Originally Posted by PamWinterReturns

I was offered a low six-figure price when I wasn’t selling. It was my biggest site but it drew income from sales of products and mostly affiliate links My pay sites grew from those links. If I sold the main attraction, I’d have to begin marketing my other sites and build another main attraction.

The offer was from a fairly major studio of fetish sites. Earnings from twelve months was the norm but I wanted more since it led to my other sites. It had been up since 1993 and had name recognition. I’d have to start over and didn’t want that.

He wouldn’t raise his offer but instead offered $1,000 for my mailing list of customers and subscribers. I’d promised not to distribute this info when they ordered and a grand was chump change. I countered with $100 per address and he agreed. Then I said I had 5,000 on the list. He backed down fast and countered with $5,000. Yeah. Sure.

It depends on the market and competition. Visitors, SE placement, amount of work to maintain, expenses, learning curve, and monthly cost to maintain. Niche is very important, too. We don’t need another teen site unless the model is extraordinary and then you have to take into account the life of being a teen.

Your competition needs to be researched. What makes those sites so popular? Content? Model interaction? Videos? Exclusivity?

It can’t be based solely on income.