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Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?

#51
I sold my Bible app company a few years ago, and it was mostly a PITA (e.g. took 7 months for a relatively small deal)

Now I acquire small SaaS businesses at CapitalAcademy.org and make it a point of making the process as painless as possible.

If you have any interest in selling or just want to learn about the acquisition process feel free to say hi, trevor@capitalacademy.org

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?

#52

I recently got offered $10,000 for my open source real estate website builder (PropertyWebBuilder) on condition I close down the project. Turned it down but still not entirely sure if it was the right decision.

Thanks for your contribution to open source <3

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?

#53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why did amazon terminate your affiliation?

I suspect that main reason is related with payment method. I am non-us associate. I have started with gift card payment it well good then I have changed to cheque payment method. I have waited long but no payment I have received. I have called amazon they said me there is problem and they will send it again. I have waited long when I contact them they said me it is already on the way then few weeks later they termina…

Sounds unfair and probably happened to other small businesses.

I'd love to read a blog post about your experience with amazon affiliates, and I also think it'll help with getting those cheques amazon owes you.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?

#54

I have a wordpress plugins business that earns maybe a couple hundred a month without touching it at all. I know it's not a lot but I sold a similar business a few years back that regularly made $1200-$1500 a month and the products were not as good. The only difference is I'm working so hard on other stuff this hasn't had the time it deserves. Someone with the time and motivation to add a couple of new features and a…

I was gonna send you a message but you're online form doesn't work. Send me an email ama at sproutapps . co

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?

#55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

His comment about a "really good offer" applied to the (potential) $3k per month, not to the couple of hundred per month.

Exactly, the one that makes a couple hundred is different because I'm actively trying to sell it and therefore will sell for a reasonable market price.

TBH that's not how valuations work, simce projections higher than current sales are not reliable (unless there are special circumstances).

you have any questions on how an acquisition for your plugins would work?

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?

#56

I have a wordpress plugins business that earns maybe a couple hundred a month without touching it at all. I know it's not a lot but I sold a similar business a few years back that regularly made $1200-$1500 a month and the products were not as good. The only difference is I'm working so hard on other stuff this hasn't had the time it deserves. Someone with the time and motivation to add a couple of new features and a…

I was gonna send you a message but you're online form doesn't work. Send me an email ama at sproutapps . co

Hey, my email is in my profile. Wasn't aware the contact form didnt work will have to fix that!

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?

#57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly, the one that makes a couple hundred is different because I'm actively trying to sell it and therefore will sell for a reasonable market price.

TBH that's not how valuations work, simce projections higher than current sales are not reliable (unless there are special circumstances). you have any questions on how an acquisition for your plugins would work?

I guess things are basically worth what people are willing to pay so there is no way one way that valuations work.

Any questions? Not really, I've sold and bought businesses in the past so it's pretty straightforward now.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?

#58
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Small ecommerce site selling fidget spinners. It's sold $4k worth of fidget spinners in the past 2 months. Hosting costs $10/mo Shipping & support take about 5 to 10 hours total per month. I started this with my 13 year old son over the summer as a way of teaching him how to launch a website, advertise it and sell products through the site. Now that school will be starting up again here soon, we will not have the tim…

Are you using Shopify? Drop shipping?

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?

#59
I built https://freelancedevleads.com/ with the aim of promoting it to developers looking for freelance work and also creating revenue by offering paid posts. Holds little interest for me right now, and I haven't touched it for months. Happy to listen to offers - email in profile.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?

#60
I've got a SaaS system that generates a small physical newsletter that I've been running for the past 3 years. Averaging consistent $600 / month profit w/ no marketing. I've always intended to grow it (and think $2k / mo profit would be easy to achieve), but haven't put in the marketing effort as I've been busy with other businesses. It takes about 1 day a month of work, but that could easily be outsourced.

Open to selling for 1x to 2x ARR, since I've been neglecting it a bit. Email for more details.

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