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When it comes time to sell your online business venture it is very important to prepare your business presentation and get your documentation organized. Even though a business appears to be attractive in its presentation, many deals will stall and fail to close because of a lack of clear historic documentation of the business financials…
Even though we are diligent in screening and reviewing our clients, their business financials and fundamentals prior to engaging them and listing their internet businesses for sale, occasionally we have some website businesses that precipitately descend in their traffic, revenues and other fundamentals during the course of selling their business. Sometimes, as in quarter 4…
The most common question posed by sellers when considering working with a website business broker like us is "how long will it take to sell my internet business for sale?" Not having a crystal ball to extract the exact date and time, we usually provide our potential clients with - a standard time to complete…
Many sellers approach us to sell their internet businesses on a daily basis because of our strong website presence and our growing reputation online. We typically turn away approximately 80% of the seller inquiries currently because their businesses don't meet our criteria to represent and list. We have set our bar high, so we only…
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
( 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist and philosopher of science. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). He is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed "the…
DN Journal, November 12, 2014 By Ron Jackson The big news in the domain aftermarket this week is the $1,261,000 sale of Power.com that we told you about in a Lowdown post Tuesday (Nov. 11). George Kirikos uncovered the private transaction while looking through a 3rd quarter SEC filing made by the buyer, Power Integrations,…
DomainFest 2014 Hollywood, CA March 1, 2014 - April 2, 2014 Celebrating our 9th year, DomainFest® 2014 is dedicated to bridging the gap between domain name industry, online advertising, affiliates, social media and mobile. No other conference in the world comes close in content, entertainment and networking opportunities! DomainFest 2014 is a truly an international…
DN Journal, December 16, 2013 By Ron Jackson Several domain owners got very nice early Christmas presents this past week when they sold names that soared into the six-figure stratosphere. The largest of those - a blockbuster $850,000 sale of Fix.com brokered by WebsiteProperties.com, ranks among the five biggest sales reported so far this year.…
DomainSherpa, December 2, 2013, By Michael Cyger Understanding the basics of a revenue-generating website is half of the equation to successfully building and exiting an Internet business. In this interview, a successful entrepreneur and business broker walks us through the fundamentals, including understanding – in detail – how to value websites, how he finds so…
