    Please PM me your email address if you are a serious potential buyer and I will send over NDA.

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  33. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 23:04:06 GMT
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    Amazing how many people here have $1.25 million to spare. I'm loling.

    Pro tip to the seller....deals in this price range don't often happen on sitepoint (have they ever?!). You may be better off contacting a business broker skilled in the internet sector.

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  34. Posted date:
    Mon, 12 May 2008 23:46:35 GMT
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    I've sent out quite a few NDA's and haven't even heard back. If I don't get any bites within the next 24 hours I am going to close this thread down, while I dish out borderline trade secrets for free.

    On the other hand, if you would like to learn about what I did in step by step detail over the cap of the last year, I can offer consulting services, which you can PM me about. Warning: It's going to be expensive.

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  35. Posted date:
    Tue, 13 May 2008 00:35:40 GMT
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    Is this a 3D mmorpg with a marketplace? If so, send me your NDA. If not, good luck with the sale. I would also recommend listing on sedo.com

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  36. Posted date:
    Tue, 13 May 2008 00:55:57 GMT
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    Please PM me more info. Very interested. Thanks.

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  37. Posted date:
    Tue, 13 May 2008 02:58:33 GMT
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    please pm URL

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  38. Posted date:
    Tue, 13 May 2008 03:31:20 GMT
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    PM me details please. Thanks

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  39. Posted date:
    Tue, 13 May 2008 05:55:13 GMT
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    Interested PM me details, Thank you

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  40. Posted date:
    Tue, 13 May 2008 09:16:06 GMT
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    to all the people saying ''PM me info'' you know you don't have the $1.25MILLION or whatever.... So stop waisting everyones time. On another note this auction IS against sitepoint terms so remove it or it shall be removed. Apart from that good luck with the sale, although if you want to sell such a site on sitepoint your going to need more then just luck :P

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  41. Posted date:
    Tue, 13 May 2008 13:39:13 GMT
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    I love how the powers that be at sitepoint will remove some auctions at will, without appropriate reasoning, but an auction that blatantly breaks their rules and is reported remains. Good job, SP!!!

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