paying 2.500$ for a forum
#1
Posted 31 January 2009 - 04:02 PM
PR is 4... and it gets 15k uniques monthly & still is growing..
my question is.. is it worth buying it for 2.500?
i would know i can get money from ads, and hopefully integrate a system where i can have memberships, tshirts, give away contests, and such.. what do you guys think?
#2
Posted 04 February 2009 - 12:34 AM
just a couple of questions of the top of my head
#3
Posted 04 February 2009 - 01:30 AM
See if its monetized currently, and figure out how much its already making, The going rate for a website is around 10 times what it makes monthly, If already monetized. If the forum made $100 a month, Expect to pay 1,000. So with you paying 2,500, I'd hope its making 250 a month.
And as chris said, Check the back-links with yahoo site explorer. Make sure it doesn't have plenty of links from link pages, or perhaps the sellers other sites, You're looking for links that will just get taken down as soon as you buy.
I would honestly look at 15k hits a month, and figure id get 8-10k once i take ownership. Always prepare for the worse.
Also think about the subject, Gears of war 2. That's not like owning a counter strike forum, or a WoW forum.
Gears of war isn't going to gain ANY more popularity than it already has. So as for the web sites future? You can grab more of the GOW2 traffic, but as time goes on, that traffic source is only going to dwindle more and more.
All the above is just my opinion
Edited by SatanicPenguins, 04 February 2009 - 01:32 AM.
#4
Posted 16 April 2009 - 11:25 AM
Gears of War 3 perhaps? A little close to the present.
Maybe statistics are showing a decrease in Gears Of War 2 players?
#5
Posted 16 April 2009 - 04:41 PM
But they are right. The activity as it is now may increase for now, but probably not much longer after GoW3 is released. At that time you probably won't be able to sell it to somebody else for the price you bought it either, so you'll really have to make money only to break even.
Depending ont he domain, you could ofcourse expand to GoW3 (and GoW1) material. Either way, you gotta act (or not act) quick
Edited by Wybe, 16 April 2009 - 04:42 PM.
#6
Posted 10 May 2009 - 01:11 AM
#7
Posted 14 May 2010 - 04:07 PM
#8
Posted 29 June 2010 - 09:05 PM
And In my opinion I think £300 would be toomuch for such website.
#9
Posted 21 August 2010 - 08:52 AM
#10
Posted 16 September 2010 - 06:54 AM
#11
Posted 03 November 2010 - 08:01 PM
#12
Posted 08 November 2010 - 09:21 AM
So if in the last 3 complete months your site made $120 in Oct., $300 in Sept. and $200 in Aug. you would average that out:
(120 + 300 + 200) / 3 = $206.67
Then we multiply by 12 months... $206.67 x 12 = $2480.04
So at this point your asking price could be $3000, but expect offers in the $2500 range.
One of the biggest mistakes sellers do is they try to sell "potential". You'll often hear something like "I only have adsense running here and there but this site has HUGE potential!". Proving potential is EXTREMELY difficult and 99% of the time, people don't care about what it COULD make, they only care about what it does make. You can also take in to consideration how old the site is, it's brand recognition etc. A site that has been around 10 years is certainly going to be worth more than something that's been around for 6 months even though they are earning about the same thing.
Anyhow, hope that helps
Dan
#13 _*aditd_*
Posted 16 August 2011 - 03:41 PM
I am in a position where I am hoping to buy this Gears of war 2 forum...
PR is 4... and it gets 15k uniques monthly & still is growing..
my question is.. is it worth buying it for 2.500?
i would know i can get money from ads, and hopefully integrate a system where i can have memberships, tshirts, give away contests, and such.. what do you guys think?
If there are 15k unique then it is worth a shot. What is the income right now?
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