How Much Is Your Website Worth?

bravo75 · 11-08-2009, 03:40 AM

I was curious about the value of my website, so I typed "how much is my website worth" into google and there are dozens of sites that will calculate the value of your website. The problem is that the results vary, to say the least. On one of the website value calculator sites, my site is supposed to be worth $16, another it is $876, $495, $1486. How can you really find out what your site is worth?

vishal1996 · 11-08-2009, 03:44 AM

You cant accurately calculate how much is your website worth, but you can calculate how much is your business worth by its market capitalization. All u have to do is turn your blog into a business and then calculate its value.

bdgbdg · 11-08-2009, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by vishal1996

You cant accurately calculate how much is your website worth, but you can calculate how much is your business worth by its market capitalization. All u have to do is turn your blog into a business and then calculate its value.

And even then, it doesn't mean anyone will buy it!

To the OP, don't worry about that unless you're trying to sell it and if you're doing so, those estimates don't matter, what matters is traffic and conversion, for example.

ChrisBa · 11-08-2009, 09:08 AM

The best way is to post it on a buy/sell site that specializes and see what people are willing to pay, that is one of the few accurate ways to find out.

Zach Booker · 11-08-2009, 09:28 AM

Ignore all those tools.

The safest bet is to simply take what a site earns per months and times it by 10-18.

You'll almost always have a buyer if you price it between that range.

In some rare examples, think Twitter, a site that makes nothing is worth a large amount of money. The only way this will apply to your site is if it is getting large amounts of traffic - but you just aren't monetizing that traffic.

Take care,

Zach

dforthster · 11-09-2009, 03:18 AM

it depends how much money you earn from your site a month.

Kenster · 11-09-2009, 09:51 AM

At the end of the day your web site is not what people are buying, they are buying a business or buying cash flow or cash flow potential.

So the more realistic value of your web site should be calculated like you would calculate the value of a traditional business if you were going to sell it...

Estimate your gross potential revenue or how you are or can monetize the site, calculate the costs associated with that monetization and then discount the pro forma free cash flows to get your present value valuation. This is just like the typical discounted cash flow valuation model businesses most commonly use to buy sell their business.

Or look at comps, similar to what other business do. Find sites similar in potential and other similar sites and look what they were selling or bought for.

Again, internet businesses are a bit different than traditional brick and mortar valuation because normally web sites are bought more on potential than on actual data, but the valuation theories are similar.

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Zach Booker Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 509 Thanks: 20 Thanked 59 Times in 39 Posts Contact Info	Re: How Much Is Your Website Worth? Ignore all those tools. The safest bet is to simply take what a site earns per months and times it by 10-18. You'll almost always have a buyer if you price it between that range. In some rare examples, think Twitter, a site that makes nothing is worth a large amount of money. The only way this will apply to your site is if it is getting large amounts of traffic - but you just aren't monetizing that traffic. Take care, Zach

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Kenster Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United States...NJ Posts: 532 Thanks: 20 Thanked 62 Times in 54 Posts	Re: How Much Is Your Website Worth? At the end of the day your web site is not what people are buying, they are buying a business or buying cash flow or cash flow potential. So the more realistic value of your web site should be calculated like you would calculate the value of a traditional business if you were going to sell it... Estimate your gross potential revenue or how you are or can monetize the site, calculate the costs associated with that monetization and then discount the pro forma free cash flows to get your present value valuation. This is just like the typical discounted cash flow valuation model businesses most commonly use to buy sell their business. Or look at comps, similar to what other business do. Find sites similar in potential and other similar sites and look what they were selling or bought for. Again, internet businesses are a bit different than traditional brick and mortar valuation because normally web sites are bought more on potential than on actual data, but the valuation theories are similar.