Comments on: Net Business Blog up for sale

By: Omar Kettani

Omar Kettani — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:24:26 +0000

I am a business broker selling businesses in Toronto. A blog can be compared to any other business. A blog can be sold if it generates profits. The amount of profits with determine the price. Even if the new owner is not as talented as the previous one, the blog will still generate traffic from Google and other sources based on previous articles. These profits are what the buyer is buying.

By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:22:53 +0000

Hi adie – Believe it or not, I was going to drop you an email with the link to this article; the comments have raised a number of really interesting and relevant points.

In any case, I am glad you dropped by and good luck with your new blog

By: adie

adie — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:24:17 +0000

Hello all,

I’m the new owner and I have huge plans for this blog. I hope you all stick around to see how things turn out.

Great to see so much interest in the sale, and to think I came across it by accident!

By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:43:38 +0000

Hi embuck – so it would appear, although it would seem that a different price was negotiated at the end of the auction. We’ll never know exactly what it went for at the end of the day!

By: embuck

embuck — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:21:20 +0000

sold for 13,000 congrats well done

By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Wed, 30 May 2007 12:33:21 +0000

Thanks for your comment. It would be interesting to know how much it cost Matt to get his blog to where it is today.

Whilst I don’t think it was as much as $5,000 I agree with you that it probably took some financial pushing.

Blogging is hard work – in my opinion the new owner will be taking on a new job more than a new website!

By: Buying a Website

Buying a Website — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:33:11 +0000

I think part of the reason that these blogs are going up for sale is because the owners realize how much work running a blog can be.

Both of the blogs mentioned were aggressively promoted from their inception. If I had to guess, I would say that Matt spent more getting his blog rolling than the $5800 it is selling for. Even if he didn’t spend that much, $5800 certainly won’t be much considering the time he has put into it.

By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:43:56 +0000

Hi David – thanks for your comment. It is always a shame to see the bloggers you respect and read regularly throw in the towel.

It will be interesting to watch the blog when the new owner takes over to see how successful a blog can be without its original author.

By: David Wilkinson

David Wilkinson — Tue, 29 May 2007 20:58:13 +0000

It will be a shame to see Matt go… What will NetBusinessBlog become? Nice post – Martin.

By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Tue, 29 May 2007 11:54:03 +0000

Chris – Thanks for your comment, and welcome to Community Spark. There is no doubt that there is a lot of original, quality content in the blog.

If it isn’t regularly updated it will soon become increasingly irrelevant, outdated and valueless though.

Therefore I think it is still important that the new owner keeps the blog alive in order to maintain and improve its value.

piggybank – Definitely. If the new owner is looking for a financial return, there is obviously more scope from a business blog than an ‘I love fluffy pink bunnies’ blog!