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cordoba · 06-01-2014, 11:59 PM

I've never really understood this either, at least when it comes to mainstream sites.

I think there is a commonly accepted rule that a website is worth x months of income (6 months used to be the number, I don't know if it still is).

So if a website makes $1k a month it should find a buyer at $6k.

I don't think it's been mentioned but many people have reasons for wishing to sell up and leave the adult industry even if they are making a profit on their sites.

For example, the UK is shortly to introduce legislation which will essentially make it impossible to run an adult affiliate site from the UK. Expect a lot of UK website owners to be selling their sites in the next few months. The rest have their heads in the sand or are planning to move abroad.

06-01-2014, 11:59 PM
cordoba Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,241	I've never really understood this either, at least when it comes to mainstream sites. I think there is a commonly accepted rule that a website is worth x months of income (6 months used to be the number, I don't know if it still is). So if a website makes $1k a month it should find a buyer at $6k. I don't think it's been mentioned but many people have reasons for wishing to sell up and leave the adult industry even if they are making a profit on their sites. For example, the UK is shortly to introduce legislation which will essentially make it impossible to run an adult affiliate site from the UK. Expect a lot of UK website owners to be selling their sites in the next few months. The rest have their heads in the sand or are planning to move abroad.