Site Update
Finally, finally, finally. We are almost ready to launch new functionality for our website valuation tools. The graphs will include regression values that make it easier for you to interpolate a site value. The search results are color coded so that rows alternate, making them easier to read. And we have added much more information to site data. It will launch in the next few days, so be sure to login early next week and check it out.
What’s the Value of a Web Show?
I have no idea what a web show is worth, because only a few have sold, and it’s hard to find stats on some of them. But the numbers are enticing enough that my business partner and I decided to try it out. Over the last few months we have built a great team, and the result is that today, The Daily Idea Web Show launched.
Welcome to Value on the Web
About a year ago I began buying and selling websites. I noticed that people tended to use common multiples like 10-12x monthly earnings to value websites, but ultimately the value in something is the discounted value of all future cash flows, and website monthly cash flows are easy to manipulate. I got burned a few times, and I got some great deals that made me decent profits. But overall, I realized that the 10-12x number was wrong.
I began keeping a spreadsheet of websites that sold at Sitepoint. I tracked pagerank, monthly visitors, monthly revenue, and final sales price. Eventually, I got curious and started running regression analysis on the data. I found some interesting patterns, and found it useful to analyze outliers to see why they broke the pattern. I discovered ways to add value to my own sites. It was very very useful. So useful that I built a website to analyze it all. I don’t know if anyone else is as into this as I am, but I figured I might as well share what I’ve created with the world and maybe make a little money from all the work I’ve done tracking this stuff. The final result is Value On The Web. I hope you like it.