Established WebmasterForums.net - 26k posts/1.5k members - $500+/month profit

[John D]

Hey,
I think its about time I sell up www.WebmasterForums.net

The site is a general webmaster forum and directory.

The sale includes domain, design and all site content.

Site Description:

Current stats:
Threads: 8,663
Posts: 26,187
Members: 1,455

Created: November 28, 2004

New posts in Jan: 312
New posts in Feb: 554
New posts in March (By 10th): 411

New reg in Jan: 64
New reg in Feb: 48
New reg in March (at 10th): 30

I know nearly every thread I have read for site sales have said about a site's potential but you just have to look at WebmasterForums to see it really does have a lot of potential to go a lot further than I have taken it.

The reason I am selling is I don't really like running these type of sites and I haven't for some time now, I have been holding on to it hoping it was just a phase and I would get the drive again to keep going at it, but I just can't get it.

I have been offered a nice contract deal to run a number of poker sites which I will be doing, so I will have even less time for WebmasterForums.

The only costs is hosting (I am hosting it right now and it could run on a shared server).

I have paid for 250 posts in total on the forum.

The site was converted from IPB to vBulletin around Jan when I got the custom design from WebRhino because they only coded for vB and I have never really liked IPB. Search engines are just starting to crawl the new pages.
The domain was changed from www.EvolutionD.com to www.WebmasterForums.net in 2005

Before anyone reads on, I do have a reserve and I will post here when it is reached, it isn't too high and I think it is good for a site of this calibre.

Site Stats and Revenue

The site averages just over 1000 uniques/week - This is without one $ spent on advertising.
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$450 Jan
$435 Feb
$390 March (By 15th) - $299 not included, waiting for paypal invoice to be paid. Total will be $690 once this is paid)

Most revenue stats here:
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Http://www.DeuceAce.com/temp/wmf/pp-feb-1.jpg
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Http://www.DeuceAce.com/temp/wmf/pp-march-1.jpg
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Average the last 3 months is $530 - Theres about $10/month from adsense too but its not worth including.


Included in the sale:


Custom Design and 2 logos: Custom design currently on the site and two logos. Designed by www.WebRhino.com who are a very well respected design company. Cost: Low xxxx
Domain Name: www.WebmasterForums.net and the old site domain, www.EvolutionD.com - Cost low xxxx (WebmasterForums.net)

Contact and Payment Details:

Email/MSN [email protected]
AIM: GlobalEire

Payment:
Bank/wire deposit would be my first choice, preference given to bidders that can do a transfer to my UK bank account
Paypal also accepted but preference could be given to someone paying via bank/wire transfer

Current offer: $6000

 

[John D]

A lot of people have asked for a BIN.
Please make an offer if you would like to close early.

Thanks
John

 

[timphelan]

When I checked the alexa stats it showed sitepointforums.com and the same website. What is up with that?

 

[John D]

I don't know why but Alexa still seems to be showing it as SP, WebmasterForums.net used to be a domain SP used but that was a few years ago, if you look at the waybackmachine you will see that SP was WebmasterForums.

 

[xlguy]

Am I getting confused in my old age or is this a re-post of an old, much longer thread? Not that it matters I guess, just seems odd not to bump that one? Or I might be mad and thinking of another site from a week or so ago?

 

[John D]

Nope I had another site for sale lately that you were interested in, you might be thinking of that because I talked to you

I have contacted Alexa about the site data, hopefully they will update it soon.

EDIT: You PMed me on DigitalPoint asking for more details Sorry forgot you asked about both sites!

 

[xlguy]

Yeah, no worries I found it here, started on the 10th:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=64469&highlight=webmasterforums

Is the BIN still the $8000/8500 you listed there?

(PS. Glad I'm not going mad after all - confusing checking so many sites each day )

 

[John D]

Hehe no problem, Im considering just removing the option for BIN to be honest.

 

[timphelan]

Sold for $8k to be wired as discussed in PM.

 

[xlguy]

Wow, great sale John - you acheived a good price there.

WD Tim