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Ask HN: Any non-acquihire, less than $1M app/startup exits?
- MalcolmDiggs 12y agoSure, it happens every day on places like Flippa, WebsiteBroker, and eBay. It's not the sexiest process, or the highest valuations, but if you're looking to exit for 5-to-6 figures, you might be able to find a buyer there easily.
- vishalchandra 12y agoMore interested to know about exits in the $200K - $1M range. It will be interesting to note exits at the lower end of the spectrum.
- GamblersFallacy 12y agoHere are some actual sales figures: http://feinternational.com/buy-a-website/#tabs-3 http://feinternational.com/buy-a-website/#tabs-3 http://www.webrokr.com/soldsites.php http://www.webrokr.com/soldsites.php For sites/apps with steady traffic & earnings, the general rule of thumb for calculating valuation has been multiples of monthly net profit: * 2002-2004: 3 to 6 x monthly net * 2005-2012: 10 x monthly net * 2012-2014: 20 x monthly net * 2014: 30 x monthly net So to flip a site for > $200k, you need to be doing approx > $7k/month.
- flipfilter 12y agoThere are a few hundred live examples from 2013 in the Centurica website buyer reports - http://www.centurica.com/website-buyers-report http://www.centurica.com/website-buyers-report. At time of writing (August is usually quiet) there are around 300 brokered,web-based businesses for sale between $20k and $2M. Averages are severely deceiving but If you were to look at average multiples alone you would find a typical range between 1.8 and 3.7x annual net profit.