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How much is a site worth

by mr@new
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How does one go about estimating net-worth of a web property.

I am looking at this one:
Traders Laboratory - Active Trading Community

Its a trading forum.

any input/advice is appreciated .. thanks!
#site #worth
  • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
    Well, normally you would take the revenue X 12 if you're the seller and that's what you would ask for it.

    If you're the buyer you would normally go Revenue X 9 and meet in the middle somewhere.

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    • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
      Originally Posted by Enfusia View Post

      Well, normally you would take the revenue X 12 if you're the seller and that's what you would ask for it.

      If you're the buyer you would normally go Revenue X 9 and meet in the middle somewhere.

      Patrick
      Thats what i would go with :-) Unless you can add extra value somewhere else :-)
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    • Profile picture of the author markmcknight
      Originally Posted by Enfusia View Post

      Well, normally you would take the revenue X 12 if you're the seller and that's what you would ask for it.

      If you're the buyer you would normally go Revenue X 9 and meet in the middle somewhere.

      Patrick
      I also agree. I would like to add that you also need to request or show proof of income if you are serious about buying or selling.
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  • Profile picture of the author fastcooler
    I made this SEO analisys for you:

    traderslaboratory.com Report | Website Grader Tool

    That website is very well optimized and very well indexed by search engines.

    There are also active social profiles for it.

    It is a very good grade domain and website, indeed!
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  • Profile picture of the author HzCy
    If you want to do it the right way, take your monthyl earnings * 24 and divide them by 2 if the site is younger than 2 years.

    If its older, then divide it by 1.5 and if its older than 4 divide it by 1.3 and so on

    That should give you a very decent price.

    Good luck!

    PS: Com domains are more worth
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  • Profile picture of the author seotools
    i did analysis of your site and found these stats

    Estimated Daily Visitors: 3,200 Estimated Daily Pageviews: 9,600 Estimated Daily Revenue: $ 24.00 USD Estimated Website Worth: $ 17,520 USD
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by seotools View Post

      i did analysis of your site and found these stats

      Estimated Daily Visitors: 3,200 Estimated Daily Pageviews: 9,600 Estimated Daily Revenue: $ 24.00 USD Estimated Website Worth: $ 17,520 USD
      If automated website valuation tools were worth anything at all, (which they aren't), many of us would be millionaires several times over.
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      • Profile picture of the author angshuy2k
        I have tried go daddy long back to check my website value and kept it for auction
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  • Profile picture of the author Snowclone
    Best way is to just put the site up for sale if you're interested in unloading it, write up a killer sales page and set a reserve. But definitely ignore all website valuations based on a robot script, totally useless compered to real world valuations.
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  • Profile picture of the author Thomas Smale
    Established forums tend to sell for around 2-3x yearly net profit - sometimes higher. It's impossible to figure out what a site is worth without knowing details about a site. Most of the answers in this thread are nonsense.

    If you don't own it and want to estimate what the site makes (hence get a reasonable idea what it's worth) message the owner and say you want to buy advertising and ask for rates/traffic stats. Anything less than hard data is simply a guess, regardless of the third party tools you have at your disposal. They have a media kit available (Advertisement Solutions) so it would be fair to assume the owners know what they are doing/have an established company.
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    I am looking forward to selling my forum :-) Retirement is near :-)

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  • Profile picture of the author Adie
    Originally Posted by mr@new View Post

    How does one go about estimating net-worth of a web property.

    I am looking at this one:
    Traders Laboratory - Active Trading Community

    Its a trading forum.

    any input/advice is appreciated .. thanks!
    here is the best tool to value your site:
    Website Valuations and Appraisals, Value a Blog, Domain or other online Business
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  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    12 months worth of revenue for smaller sites.

    24 months and upwards for larger, more profitable sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Newbieee
    Originally Posted by mr@new View Post

    How does one go about estimating net-worth of a web property.

    I am looking at this one:
    Traders Laboratory - Active Trading Community

    Its a trading forum.

    any input/advice is appreciated .. thanks!

    Erm, are you the seller or are you the buyer?

    Is this site even on sale?
    Or you are using this as an example?
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  • Profile picture of the author mr@new
    Thanks for the advice guys!

    I've requested their media kit .. so will find out. According to Quantcast.com, they get about 33K UVs per month, 250K pageviews, plus they have a list.

    My very broad estimation for the sites revenue is $10K/month ... adsense + list promotion.
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