London Based Local Community Web Site

[Andysp68]

Hi can you pm me the details.

Thanks

[Quotes]

I would if I could - but you have disabled receiving personal messages from other members.

[Andysp68]

Ok, as Im pretty new to this forum, Ill try work out what I need to do to to receive PM's.

Thanks for trying.

Ill PM you when/if I work it out.

Andy

[dpaul]

please pm me the details

Ta

[Quotes]

Originally Posted by Quotes

Discreet enquiries invited for a local community web site based in London, established 10 years and profit making. Includes active online community with 1,500+ members and yahoo group with 400+ subscribers.

Includes wiki, forum, photo gallery, restaurant and pub reviews, local business information, unique content.

Already migrated to php 5 and mysql 5. 400MB content, 70MB in 2x databases. Traffic is 23,000 visits per month, 7GB bandwidth. Main domain and 3 tlds. Growth at 5% per month.

Running costs: £50/m

Income: profit making - donations 20%, call revenue 20%, google ads 60%

Staff requirements: light moderation and light admin - forum already has 6x volunteer moderators

The site has a good reputation locally and doesn't have any strong competition. Good inbound links, serps, and brand awareness in the community. Will earn money in current format and good future earning potential and marketing opportunites.

Please PM for contact details

Just to update on the figures from October last year, the forum now has over 2300 members (+800 in 10 months). Wiki traffic has increased by 200% and generates higher per click adsense revenues.

Traffic has increased to 32,000 visitors per month (+9000 in 10 months) and growth is still approx 5% per month.

Since last year I have also sourced cheaper hosting plans for other projects and I can recommend them as suitable for the site. A new forum license is recommended by IPB to ensure you have support continuity (£100).

The site is profit making in its current format, so it will easily cover its operating costs. As it stands at the moment this is all that the site is actually tasked to do but it has the potential for a more commercial footing and higher income levels.

I have received several offers based on current financial performance. Please do not overlook the potential for added value and the goodwill of 10 years of work building up unique content, reputation and inbound links.

I am looking for offers in the region of £2000. Consideration will be given to those who intend to develop the site further and support local community interests.

Google Analytics reports are available if you have a Google Account.

The site is now listed on Sedo, as domain.com + content. Also included will be .co.uk and hypenated names (4 domains in total, 2x .com, 2x .co.uk)

I am happy to provide further information on the site. If you PM me for "more information" please can you explain what you want more information on. Thank you.

[commerce.co.uk]

Hello,

Could you please provide me with the name of the site and the sedo link, thank you.

Regards,

Barry

[Quotes]

Hello Barry

I tried to PM you the details but got this error... commerce.co.uk has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space.

Please can you PM me your email address so that I can send the information over.

[Rob_F]

PM me details please.

Thanks,
Rob

[Quotes]

Just a quick snapshot of current hosting requirements:

php 5 and mysql 5

11GB traffic

400MB disk

MySQL databases x2, 52MB (forum), 6MB (wiki)

1 subdomain

Forum - Invision Power Board

Wiki - Mediawiki, plus IPBWiki plugin to use the forum for authentication

*new stat* based on Google Analytics it looks as though the forum generates 88% of the traffic to the site. It would be wrong to assume this is just 'chat'... the forum has structured sections for trader recommendations and restaurant/pub reviews so a fair slice of this can be considered "content".

[Quotes]

Thank you to everyone for your interest.

This site has now been sold.