The website of the service that has been bashed for anything from being illegal to causing health risks from glitter exposure, ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com, has sold today on the auction platform Flippa by the Australian entrepreneur, Mathew Carpenter.
Mathew advertised it as a website for sale that went viral, resulting in many news outlets such as Yahoo! and USA Today picking the service up and giving him more free exposure. In less than 4 days, he was able to receive $20,000 in sales and 2.5 million visitors before being overwhelmed by new orders, shutting the site down and listing it for sale.
The controversy in the first day of it being listing was entertaining enough, as was seeing all the copycat sites spring up and being listed for sale. However, the figures were better to follow for a site that blossomed overnight.
ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com received 345 verified bids, a figure some said may never happen again. In addition to the bids, there were 117 comments made, Alexa shot up to a global rank of 20,835 and Majestic Trust and Citation Flow to 30/38.
The auction ended at $85,000. Combined with the approximate $20,000 revenue made, resulted in an easy 6 figure deal for him. That should be enough seed money for him to start another entrepreneurial adventure in the future.
Mathew advertised it as a website for sale that went viral, resulting in many news outlets such as Yahoo! and USA Today picking the service up and giving him more free exposure. In less than 4 days, he was able to receive $20,000 in sales and 2.5 million visitors before being overwhelmed by new orders, shutting the site down and listing it for sale.
The controversy in the first day of it being listing was entertaining enough, as was seeing all the copycat sites spring up and being listed for sale. However, the figures were better to follow for a site that blossomed overnight.
ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com received 345 verified bids, a figure some said may never happen again. In addition to the bids, there were 117 comments made, Alexa shot up to a global rank of 20,835 and Majestic Trust and Citation Flow to 30/38.
The auction ended at $85,000. Combined with the approximate $20,000 revenue made, resulted in an easy 6 figure deal for him. That should be enough seed money for him to start another entrepreneurial adventure in the future.
