Selling a Drupal website / business

[Brian Vuyk-2]

Lest year, I built a website for one of my longstanding clients which he
intended as kind of a side job / hobby to make some money on the side.
Unfortunately, it looks like he underestimated the amount of time and
effort it would require to get off the ground, and so has asked me to
try to sell it for him.

Now, I am more in the business of building websites for clients, and not
trying to sell existing built-up ideas. What is the best way to go about
this? Does anyone have any idea where I can post / advertise this
website, and hopefully attract some interest?

The website in question is http://thebuyingexchange.com. The original
business idea was that he had a lot of small business contacts through
his work. He intended to, when they posted sales or perhaps negotiated
deals with him, promote them / post their deals on the website. It did
well at first, but I think it became more work than he was willing to
put up with. In the end, he was mostly posting affiliate offers from
various affiliate networks.

Anyways, any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated.

Brian

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[bobm]

Brian,

Try this site: http://flippa.com/

Brian Vuyk wrote:

> Lest year, I built a website for one of my longstanding clients which
> he intended as kind of a side job / hobby to make some money on the
> side. Unfortunately, it looks like he underestimated the amount of
> time and effort it would require to get off the ground, and so has
> asked me to try to sell it for him.
>
> Now, I am more in the business of building websites for clients, and
> not trying to sell existing built-up ideas. What is the best way to go
> about this? Does anyone have any idea where I can post / advertise
> this website, and hopefully attract some interest?
>
> The website in question is http://thebuyingexchange.com. The original
> business idea was that he had a lot of small business contacts through
> his work. He intended to, when they posted sales or perhaps negotiated
> deals with him, promote them / post their deals on the website. It did
> well at first, but I think it became more work than he was willing to
> put up with. In the end, he was mostly posting affiliate offers from
> various affiliate networks.
>
> Anyways, any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Brian
>
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[Jerad Bitner]

Check out sitepoint.com - I don't know a whole lot about it myself but a friend of mine was in a business that lived and died by using this site for buying and selling websites. I think they give you tools to evaluate the worth and such based on metrics as well.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Brian Vuyk <brian@...> wrote:

Lest year, I built a website for one of my longstanding clients which he intended as kind of a side job / hobby to make some money on the side. Unfortunately, it looks like he underestimated the amount of time and effort it would require to get off the ground, and so has asked me to try to sell it for him.

Now, I am more in the business of building websites for clients, and not trying to sell existing built-up ideas. What is the best way to go about this? Does anyone have any idea where I can post / advertise this website, and hopefully attract some interest?

The website in question is http://thebuyingexchange.com. The original business idea was that he had a lot of small business contacts through his work. He intended to, when they posted sales or perhaps negotiated deals with him, promote them / post their deals on the website. It did well at first, but I think it became more work than he was willing to put up with. In the end, he was mostly posting affiliate offers from various affiliate networks.

Anyways, any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated.

Brian

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[Ryan Cross-3]

The sitepoint marketplace is now called Flippa. I've gone through the
process twice now. Its basically like ebay for websites/businesses.
There are others, but this is probably the best option that I know of.

-Ryan

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Jerad Bitner<sirkitree@...> wrote:

> Check out sitepoint.com - I don't know a whole lot about it myself but a
> friend of mine was in a business that lived and died by using this site for
> buying and selling websites. I think they give you tools to evaluate the
> worth and such based on metrics as well.
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Brian Vuyk <brian@...> wrote:
>>
>> Lest year, I built a website for one of my longstanding clients which he
>> intended as kind of a side job / hobby to make some money on the side.
>> Unfortunately, it looks like he underestimated the amount of time and effort
>> it would require to get off the ground, and so has asked me to try to sell
>> it for him.
>>
>> Now, I am more in the business of building websites for clients, and not
>> trying to sell existing built-up ideas. What is the best way to go about
>> this? Does anyone have any idea where I can post / advertise this website,
>> and hopefully attract some interest?
>>
>> The website in question is http://thebuyingexchange.com. The original
>> business idea was that he had a lot of small business contacts through his
>> work. He intended to, when they posted sales or perhaps negotiated deals
>> with him, promote them / post their deals on the website. It did well at
>> first, but I think it became more work than he was willing to put up with.
>> In the end, he was mostly posting affiliate offers from various affiliate
>> networks.
>>
>> Anyways, any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> consulting mailing list
>> consulting@...
>> http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting
>
>
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[Ng Chin Kiong]

On Friday, August 21, 2009, Bob Morse <bob@...> wrote:

> Brian,
>
> Try this site: http://flippa.com/
>
> Brian Vuyk wrote:
>
> Lest year, I built a website for one of my longstanding clients which he intended as kind of a side job / hobby to make some money on the side. Unfortunately, it looks like he underestimated the amount of time and effort it would require to get off the ground, and so has asked me to try to sell it for him.
>
> Now, I am more in the business of building websites for clients, and not trying to sell existing built-up ideas. What is the best way to go about this? Does anyone have any idea where I can post / advertise this website, and hopefully attract some interest?
>
> The website in question is http://thebuyingexchange.com. The original business idea was that he had a lot of small business contacts through his work. He intended to, when they posted sales or perhaps negotiated deals with him, promote them / post their deals on the website. It did well at first, but I think it became more work than he was willing to put up with. In the end, he was mostly posting affiliate offers from various affiliate networks.
>
> Anyways, any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Brian
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
>
>
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> Morse Media
> Web Development * Web Hosting * Internet Marketing
> http://morsemedia.net
> 707-444-9566
> 707-496-9191 (cell)
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> Twitter: http://twitter.com/bobmorse
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