Comments on: Would You Sell Your Site For 5x Its Yearly Profit? http://www.prosperly.com/2009/would-you-sell-your-site-for-5x-its-yearly-profit/ Prosper Online. Guaranteed. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Tedder http://www.prosperly.com/2009/would-you-sell-your-site-for-5x-its-yearly-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Michael Tedder Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:03:05 +0000 http://www.prosperly.com/?p=582#comment-357 Cheers Jesse thanks for the reponse Cheers Jesse thanks for the reponse

]]> By: jesse http://www.prosperly.com/2009/would-you-sell-your-site-for-5x-its-yearly-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-356 jesse Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:50:09 +0000 http://www.prosperly.com/?p=582#comment-356 Forgot to mention your question. It's very tough to put a price on content sites because they do seem much more subject to the whims of competition, algorithms, etc. Honestly, we try and go for rock bottom valuation when we purchase by finding sites to buy that aren't yet for sale. The key is to evaluate the niche's potential, how you'll monetize the content, and what your best/worst-case upside is. If it's still looking attractive, then you probably have a good valuation. One other thing to consider in valuation is obviously the payback period. We go for <3 months, which means we really have to find deals, and usually turn them around quickly as well with the improvements we have in mind. Forgot to mention your question. It’s very tough to put a price on content sites because they do seem much more subject to the whims of competition, algorithms, etc.

Honestly, we try and go for rock bottom valuation when we purchase by finding sites to buy that aren’t yet for sale.

The key is to evaluate the niche’s potential, how you’ll monetize the content, and what your best/worst-case upside is. If it’s still looking attractive, then you probably have a good valuation.

One other thing to consider in valuation is obviously the payback period. We go for <3 months, which means we really have to find deals, and usually turn them around quickly as well with the improvements we have in mind.

]]> By: jesse http://www.prosperly.com/2009/would-you-sell-your-site-for-5x-its-yearly-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-355 jesse Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:46:00 +0000 http://www.prosperly.com/?p=582#comment-355 That's true. It depends on many other factors. With retail for instance, there would be relationships with suppliers, buyers, vendors, etc. In this case, it's purely a lead-gen site, so frankly we were pretty surprised to see it so high. That’s true. It depends on many other factors. With retail for instance, there would be relationships with suppliers, buyers, vendors, etc.

In this case, it’s purely a lead-gen site, so frankly we were pretty surprised to see it so high.

]]> By: Michael Tedder http://www.prosperly.com/2009/would-you-sell-your-site-for-5x-its-yearly-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Michael Tedder Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:11:13 +0000 http://www.prosperly.com/?p=582#comment-337 Its hard to put a price on all sites, most retail sites will go for 10 months to severals years profit like you said, but then theres those sites that have content ect which is harder to put a price on. How do you put a price on a successful content site? Its hard to put a price on all sites, most retail sites will go for 10 months to severals years profit like you said, but then theres those sites that have content ect which is harder to put a price on.

How do you put a price on a successful content site?

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