Question. It’s November. I have a site that made $230 in August, and then nothing in September and then another big fat $0 in October. What is my monthly revenue? If you think it’s $230, please stay behind after class because I’d like you to help me with my accounts.
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A Business Whose Employees Work For Nothing
The holder of this auction thinks that his profit is 90% of his revenue.
“How much is your net profit?”
I work alone, so maybe around 90% after Elance commission, payment processing fee and monthly membership.
So Elance commissions and payment processing are the only outgoings of this business? Wrong!
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There is something I find insanely funny about the new auction of siteflipu. Yes, the new owner is selling this gold mine after owning it for a mere two weeks. You might be forgiven for thinking that those two weeks have yielded massive profits for that lucky owner and he is now retiring from the game. Alas, the implausible truth real reason is that he now has a “government position that requires seven days a week away from home”.
Read the rest of this entry »Traffic Down At Weekends
I’ve seen a lot of people fretting over the fact that their sites sustain a nosedive in traffic at weekends. Some of my sites have a very erratic traffic graph in Google Analytics, and some have an established pattern of peaking during the week and troughing at the weekends.
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I Love This Guy’s Presentation
I love this guy! What do I like about him? He presents well, he has a nice easygoing style and I [...]
How Not To Sell Your Site
All Hype, No Details
Skip to the auction details
I saw this auction last month and was stirred by the sales pitch! But not in a good [...]
Seeing A Website’s Potential
Sellers Love To Tell You About Their Site’s Potential
Sellers love telling you their site has ‘potential’. Many believe that this potential increases the value of [...]
