WTS: BabeWarehouse.com - 13 year old Glamour Model Site with Custom Built CMS; Ready to Go!
 

I'm considering selling BabeWarehouse.com, which first graced the internet more than 13 years ago:
http://www.babewarehouse.com/

Domain Name: BABEWAREHOUSE.COM
Created on: 18-Jan-00
Expires on: 18-Jan-14

This site is a glamour model site, with a fully functional custom built CMS. Back in the day, this site earned 5 figures MONTHLY, but times have changed, and it makes only a small fraction of that now. I do not have exact numbers handy, as I purchased this site from a friend last year and have STILL not taken the time to get all the affiliate links updated and so on. I had grand ambitions when I bought the site from him, but frankly, I've been neglecting it and don't see that changing any time soon.

This site would be a GREAT start for someone looking to get into the business... it's a well ranked site featuring portfolios from close to 3500 models and photographers. When they come to the site, they create and maintain their own portfolio, and all you have to do is approve/deny submissions, mark "nude" photos, so they go into the "Adult Section" (behind AVS) - that is all there is to it. I can grab some screenshots of the back end if you'd like to see them.

If you buy the site, you get everything - the domain, 100% of the content, the (gmail hosted) email account, and even the existing web hosting... but you are of course welcome to move the site wherever you want.

Start by changing the hundreds of existing affiliate links to your own, and you'll be profitable from Day 1. Then spend some time revamping the site (it has essentially be untouched other than approving portfolios and adding a few paying text links here and there for, I don't know, close to 10 years, I think), and the sky is the limit. This site will make you money as-is, but if you put some time and effort into cleaning things up, adding some new revenue streams, and boosting traffic, there is no reason this site couldn't get back to the big time.

I'm honestly not sure how to value it, so I think it might be best to take offers on it. IMO, this investment is more about potential revenue for someone willing to take the time to make this site great again than it is in looking at the last 30 days revenue and plugging it into a formula, or looking at the traffic the site gets and figuring out how much it would be worth redirected to another one of your sites. I'd advise not buying it if you plan to redirect the domain or leave the site as-is on autopilot (hell, I've been doing that and can continue to do that myself), but I think it's a great opportunity for a driven person with some time to dedicate to it.

Feel free to reply with questions/offers here or email me at webmaster <at> terababes.com. Yes, you can reach me directly at webmaster <at> babewarehouse.com too, but I check the TB account more frequently.

-Mark

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Hello Mark,

Good luck on the sale! I remember when I had not been a webmaster yet, visiting Tera Babes and Babe Warehouse frequently. Whoever buys Babe Warehouse will make a good investment.

Kind Regards,
Angelicion

Hey Mark, long time no talk. I had not even been aware you acquired BabeWarehouse. I thought it was still under the old ownership (shows how much I pay attention, huh?) Good luck with your sale.

I would so love to have this.

The BW owner and I have been friends for almost 20 years, but both sites were operated completely independently until sometime last year. Thanks for the kind words!


You would have no way of knowing this, I don't think. To add to the confusion, we're also both named Mark.

He didn't have time to dedicate to the site any more, and I had grand plans to revitalize it, and then real life got in the way, and now I'm right where he was. Hopefully we can find the site a good home.


Make me an offer. :)

I'm trying to find current traffic stats, but I haven't gotten into the GA account yet. I see it in the code though, so hopefully the stats have been being tracked somewhere and the former owner can help me access them.

As I said in the OP though, this investment is going to be more about potential and what you think you can do with the site than it is about current revenue numbers. It needs some TLC.

Looks like a great site. I'd be happy to help you put analytics up. You have an identical footer on every page of your site so it would very likely take me 10-15 mins to set up your tracking code, but I would need your ftp details. Drop me a line at carl at tourboxantalya com if you want to take up the offer and I can have a look.

I'd be interested depending on those traffic stats :)

If you find the stats, please email me webmaster at nnboard d0t com

Thank you

I got into the Google Analytics account... Traffic is low (as adult sites go, anyway), but bear in mind that this site has been neglected for quite a while AND the majority of this is not link traded traffic... this is good, clean SE and legitimately linked (from the models sites) traffic.

For the last 30 days (rounding)...

Traffic:
16k unique visitors
18k visits
118k pageviews
1:53 Avg Duration
83% new visits
7 pages per visit
59% bounce rate

Sources:
57% Referral
26% SE
16% Direct

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