Comments on: Another Major Acquisition http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/another-major-acquisition/ Website Promotion, Generating Revenue, Website Management Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Amit Gupta http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/another-major-acquisition/#comment-64 Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:27:55 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/another-major-acquisition/#comment-64

In any case this site, which using a custom forum software that hasn’t change in forever, was started by a guy, just a guy, way back in 1995. He sold it to iVillage in 1994

just to bring to your notice a typo, the Gardenweb forum was started in 1995, so it couldn’t have been sold in 1994, that must be 2004, no?

]]> By: Mook http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/another-major-acquisition/#comment-45 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:32:23 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/another-major-acquisition/#comment-45 You know what’s interesting, where you said — “10 years from now will any of your sites be big enough to be bought out on this scale? Think about it.”

My designer just asked me that yesterday, and my response was that, unless someone is willing to pay 10x what I’d make annually on it, I would not sell. Reason for this is that a site with that much profit and traffic potential can be used to launch so many more great sites that just need that extra oomph from a larger site. Also, consider the fact that ad rates are on the rise, and you’d probably make more in a 2-3 year period than a quick cash settlement buyout. But then again, if someone like Newscorp approached a site of mine that was earning what Myspace was ($20M annually) and offered a price of $568 Million for it, I would consider either offering them a crazy overpriced stake in the company/site or I would definitely just sell out for that price, because it’s truly an insane overpriced amount for any site.

]]> By: Joe http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/another-major-acquisition/#comment-44 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:21:32 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2006/03/06/another-major-acquisition/#comment-44 Indeed. One would think forum acquisition would be a very good strategy for the long term. We will be seeing many more forums being bought and sold over the next few years.

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