Adult Webmasters - How does one set the cash value for a website?

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How does one set the cash value for a website?

Mark

2006-02-24, 10:24 am

How does one go about placing a cash value on website? Content, Data,
Administration and support?

Yahoo and Google are worth Billions, and I assume some of the Adult ones
are worth at least a million or more. But,what about the average website? How
do they come up with a cash value for those websites?

Is there an organization or website that keeps track of what various websites
are sold for?

....absolutely any direction or information is greatly appreaciated.

Thanks

Mark C.
mconley2006@yahoo.com

Leonard Blaisdell

2006-02-24, 10:24 am

In article <mN8Lf.55859$id5.1142@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
mconley2006@yahoo.com (Mark) wrote:

> How does one go about placing a cash value on website? Content, Data,
> Administration and support?

I'd start with traffic and go from there.

leo

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<http://web0.greatbasin.net/~leo/>

Theg

2006-02-24, 10:24 am

Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article <mN8Lf.55859$id5.1142@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> mconley2006@yahoo.com (Mark) wrote:
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> I'd start with traffic and go from there.
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> leo
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I'd take a more traditional approach. Start with cash flow, and go from
there. Just like any business sale, it's not just the assets that are
being sold, it's the future revenue.

--
Theg

Jeff Thies

2006-02-24, 10:24 am

Theg wrote:
> Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> I'd take a more traditional approach. Start with cash flow, and go from
> there. Just like any business sale, it's not just the assets that are
> being sold, it's the future revenue.

I'd go with that.

The very first website I worked on (back in '95) was doing 16
Gigs/months (that was when 14,400 was a fast connection and bandwidth
was expensive) when we shut it down.

It wasn't making much money though!

Cheers,
Jeff

Leonard Blaisdell

2006-02-24, 10:24 am

In article <FQaLf.15112$gh4.10456@trnddc06>, Theg <no@email.please>
wrote:

> I'd take a more traditional approach. Start with cash flow, and go from
> there. Just like any business sale, it's not just the assets that are
> being sold, it's the future revenue.

I wasn't thinking properly. Apologies to Rastus. You are, of course,
correct. I simply forgot what makes money. Doh!

leo

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<http://web0.greatbasin.net/~leo/>

William Tasso

2006-02-24, 10:24 am

Fleeing from the madness of the TMG Inc jungle
Mark <mconley2006@yahoo.com> stumbled into
news:alt.www.webmaster,alt.www.webmaster.xxx
and said:

> How does one go about placing a cash value on website?

As others have suggested, one applies the same processes as when acquiring
any business or asset. Perhaps two, maybe three years profit is a good
place to start - all is negotiatable. In the end it comes down to:
o what is it worth to the buyer
o what value the seller places on it

the transfer can only take place when common ground is reached.

--
William Tasso

whither a trophy?