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GrabUp.com - Unique software selling business.

Taking the internet by storm. 8k+ passionate users.

  • URL: http://grabup.com/
  • Established: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT
  • Page views/month: 150,000
  • Monthly Revenue (USD): 4,540
  • Uniques/Month: 45,000
  • Listed: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:58:36 GMT

Description:

It saddens me to have to sell this website so soon but I need to liquidate a few assets to pay some bills and fund some new projects.

 

GrabUp is a completely unique concept that has gone down staggeringly well in the time it has been online. Currently it has over 8,000 completely passionate users using the software every day.
For a complete overview of grabup and its features please watch the video on the homepage of the website.

 

Please also see what people have been saying about us on the press page. GrabUp has been featured on lifehacker.com, tuaw.com, revision3, theappleblog killerstartups and literally hundreds of others. Just google around and you'll see what I mean.

 

People absolutely LOVE the software and use it religiously. You can get a quick understanding of exactly how much they love it by doing a quick search on twitter. Here are a few examples.

 

http://twitter.com/Juo/statuses/877281297
http://twitter.com/gcn1/statuses/881041900
http://twitter.com/andrewryno/statuses/875949352
http://twitter.com/rodericj/statuses/868686797
http://twitter.com/kleinmaetschke/statuses/866475101
http://twitter.com/nerdlery/statuses/860503031

 

People can't live without it.

 

So to recap. You're buying over 8000 passionate users. Some wonderfully unique software (full rights etc). A polished website. Massive growth potential (windows version etc).

Currently the only outgoings I have for this website is a $30 a month hosting account at thiswebhost.com. I've never spent a penny advertising this website.

 

Please contact me through email if you'd like to make a BIN offer. (jonwheatley (at) gmail.com)

Revenue Details:

At the start of last week we rolled out a pro version of the software that allows people so host grabs on their own server. The pro version of grabup costs $20 and since launch (5 days ago) 53 people have upgraded to the pro version. (Netting $1,060 profit in less than a week).

 

GrabUp is currenlty mac only software. I've already been in talks with a windows developer who can develop a windows version of the software easily.

 

If the buyer does develop a windows version of grabup it could, in theory increase profits by around 80%.

 

Also, I recentley sold the advertising space on the bottom of the grab pages for $300 (for one month).

Previous Sale Report

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  1. Posted date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:22:59 GMT
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    This is a great product and use it all the time, every single day. Worth every single penny, wish I had the money to afford it! Good luck with the sale.

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    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:39:48 GMT
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    "Sorry all you crazy windows and linux weirdos." - So freakin offensive :D

    Nice product! Good luck with the sale!

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    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:46:02 GMT
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    Sent the PM to you.

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    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:52:37 GMT
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    The video on the homepage doesn't work for me.

    Where has the rest of the revenue come from as I only see the $1,060? Also how have you been marketing this (i.e. where have the 8,000 users come from?

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    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:57:37 GMT
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    GrabUp has been featured on loads of blogs (google around and you'll see numerous blogs raving about grabup and linking back to it). That has all happened naturally and I've done no active marketing.

    The pro version has only been launched a week so the monthly revenue is only predicted.

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  6. Posted date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:22:21 GMT
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    I will be willing to bid if you can make this work for windows as well before the sale is complete.
    thanks, pls pm me with details

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  7. Posted date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:40:53 GMT
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    How much will it cost to make the windows version?

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  8. Posted date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:48:36 GMT
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    Windows version will cost $600.

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  9. Posted date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:30:25 GMT
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    Why are you selling?

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  10. Posted date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:33:23 GMT
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    When will the windows version be available?

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    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:47:50 GMT
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    anyone know http://www.jingproject.com/? How do you think about grabup.com ang jingproject?

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    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:49:00 GMT
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    The windows version is only available if the winning bidder decides to go ahead with it. Although I have been in talks with the windows software developer I haven't got the ball rolling as of yet. I can pass on the info of the software developer to the winning bidder.

    Annoyingly I am being forced to sell because I have bills to pay and other projects to work on.

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    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:50:04 GMT
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    "anyone know http://www.jingproject.com/? How do you think about grabup.com ang jingproject?"

    People prefer grabup over jing because sharing grabs with grabup is MUCH quicker. Jing has a few other steps. GrabUp users can share grabs instantly.

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    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:28:13 GMT
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    Very nice app, I can see it being a real essential. Couple of questions.

    What sort of server bandwidth\disk space does it use currently. Has the free version got any limits on screen shot size or bandwidth limits on each hosted image?

    Would the buyer receive exclusive rights to the grabup source code? Would you sign a non-compete agreement?

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  15. Posted date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:09:09 GMT
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    Jon, what happened to the last sale? Your reserve was met but you didn't honour the bid? Is your reserve set realistically this time?

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  16. Posted date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:02:50 GMT
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    Are you actually going to sell the site this time? What is your reserve?

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  17. Posted date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:17:44 GMT
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    Have you ever kept a site yourself? Haha.

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  18. Posted date:
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:04:23 GMT
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    I think you should keep it jon .

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    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:37:24 GMT
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    Amazing website. I use grabup multiple times a day.

    Good luck with the sale!

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  20. Posted date:
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:42:58 GMT
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    Space and bandwidth usage here: http://www.grabup.com/uploads/005024b76c651651f8c91a8f32615c68.png

    No limits currently but the site could be easily tweaked to limit uploads. The new owner will indeed get exclusive rights to the grabup source code. I'll happily sign a non-compete.

    Chimaera, I talked it over with the winning bidder and we mutually agreed not to go ahead with the sale. I wasn't happy with the sale price and wanted to rollout the pro version. Very happy I did. Yes, I'm actually going to sell this time.

    Thanks for all the other kind comments.

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    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:26:14 GMT
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    Hi,

    In what programming language does the MAC OX X software is developed ?

    Do you know of any other software on Windows that offers that kind of features ? Did you receive any requests for a Windows port from users ?

    Your Pro package include a hostable version, witch is a PHP site replicating the one running on grabup.com is that right ? How does the user changes the MAC software to point to their website. Do they have only to configure a setting to change an FTP address and that's it ? (Sorry if I miss something).

    Thank you !

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    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:44 GMT
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    Windows version could boost sales tenfold - and site's value... Very interesting.

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    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:22:48 GMT
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    GrabUp was developed using cocoa. Lots of people have been requesting a windows version. Some people have even be swayed into buying a mac just to use grabup.

    The PRO version of grabup allows users to host the grabs they take ad free on their own server. Rather than grabs being uploaded to grabup.com (like this one http://www.grabup.com/uploads/74acc2e82167a800a40f5efb8216f490.png) They're hosted on that users server for as long as they wish. Freelancers and bloggers really love that feature.

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    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:15:00 GMT
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    If you'd like to make me a BIN offer please email me at jonwheatley (at) gmail.com.

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  25. Posted date:
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:38:29 GMT
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    I've lowered the BIN to $20k. Looking for a quick sale.

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  26. Posted date:
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:24:59 GMT
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    Jon, please send me proof of the $4500 per month revenues. Also, are there going to be any major problems, or changes in functionality porting this to windows?

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    Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:05:16 GMT
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    I've sent you a PM.

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  28. Posted date:
    Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:19:10 GMT
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    great site. can you also PM me proof of the $4500 revenue?

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    Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:37:17 GMT
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    I've sent you a PM.

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  30. Posted date:
    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:14:35 GMT
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    hi, Very interested, is your only expense $30?? Where does all the revenue come from?

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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:41:14 GMT
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    Send me proof/details on the revenue please.

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  32. Posted date:
    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:02:20 GMT
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    All the revenue comes from people buying copies of the pro version of grabup + advertising on the free version.

    Sending now foxdirect.

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