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Domain Name Wire How to sell your established web site — and how much you can get for it. By Andrew Allemann Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 One of the more interesting sessions during the recent Epik Developers Conference was about selling developed web sites. David Fairley, who operates a web site brokerage, explained the fundamentals…
The New York Times Blog, November 11, 2009, 6:24 pm, By BARBARA TAYLOR Dan recently became an “accidental entrepreneur” — although my gut tells me it wasn’t completely accidental. In any case, he’s searching for an established Web site to call his own. And I’ve been asked to help. I know a bit about Dan’s…
With the news story of the week once again shifting from political pundits discussing "lipstick on a pig" as a reality show diversion to influence silly voters to the cold hard facts that our economy is in worse shape than otherwise expected, voters as well as buyers and sellers of businesses for sale are getting…
Recently, in conversation with a buyer that was aggressively pursuing multiple websites for sale in our listings, I discovered subsequently that their mode of capital was going to be coming through an SBA loan. Upon hearing this I explained to the buyer that many of the deals would not pass the stringent criteria of the…
KKOL Business Radio 1300AM Radio Seattle, WA May 7, 2009 Guest host Albert Israel interviews David Fairley, President and Founder of WebsiteProperties.com to discuss his insights about buying and selling website businesses on its Town Hall morning show. *Link to KOL Interview has been archived on KKOL Business Radio website and is no longer active…
With lay offs surging well over the 500,000 mark monthly, millions of recently unemployed and highly skilled and educated people are taking the plunge into the entrepreneurial waters of developing or buying their own small business. Because internet businesses seem to have statistically greater resilience in this global downturn than traditional offline businesses, many of…
The last 6 weeks have been quite a shock to most Americans and people around the world. The economic upheavals have been monumental and without precedent. In our business as website business brokers, we have seen multiple deals fall apart or not move forward as a result of the uncertainty and fear in the marketplace.…
Who says you can't thrive in a recession? Not every business has to suffer from a downturn in the economy. Website Properties.com is a prime example of this. We are coming off our most fruitful month in the history of our company. We closed 6 website business for sale transactions in January which included a total…
I spent the morning with my children watching the historic inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama. As a Canadian living in the US, having two American born children and 3 weeks away from becoming naturalized, I am proud this day that I am going to become a US citizen myself in a few weeks. It really…
The year that is passing may not have many fond memories for a lot of people, but for those who have invested in an online business for sale or have sold one, it wasn't such a rough ride! In fact, now that the shock and awe has passed there is an air of optimism among…
