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I could see a market for information like that. Some form of subscription service, where current Flippa auctions are evaluated on the basis of M&A factors.

by stfu 15y ago

toumhi 15y ago
That's an idea :-) I for one would really like this. I think in general there's not enough information on monetization.
amoore 15y ago
You may be on to something there. Sometimes I see sites for sale on Flippa, but from the comments I can tell that some potential buyers have discovered something negative in their research that I would have overlooked. I'd pay for an extended, honest, third-party analysis of some current flippa offerings. Help me value sites I'd consider buying, and I'd see value in that.
spxdcz 15y ago
Many of the Flippa niche content sites (rather than 'service' based sites) are evaluated not just on traffic numbers, but on the product of traffic and topic-based AdWord CPC values, e.g. the top ones being: http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2011/07/18/most-expensive-google-adwords-keywords http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2011/07/18/most-expensive-...
epdotnet 15y ago
I tested the demand for this and my experience is that there aren't enough buyers willing to pay for the kind of expertise required to curate listings based on some basic due diligence checks, filtering out obvious fakery, and using standard business valuation models to suggest a price range for sites being auctioned in Flippa. You've got to bear in mind that it's very time intensive work to get to the real figures. For example, most sellers don't deduct a nominal cost for their own time. To "normalize" their accounts you'll have to first decide how much of time/expertise is required to run their business and what that would cost.
- stfu 15y ago
  It really depends on the level of sophistication. The target market could be anything from people looking to become self employed all the way towards more serious investors who might want to consolidate multiple sites under a common theme. I personally love for example reading the monthly updates on http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm . They are quite helpful to get a realistic approach towards the domain market. I am missing something like this for projects and would be even willing to pay some fee for "hard facts".

I could see a market for information like that. Some form of subscription service, where current Flippa auctions are evaluated on the basis of M&A factors.

by stfu 15y ago

I could see a market for information like that. Some form of subscription service, where current Flippa auctions are evaluated on the basis of M&A factors.

toumhi 15y ago

That's an idea :-) I for one would really like this. I think in general there's not enough information on monetization.

amoore 15y ago

You may be on to something there. Sometimes I see sites for sale on Flippa, but from the comments I can tell that some potential buyers have discovered something negative in their research that I would have overlooked. I'd pay for an extended, honest, third-party analysis of some current flippa offerings. Help me value sites I'd consider buying, and I'd see value in that.

spxdcz 15y ago

Many of the Flippa niche content sites (rather than 'service' based sites) are evaluated not just on traffic numbers, but on the product of traffic and topic-based AdWord CPC values, e.g. the top ones being: http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2011/07/18/most-expensive-google-adwords-keywords http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2011/07/18/most-expensive-...

epdotnet 15y ago

I tested the demand for this and my experience is that there aren't enough buyers willing to pay for the kind of expertise required to curate listings based on some basic due diligence checks, filtering out obvious fakery, and using standard business valuation models to suggest a price range for sites being auctioned in Flippa. You've got to bear in mind that it's very time intensive work to get to the real figures. For example, most sellers don't deduct a nominal cost for their own time. To "normalize" their accounts you'll have to first decide how much of time/expertise is required to run their business and what that would cost.

stfu 15y ago
It really depends on the level of sophistication. The target market could be anything from people looking to become self employed all the way towards more serious investors who might want to consolidate multiple sites under a common theme. I personally love for example reading the monthly updates on http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm . They are quite helpful to get a realistic approach towards the domain market. I am missing something like this for projects and would be even willing to pay some fee for "hard facts".