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justincooke

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About justincooke

Business/Website broker at Empire Flippers and host of the Empire Podcast. I'm an American living and traveling in SE Asia. (mostly)

Recent public activity

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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.