Idea for a 10k monthly profit

29 replies
Hi,

I got the idea, established one of the most advanced websites yet that includes advertise-listings people can pay for (you can set your own price) integrated with paypal. User creation, photo uploads, etc. etc.

Basically ALOT of functions.

I am however now in the situation that's I can not continue with the project due to funding issues.

Would it be possible to sell this idea to someone only, even though the site hsant made any money yet, the idea being bought is basically just ready to run, including the website, domain, basic "koncept/idea" and a work-plan on how this project could make alot of money.

I am thinking I would sell this project (which is ready to launch) for 2-5k usd, but is it realistic that I could get that from anyone?

The potential is HUGE, and for any buyer I am sure I could tell him why. But of course, the danger is that nothing stops him from saying no to the sale, and starting something like it himself instead of paying me for the finished project.

Any experience with this?
#10k #idea #monthly #profit
  • Profile picture of the author bryce84
    Have you ever done anything like this in the past i.e. have a site that makes some type of income that is related to what you are going for here? Is there anything like this out there yet that you can show as a model to a possible buyer/ business partner? I would suggest if you really believe this can pull that type of money but you are held back due to funding then get a feasible business plan wrote up and pitch it to an investor or set up a jv with someone here. But to get someone who doesn't know you and you are a fairly new member with low post so you are really going to have to have a great pitch to get any serious bitters.

    I guess to sum it up if you really beleive in this then don't sell it. I am sure you are thinking you can sell it then take that money to turn around and have funding to start and finish the same idea yourself but maybe whoever you sell to has more funding so they can dominate the serps faster and better than you. Creating future competition for yourself...
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2944129].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author hellunter
    maybe it's good
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2945687].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author alfhareza
      Originally Posted by hellunter View Post

      maybe it's good
      yeah
      could have
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2954860].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author CrhisD
    Look at this :

    Bookkeeping Services, Accountants - Mazuma

    They are asking people to put all their financial information in an envelope and send it to them. Right away you're thinking, this won't work, it will get lost in the post, why would someone not just open that envelope, and steal all their info? it will get wet if it rains, plus it's in a purple envelope, that just screams "free private financial info" doesn't it? besides, it's fairly easy to duplicate.

    And yet how many offices do they have now? do you think that can be easily duplicated? of course it can. A magician always thinks that his tricks are very easily revealed, but how many times have you watched a magician and been really mystified as to how it's done?

    What makes them successful? they have an idea which seems faulty (in fact it practically invites theft) and yet...

    Maybe it's because they are honest? as long as you are honest, it's fine. It will take a long time for anyone to do what you did, and if they did so what, you will still have your loyal clients. As long as your marketing is good, I think you will survive.

    Paypal, is that easily cloned? yes it is and it has been. They also do things like freeze accounts for months. They are still around and still market leaders, because they have never stolen money from anyone. Large amounts of money has never suddenly disappeared from a paypal account overnight for no apparent reason. It works and that's what people are more concerned about.

    I'm sure you can sell it for 2-5K, people have paid other people more than that to develop something like that.

    And even if you don't or can't, I'm sure you have other ideas that you can try.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2956086].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author FTFADIA
      That is a very interesting business. Wonder the same model would work here in New Zealand?
      Signature

      I feel great today!

      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2957635].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author CrhisD
        Originally Posted by FTFADIA View Post

        That is a very interesting business. Wonder the same model would work here in New Zealand?
        Who knows? it's got so many flaws, and yet... they seem to be doing really well. If this isn't proof that people think too much, then I don't know what is lol.

        Holy crap, I can imagine the lawsuits.. by anyone's reckoning they would be sued into oblivion the moment someone's personal accounts got stolen, and yet... it works.

        I have no idea how it would work, but obviously they do and they're doing well at it.
        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2957669].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author Flipfilter
      Originally Posted by CrhisD View Post

      Look at this :

      Paypal, is that easily cloned? yes it is and it has been. They also do things like freeze accounts for months. They are still around and still market leaders, because they have never stolen money from anyone.
      I think the owner of Wikileaks might disagree

      Even without revenue, your site has a good chance of selling, but you'll never reap the reward of the hard work you've put in to get it to this stage.

      Even a little revenue can make a huge difference in proving the concept works and hence you'll see a greater return. Alternatively, maybe you could find a partner to do the marketing for you for a rev share agreement?

      J
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[3000352].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author CrhisD
        Originally Posted by Flipfilter View Post

        I think the owner of Wikileaks might disagree
        Seriously? are you saying Paypal stole his money?
        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[3000376].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author willyyard
    It is good. This business is fine on subject.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2960594].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Andythomas
    Good idea but your website content is unique and its Page rank is also high then good visitor comes..
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2961203].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author charlii1
    Its really interesting offer, i will think about it
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2961469].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author yuviplays
    Its really interesting , i am also thinking about some thing like this ..
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2962597].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author zainamatti
    hmmm interesting
    Signature
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2962746].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author mrozlat
    Originally Posted by Gumballer View Post

    Hi,

    I got the idea, established one of the most advanced websites yet that includes advertise-listings people can pay for (you can set your own price) integrated with paypal. User creation, photo uploads, etc. etc.

    Basically ALOT of functions.

    I am however now in the situation that's I can not continue with the project due to funding issues.

    Would it be possible to sell this idea to someone only, even though the site hsant made any money yet, the idea being bought is basically just ready to run, including the website, domain, basic "koncept/idea" and a work-plan on how this project could make alot of money.

    I am thinking I would sell this project (which is ready to launch) for 2-5k usd, but is it realistic that I could get that from anyone?

    The potential is HUGE, and for any buyer I am sure I could tell him why. But of course, the danger is that nothing stops him from saying no to the sale, and starting something like it himself instead of paying me for the finished project.

    Any experience with this?
    you could sell it if you find someone who sees the value in the project even though it hasn't made any money yet... when are you looking to sell by?
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2965400].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author Gumballer
      Originally Posted by mrozlat View Post

      you could sell it if you find someone who sees the value in the project even though it hasn't made any money yet... when are you looking to sell by?
      Hi,

      I am looking to sell anytime soon.

      How would I proceed from here? Flippa.com / Warrior buy/sell is probably too "risky" in terms of copycats etc.

      What I have here, is a complete business-model complete with branding and everything, and the system is already proven to generate great income.

      What I want to find is a serious investor, who prefferably already has had experience with B2B, advertising etc. that will know what a huge potential this is.
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2983018].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author mrozlat
        Originally Posted by Gumballer View Post

        Hi,

        I am looking to sell anytime soon.

        How would I proceed from here? Flippa.com / Warrior buy/sell is probably too "risky" in terms of copycats etc.

        What I have here, is a complete business-model complete with branding and everything, and the system is already proven to generate great income.

        What I want to find is a serious investor, who prefferably already has had experience with B2B, advertising etc. that will know what a huge potential this is.
        Personally I sell all my websites on Flippa... although I'm not sure how well it would sell with no track record... good luck with it all!
        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2985658].message }}
        • Profile picture of the author thomascross
          Last month when I showed a close buddy of mine how to make money from blogs he was pretty impressed and said that he owed me about $10. Finding me clueless he told me about Gighour(dot)com. This is a freelancing site where you can do anything you are good at to earn money as a freelancer. On my friend's advice I logged in to the site and posted as a gig that I can give about 100 tips of making money from blogs. And trust me, it worked. I have found buyers consistently. Eventually I have found out that many friends of mine freelance in Gighour(dot)com and earn fast bucks regularly. And as I said it's not only about serious stuffs like writing SEO articles for someone and the like. You can even increase traffic to someone's youtube video to earn money.
          {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2987982].message }}
          • Profile picture of the author FatterMike
            Originally Posted by thomascross View Post

            Last month when I showed a close buddy of mine how to make money from blogs he was pretty impressed and said that he owed me about $10. Finding me clueless he told me about Gighour(dot)com. This is a freelancing site where you can do anything you are good at to earn money as a freelancer. On my friend's advice I logged in to the site and posted as a gig that I can give about 100 tips of making money from blogs. And trust me, it worked. I have found buyers consistently. Eventually I have found out that many friends of mine freelance in Gighour(dot)com and earn fast bucks regularly. And as I said it's not only about serious stuffs like writing SEO articles for someone and the like. You can even increase traffic to someone's youtube video to earn money.
            heading there now.. think I have a thing or two to offer
            {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2996340].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author phoenix blogger
    nice idea inded. anybody else tried it here ?
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2965584].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author IMoptimizer
    You can try to sell the idea for sure. It is a truly interesting idea, and I'm sure there is someone out there who would pay you for it.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2966176].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author max2daz
    Very interesting business.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2966304].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author emailer
    Find someone to JV with or find an investor. I doubt that you will be able to sell it to anyone. (my personal advice)
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2983329].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author shuvo
    It sounds really great.I think if you have some unique contents and unique ideas then people can buy your entire site.I can remember a site northxeast that was sold for $8400 and the site had pr 4.What you can do now that place the site in different website selling and buying site like flippa.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2999567].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Flipfilter
    Did I say stolen...I meant 'frozen'....(is there a nervous smiley face icon?)
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[3000424].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Gumballer
    Hi Guys,

    I chose to try and sell my website, and it was sold for $1000 profit.
    It was more than I expected to get, but much less that I wanted to sell for.

    However, still I think this is a high price for a website that has shown no traffic, nor made any income at all so far.

    Thanks for your help.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[3136950].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Dynamic Marketer
    I think you need to provide more details to this so more can chip in and contribute ideas
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[3208519].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Jon Martin
    Unless you've already got an already established domain, this would be difficult to sell, wouldn't it? It's not like you have the idea patented. What is stopping people from starting their own service of this kind for free rather than purchasing the idea?
    Signature
    "Be the hero of your own movie."
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6644765].message }}

Trending Topics