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throwawayValue

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    Comment #12591011

    It's a great feeling knowing that you've built something which is used by thousands of people, but even better when it's generating revenue to cover the costs (your time, hosting, …

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    Comment #10894865

    You're right - it is my responsibility to sell it and so far I've just been listening to offers and haven't countered because I wasn't interested in selling at those times. However…

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    Comment #10891995

    Based upon my own experience, make sure your site is responsive and place at least 2 responsive ads per page. I don't turn off ads for registered users and I've never had a user co…

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    Comment #10891971

    You're exactly right - different buyers will value my business in different ways and selling to a buyer like the one you described would make no sense. At a minimum, I'd be better …

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    Comment #10891380

    For the past 30 days the bounce rate has averaged 43% and traffic has roughly doubled.

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    Comment #10891352

    AdSense RPM, which I assume is the same as CPM, was $4 for 2015 and for about 6 months in 2013 it jumped up to $12. Would be very nice if that happened again.

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    Comment #10890036

    That's basically what I've been doing the past few years and the reason why I've rejected previous offers. My thought process has been, why accept $XXXk when I'll just earn it anyw…

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    Comment #10889296

    Excellent idea - you sir/ma'am are a genius!!

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    Comment #10889291

    You are correct - different buyers will value the business differently based upon their intentions for it. Some would be more interested in growing the SaaS side, so far all of the…

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    Comment #10889233

    Thank you for taking the time to respond. So far all of the offers that I've received, some from "known" companies, value the business based upon it's traffic, users, brand & futur…

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    Comment #10889122

    Great questions and for obvious reasons I don't want to be very specific about the site's niche within the real estate industry, but the service that it provides will always be in …

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    Comment #10889045

    I've heard of them and might contact them, but I'm not really interested in paying a broker fee unless they could get a premium price.

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    Comment #10889012

    It took a few years of working on it evenings & weekends while I had a 9-5. During that time I always thought of my salary as VC money.

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    Comment #10888954

    Business was created prior to 2013 and apart from a few tweaks here & there, it's pretty much on auto-pilot.

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    Ask HN: What's my profitable startup worth? (detailed stats provided)

    I've been running a US-based real estate related startup for a few years. I handle all aspects of the business myself from coding thru customer service and I've set it up so that i…