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Discussion in 'UK Websites For Sale' started by merien, Oct 20, 2010.

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  1. merien

    merien Member

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    Just developed it but another opportunity came by so I decided to let go of my recent project:

    see last msg. buy now set at £ 2500,-

    for:

    webmasterforum.co.uk

    and included for free:

    - vbulletin licence
    - vbseo licence
    - webmastermagazine.co.uk

    bargain!
     
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  3. vichousefc United Kingdom

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    So really this is just a domain sale? - the forum is empty and no custom skin and little development? or am I missing something (apologies if I am)

    Thanks
     
  4. merien

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    Thank you for your reply. One could argue about that. As it is developed I decided to post it here. But I can understand your point of view. The concept consists of two domains:

    webmasterforum.co.uk
    webmastermagazine.co.uk

    and the forum you see on webmasterforum.co.uk. Since the vbulletin licence is also included and the vbseo license I felt it best fitted here.

    KR,

    Merien
     
  5. vichousefc United Kingdom

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    Fair enough - was just checking to be clear.

    Nice domain - good luck with sale!
     
  6. merien

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    No probl. Thanks!
     
  7. ABCV Saudi Arabia

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    Hi,

    Can you please tell me why this is worth around £18k?

    It appears to have only 8 members and seems to be a relatively new forum.
    Is your valuation mainly on the domain?
     
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    CelebForum.co.uk £ 150 £ 150 Sedo Marketplace April 2009
    CityForums.co.uk £ 700 £ 700 Sedo February 2010
    DesignForums.co.uk £ 275 £ 275 Sedo Auction March 2008
    DrugsForum.co.uk € 100 £ 91 Sedo Auction August 2009
    ExPatForum.co.uk £ 445 £ 445 Sedo June 2007
    FitnessForums.co.uk $ 202 £ 101 Sedo Auction March 2008
    Forums.co.uk £ 5,000 £ 5,000 Sedo April 2006
    LamborghiniForum.co.uk $ 300 £ 213 Sedo Marketplace February 2009
    LondonForum.co.uk £ 1,500 £ 1,500 Sedo November 2009
    MrSiteForum.co.uk £ 100 £ 100 Sedo Marketplace September 2009
    OrganicForum.co.uk $ 304 £ 154 Sedo auction December 2007
    PS3forums.co.uk € 170 £ 119 Sedo July 2007
    TheFootballForum.co.uk £ 100 £ 100 Sedo Auction August 2009
    TheHockeyForum.co.uk £ 50 £ 50 Sedo Auction May 2009
    Wedding-Forum.co.uk £ 80 £ 80 Sedo Marketplace September 2009
    WeddingForum.co.uk £ 6,600 £ 6,600 Sedo Marketplace September 2009

    I do think it's the best name possible for a UK webmaster forum, but without a community already in place, it's quite a daunting task for any potential buyer. If there was a community and methods of monetising it, then the sky's the limit, but as a name alone, I don't see why it would differ from other forum sales. Maybe low £x,xxx, mid if the right person came along?

    webmastermagazine.co.uk has a lot of potential I think. Especially now that people are getting used to ereaders and the like. An online mag of this kind, I could see working.
     
  9. merien

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    Hi,

    Thanks for your reply. The asking price is mainly based on the domains. I think Webmasterforum.co.uk together with webmastermagazine.co.uk is a very strong combination. I do realize my asking price is on the high end. But if you look closely at the UK market a webmaster forum on the right domain has great potential in my opinion. Especially together with a physical "webmaster magazine". As for monetization, think about the value a developed forum would have to an affiliate network, domain marketplace, hosting provider etc so plenty of options there besides Adwords.

    Besides that; I also leave some room for negotiation ;)
     
  10. vizzo United Kingdom

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    Developed and monetized it may be worth a few thou, but for potential alone, with all the hard work involved, I don't think so

    However i do think it's a good name - if there's really a gap in the market for another web master forum
     
  11. merien

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    You might be right in terms of development. I might need to put some effort in it myself first.
     
  12. Ashton Canada

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    Its a great domain and a lot of potential, but your not going to get anything near that figure on here. Enduser is a maybe.

    If I had it, I would pay forum posters, get it up on google, get some actual numbers, activity and stats and then sell it with the hugely added value :)

    Good luck!
     
  13. merien

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    Thanks for your comments. I might actually look into that.
     
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    Ashton, any links as to where I can find these?
     
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    Fish - I outsourced to some indians I found on scriptlance the last time I did it. It was an easy topic (runescape cheating and general discussion) and their English was far better than the users I actually ended up with. Was a nice site and a good sale!
     
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    Thanks; good tips! Given the comments above I started to do some linkbuilding and I am looking for posters. Also I decided to lower the asking price and created an example for webmaster magazine to be able to provide a better picture to potential buyers of what is possible.

    Buy now: GBP -

    Example: http://www.webmastermagazine.co.uk/wm.pdf
     
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    webmasterforum.co.uk
    webmastermagazine.co.uk

    Buy now £ -

    Post SOLD and PM details
     
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    Buy now set at £ -

    Post SOLD and PM details


    also listed at dnforum
     
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  20. merien

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    Buy now set at: £ 2500,-

    for:

    webmasterforum.co.uk

    and included for free:

    - vbulletin licence
    - vbseo licence
    - webmastermagazine.co.uk

    bargain!
     
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