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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
The historic day has arrived after 20 months of an intense political race, economic uncertainty and global recession. How does the effect of the election and the apparent recession affect your internet business or the opportunity of buying a website business now? I am personally looking forward to completion of the process and hope that […]