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justincooke
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About justincooke
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Comment #19299705
Justin w/ Empire Flippers year. Yeah, typically an affiliate site making $10K/month in profit will sell for around $280K - $320K. I understand why some others have said those retur…
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Comment #13334849
I just currently locked down a 12 month lease in Saigon, Vietnam. I've been visiting here often the last couple of years and keep feeling pulled back to the city, so decided to com…
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Comment #10280328
How so, Brian?
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Comment #10280225
Thanks, Joel, that's a good point. It felt a little awkward/forced running through the details on the different scenarios. I think that would have been much more legible in a blog …
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Comment #10280069
Thanks, Patrick - that's a pretty fair overview of what we do. We noticed that the buyer avatars we used in a podcast (Newbie Norms, Portfolio Paul, Lifestyle Larry, Strategic, Sal…
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Comment #10279886
That's interesting feedback, Ian. Funny, though - some say we charge WAY too much while others say we don't charge enough. Why do you think we're on the high end of the scale. (And…
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Comment #9940504
Pricing is always relative. (and pretty personal) My guess is the place you can get in Austin for $900/month isn't a fair comparison to the place you'd get in Saigon for the same. …
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Comment #9591902
When you're dealing with such small companies, they're usually pretty early in their market and might not have built up enough defensibility to share all of their information publi…
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Comment #9591877
Here's a company that focuses on buying/selling apps specifically: http://www.appbusinessbrokers.com/
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Comment #9474151
I'm not sure - I hope not.
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Comment #9473856
Shit - time to throw the laptop in the oven. :-( I understand where you're coming from, but I really think we'll have plenty of support.
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Comment #9473761
Keep in mind he didn't vet the ACTUAL post before I pushed it live. In reading it back, I wouldn't say he was enthusiastically pushing it or anything: "I think you guys have your m…
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Comment #9473533
Not really. We definitely discussed with our attorney but, due to the small amount of money in the fraud ($25K) it wasn't worth the hassle of litigation. Someone else mentioned we …
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Comment #9473512
I seriously doubt you're right, but I guess we'll see. Those that do appreciate it will be our customers and that might be a bigger pool than you'd think. Appreciate the comment, t…
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Comment #9473165
It's not on the site yet, but we're adding it so that it's public/clear.
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Comment #9473146
You bring up some interesting points regarding chargebacks but, in this instance, chargeback protection actually saved the credit card holders from becoming victims as well, no? I'…
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Comment #9473127
I can appreciate where you're coming from here, I really can. I will say that we did consult our lawyer before writing this post, actually. Additionally - business is done on trust…
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Comment #9473065
No. Amazing value because those sites combined were earning close to $1,200 per month in profit. $5K for that is an absolute steal, so Nate was just happy he got an amazing deal. (…
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Comment #9472833
We are, actually. We currently accept bitcoin for both deposits and full-on purchases. We prefer it, actually.
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Comment #9472756
Narcissistic guy and his brother, I guess.
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Comment #9472707
Yeah, it's a pretty horrible feeling. We were angry with the scammers and somewhat embarrassed that it happened at all.
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Comment #9472690
All of those passwords are changed after migration. In this instance they weren't, as we had an active/open ticket with him.
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Comment #9472681
I don't really know anything about when he's heading over. Plus, not sure it would work out that cleanly.
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Comment #9472598
I wasn't sure about publishing, but now that I did I'm glad it's out there.