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rowan · 10-08-2009, 01:12 PM

From the seller's perspective... someone offered me $10k for a baby paysite which was grossing a few thousand dollars a year. At the time the US dollar was strong so the windfall was more significant when converted to Aussie dollars.

The sale ultimately fell through because of the financial and stock backlash after 9/11. The buyer lost too much and had other things to worry about.

That same site now makes me $10k a few times over every year...

Sly · 10-08-2009, 01:15 PM

What is a baby paysite?

rowan · 10-08-2009, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly

What is a baby paysite?

Something I kind of stumbled into, so it was more like a hobby that made some beer money rather than a business. In that situation $10k seemed like an amazing offer.

I'd still consider it a baby paysite since it literally has a handful of paying members (I'd say less than 20)... the majority of the income is generated by referring people to a pay per min webcam program. Since it's lifetime revshare the payouts really do build up over the years.

edit: I hope you didn't think I was using the term "baby" literally!

Sly · 10-08-2009, 01:21 PM

LOL so by baby you just mean small?

I had absolutely no idea what you meant and was trying to not draw conclusions.

IllTestYourGirls · 10-08-2009, 01:22 PM

I was going to sell a blog for $500. I ended up not selling it and it now makes a lot more than that a month.

rowan · 10-08-2009, 01:26 PM

Haha, I just loaded up my Verotel Tickets Club (*) stats, and there are TWO paying users... I may as well just make it a free site, or maybe free to join with the occasional promo email...

(*) Told you it was a baby paysite

10-08-2009, 01:12 PM	#1
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Has a sale of a site ever fallen through, then you're GLAD it did? From the seller's perspective... someone offered me $10k for a baby paysite which was grossing a few thousand dollars a year. At the time the US dollar was strong so the windfall was more significant when converted to Aussie dollars. The sale ultimately fell through because of the financial and stock backlash after 9/11. The buyer lost too much and had other things to worry about. That same site now makes me $10k a few times over every year...

10-08-2009, 01:15 PM	#2
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10-08-2009, 01:21 PM	#4
Sly Let's do some business! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 31,329	LOL so by baby you just mean small? I had absolutely no idea what you meant and was trying to not draw conclusions. __________________ Vacares - Web Hosting, Domains, O365, Security & More - Paxum and BTC Accepted Windows VPS now available Great for TSS, Nifty Stats, remote work, virtual assistants, etc. Click here for more details.

10-08-2009, 01:22 PM	#5
IllTestYourGirls Ah My Balls Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Under the gold leaf ICQ 388-454-421 Posts: 14,311	I was going to sell a blog for $500. I ended up not selling it and it now makes a lot more than that a month. __________________

10-08-2009, 01:26 PM	#6
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Haha, I just loaded up my Verotel Tickets Club () stats, and there are TWO paying users... I may as well just make it a free site, or maybe free to join with the occasional promo email... () Told you it was a baby paysite