Willing to hear and entertain offers for my startup Commando.io which is SaaS ( https://commando.io ). Profitable, with solid MRR. Looking for 2.5 - 3.5x annual revenue (so offers > 40k and https://elasticbyte.net ). Contact info: hello at domain.
2-3x ARR is VERY CHEAP for SAAS tools
This is not true. Prices vary widely, and 2-3x is definitely within range of prices you'd see selling through brokers.
The price also depends on the product/company itself: how stable are revenues, what's churn, how diversified are traffic sources, etc.
I don't know what infrastructure youtube has, but I work in the same building with another known "youtube clone" from Europe and they are spread on 7-8 floors and have a lot of remote infrastructure. (serious question) How can you realistically compete in this area with a basic youtube clone ? From my point of view, the infrastructure and operational costs dwarf the development costs.
The nice thing (at least from my admittedly-fairly-ad-hoc experience) about video processing is that it scales fairly linearly, at least for the basic features. Things like building a scalable transcoding cluster can be made fairly simple ("just add more boxes") using a decent message-queue service. From there, everything is pretty simple HTTP. Of course, this is only the very barebones stuff, and covering all of You…
Partly related anecdote: I did some contract work some years ago for a startup (Tellytopia, later acquired by Concurrent Systems) that was into the video over IP space. Video transcoding was a part of the project, but I didn't work on that, which was in C++. I worked on some of the surrounding parts, in Python with XML-RPC, talking to Java, across machines. I remember that all or most functions in the app were XML-RPC-enabled, so that they could be located in different machines, which must have helped somewhat with scaling.
http://imgfave.com - YC company. 100k daily pageviews. http://backerpass.com - Monthly funding platform for artists and creators. ~$200/month currently going to creators. http://followfridayapp.com - Web, iOS, Android. Doesn't work currently because Instagram restricted their API. Could be rebranded into an app focused on selecting your own photos (something like 2016bestnine.com). http://facebook.com/youtubesearchbo…
http://imgfave.com - YC company. 100k daily pageviews. http://backerpass.com - Monthly funding platform for artists and creators. ~$200/month currently going to creators. http://followfridayapp.com - Web, iOS, Android. Doesn't work currently because Instagram restricted their API. Could be rebranded into an app focused on selecting your own photos (something like 2016bestnine.com). http://facebook.com/youtubesearchbo…
Is backerpass growing/shrinking/steady?
Only have a few creators on board but they will likely stick around since it's a meaningful amount of money for them. Since this kind of thing really only works for creators will a decent size fan-base, my strategy so far has been to reach out to people directly via email, explain how it works, helping them setup their page, help them launch it to their audience, etc. While that process could be improved, with something like this I think that's inevitable for awhile until word-of-mouth starts growing. I'd say it's a good starting point if you're looking to launch a Patreon-style crowdfunding service, but it might make sense to take what I've built and focus on a particular niche (Youtubers? Open Source projects?) and add features that work well for that niche.
I'd listen to offers for my WordPress plugins business QuipCode (http://quipcode.com). Solid software, OK sales just never marketed it and not sure the best way to do so.
I also have http://buyindiegames.com right now just a basic blog but I think it has loads of potential for someone with a bit more time.