If a site makes $1,000 a month how much is it worth to sell for?
 

I have a niche site that gets about 5k visitors a day bookmarked, and makes around $1,000 a month, some months more. The only cost is hosting and that's nothing, like $50/month. And I spend about 20 minutes a day updating it.

How much is a site like this worth if I were to sell it?

I was thinking about selling it because I'm saving for a downpayment on a house.

Whats the site?

send me an URL and your contact info

stormclaw [at] gmx.net

And you dont have 20 minutes a day to update it?

$1k X $12Mo. = 12k.

Adult sites still command an entire years revenue as the asking price?

seems illogical that you have a site making close to $950.00 net profit a month but you want to sell it because your saving for a house. A one time payoff is gonna be much less than you could earn hanging onto it and building off its traffic base.

Dont flame me for this, not trying to be a dick, just think that a steady stream of income is far more valuable than a one time payoff.

is 12 months profit what a buyer would pay?

3 months revenue is pretty standard

Send me an email fuqalot at quicknet dot nl with the url,
and how much you want for it.

1. Save up for the deposit and use your $950 site to put into your mortgage...

2. Get a personal loan for the deposit (some places may give you a dedicated deposit loan), and use your site income to pay that off.

Both these suggestions assume the site will continue to make money consistently, life isn't always that easy.

Im not saying im going to sell it, im asking what people would pay looking at those numbers.

I do realize that $950/month profit for sitting on my ass is pretty good, but if getting rid of it for a lump sum puts me in a better investment like a home then that would be a smarter investment.

thanks, thats all i wanted to know.

It really depends on the type of site, the source of traffic, and if the new owner could keep the same level of revenue with no trouble.

I can see your point, but if you have bookmarkers and traffic then you can pull more revenue from it with future ventures. But you can also look at it as you did it once, you can do it again, sell it for a lump sum, get your house, build another 1k a month site and let it help with the payments. Either way you win, so good luck with it man I hope it works out well for ya.

Whats the url why the mystery ?

The buyer may not appreciate the value of his purchase being diluted by the creation of an identical site by the seller... if I was buying a site I would have an agreement that prohibits this for a period after the purchase. :2 cents:

Im not giving away my ideas for free. I just wanted an idea what the industry standard is for buying a site.

yeah right

In the adult webmaster buisness you should not expect P/E to reach over 1. Thus, 12k is the maximum amount of money anyone would pay for it.

Mots people seem to think a P/E at 0,25 to be correct.

i would only buy a site based on 3 months revenue, thats because in 3 months alot can change.

Its a site already on the web what are you talking about ? lol

3 months revenue with proof of no debts or overhead and proof of revenue streams would be standard in any business. I don't think you will get any offers for much more than that unless the site is really innovative and has potential for big growth.

ICQ me with the link, I may be interested

lol.. nice reply.

Be careful or the dickheads reading this might point out that in that amount of time you could have made much more money working the drive through.

2 Years? For < $1k/mo? No wonder you edited your post.

I consider people who steal and cheat dick heads.

depending on a few factors the site is worth between $2500-4000.

I hate to be the one to point out the obvious but if it were such an innovative idea that you are concerned with people stealing your idea then it should make a hell of a lot more than $1000 per month.

ok, let me pay you for this without seeing it

I might be interested in it too... Ping me on ICQ, but I'll *have* to see the URL eventually :)

T

like not only if your desperate!

very true

Who said it was an "innovative idea"? I didn't.

I just asked what a site that earns 1k a month would fetch if it were for sale. That's all, just how the numbers work.

8k - 10k unless it is something special.

< 12,000.

tHE money you make turn it over in poker and triple your money. let me know if you want help

3k$ is what I would pay :2 cents:

You did when you said that you didn't want to give out the url so that someone could copy your hard work.

if anyone spends 12k for a site that just barely makes 1k a month - youre a retard.

instead, you could take the site you already own (or start new) and spend less by simply advertising and get a decent link exchange going. youll probably profit much more while picking up some new visitors.

yep, that's usually how it is in the adult biz

But noone is going to sell for 3 times monthly revenue... If I had a 1k$/month steady site with no work I wouldn let it go for less than 10k$:2 cents: (and I mean very steady and proven site)

i'd pay $5-6k

But someone had to teach me how to run a TGP first :1orglaugh

a tgp is like a dating site right? :1orglaugh :1orglaugh