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max99x · 30-07-2007, 11:00 AM

£20,000

thats alot for a site that has no revenue !

fred · 30-07-2007, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by max99x

£20,000

thats alot for a site that has no revenue !

They wanted a BIN so I gave them one! As I said, offers will be considered.

Bear in mind though that:

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Originally Posted by fred

Pages indexed in Google: 144000

at £20,000, that's less than 14p per page

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There are currently 54163 entries for 44887 business listed over a total of 325 categories.

at £20,000 that's 37p per individual entry entered by hand

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Assume no revenue although there has been some via affilliate links/adsense/listing upgrades.

and there has been revenue, just I can't tell exact enough figure as I didn't set the affiliate links with unique tracking. Fair enough it's not going to be worth £20,000 by current revenue alone, but the amount of time and work that has gone into the site means we would rather not sell the site at all than to sell cheap.

programmer · 30-07-2007, 11:22 AM

Hi Fred,

What degree of contact have you developed with the listed companies? Are they all aware they are listed, and have you contacted them to highlight what you can offer them?
From a commercial perspective, what is there to show that the current enhancements to their membership (so a charge could be levied) have been successful?

Cheers,

programmer.

programmer · 30-07-2007, 12:21 PM

Thanks.

Across the whole database, how many (percentage wise) would you say you have the email addresses of?

fred · 30-07-2007, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by programmer

Thanks.

Across the whole database, how many (percentage wise) would you say you have the email addresses of?

less than half a percent

programmer · 30-07-2007, 01:01 PM

(sharp intake of breath!!)

Yikes, that's quite a bit of snail mail work!

fred · 30-07-2007, 01:43 PM

or a call centre

Nearly all have phone numbers

firestars · 30-07-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by programmer

I'm sure somebody who was willing/able to do a sales/marketing push would get a fair number of upgrades.

I wouldnt count on it. Most companies get bombarded with entries to sites such as this on a daily basis and I would guess all end up in the bin.

Ive found that unless your site offers something that others dont, then you wont get them to part with any cash.

I can see any value in the site itself, why are directories priced so highly? I wouldn't ask for 4 figures for reading-guide.com and that makes a nice incoming from Adsense.

programmer · 30-07-2007, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by firestars

Originally Posted by programmer

I'm sure somebody who was willing/able to do a sales/marketing push would get a fair number of upgrades.

I wouldnt count on it. Most companies get bombarded with entries to sites such as this on a daily basis and I would guess all end up in the bin.

Ive found that unless your site offers something that others dont, then you wont get them to part with any cash.

I can see any value in the site itself, why are directories priced so highly? I wouldn't ask for 4 figures for reading-guide.com and that makes a nice incoming from Adsense.

^ Firestars, where did i say this?

fred · 30-07-2007, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by programmer

^ Firestars, where did i say this?

Don't worry, firestars had a few problems with his new moderator options

It was me who said that in a post that no longer exists.

30-07-2007, 11:22 AM	#13
programmer Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 79 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 1)	Hi Fred, What degree of contact have you developed with the listed companies? Are they all aware they are listed, and have you contacted them to highlight what you can offer them? From a commercial perspective, what is there to show that the current enhancements to their membership (so a charge could be levied) have been successful? Cheers, programmer. Last edited by programmer; 30-07-2007 at 11:26 AM.

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