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thewahm (60%)
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Established Website Design Business -Over 37K Part Time

Huge Potential To Make A Lucrative Income

  • URL: http://www.designbytara.com/
  • Established: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:00:00 GMT
  • Uniques/Month: 2,000
  • Monthly Revenue (USD): 2,500
  • Listed: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:21:10 GMT

Description:

Established online website design business almost 6 years old. At this time in my life, I am not able to keep up with the growing demand of the industry. The last several months I have not worked on the site promotion at all and been referring clients out.

The actual website is XHTML 1.0 Transitional and built tableless.

I am currently processing payments via 2 Checkout, with a total of $ 16,106.90 this year. View the 2Checkout screenshot here

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I was also allowing paypal payments, with a total of $15,000.00 for the year. I no longer have been accepting paypal payments after we had a fraudulent buyer from India who claimed he never received his website after it had been delivered. I then closed the paypal account when they offered no support for me and only used 2 checkout to process payments.

We have several clients whom I have worked with for years, that I do allow to mail me checks for payments, which I do not have a copy of the checks. For a total of $5000

I also refer all clients to HostGator for hosting, which pays $100 per sign up. With about 2-3 per month signing up.

Baby & Parents magazines refer their advertisers to me to create their magazine ads as well. Pricing depends on ad size and range from $300-$2500 per ad, many wish to pay via business check.

The income could have been much more, however, I did not bid on all projects offered, as I only wanted to work part time with it. I also have not had time to work on any promotion. Many quotes come in, I do not bid on either, as I have been to busy working on things to take on any more work.

I have added a screenshot of what I could for paypal. Since the account is closed now I can not access all the files.

This website business has a massive amount of potential for someone who is serious and wants to design for a living or who wants to use it as a way to get more clients for their current company.

The new owner could also outsource all of the work OR send all new clients to design company affiliates.

There are many ways one could make a very nice income.

We do a massive amount of website headers and have for a few years. I priced them at $80 a piece to beat the competition!

We also do a lot of zen cart and oscommerce store set ups priced at 1200 and up.

75% of the clients are repeats and many send allot of referrals for work. About 50% of all new work are referred to me by previous clients.

I am starting the bidding at $29,000. I will accept offers for 5 days or sell if an offer is made and agreed upon.

I will gladly sign a no compete agreement, as I have no desire to start another design site and will direct all current clients to the new owner.
Please do not waste my time or yours if that is out of your budget.

Will assist the new owner with moving the website if needed and will provide support for 2 weeks if needed.

I can not give the 2checkout.com account as they are not transferable.

Payment may be made by bank to bank transfer, western union, money gram, or certified bank check. Paypal will not be accepted, as they do not protect site sellers against fraud!

Revenue Details:

Ecommerce store set up's start at $1200

Banner & Graphic Design Range from $20-$250

Logo Designs $250

Host Gator $100 per client

Website Template Sales via Affiliate

Monthly site maintenance for clients

 

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Questions to the Seller

  1. Does one have to be a professional web designer to run this?

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  2. No anyone can do it. One could outsource all of the work.

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    thewahm (60%) (seller)
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  3. How will outsourcing the work affect the monthly profit percentagewise? And what is your monthly net profit? How long does it take to run the site on a daily/weekly basis?

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  4. If the work was outsourced you would actually make more money, as you could take on more projects. The more projects you take on the more you make. Generally when a company outsources, they make about 50% of the quotes price. So, say you quoted $3000 for a job, you offer your outsource partner $1500 to complete the project. Which I will say, may outsource partners work for much less than that.

    I would normally spend a few hours a week replying to quote requests with prices.

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    thewahm (60%) (seller)
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  5. I can provide you with a list of companies I know that do outsource work so you do not have to locate any.

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    thewahm (60%) (seller)
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  6. Why was the Paypal account closed ?

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  7. We got a payment from India, which ended up being down and not authorized. Paypal froze the account and refunded the monies paid. I contacted them to try and get support and they were no help at all. We ended up closing the account becuase they offered no support what so ever for the seller.

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