What JF says.
In a way it's Tube traffic which ain't wort the asking price.

well, the site is also 10 years old and really established, but i guess any site with videos is 'tube traffic' these days :)

funny post on front page of stile
 

:thumbsup

heh, wait until i post the other batch of reader mail i've gotten in the last few days. there are some fucking GEMS :)

Good luck on your decision!

great site !

what are your sites?

First Nay disappears for real (it seems) and now you... the last of my highschool internet memories are ~vanishing~

I have a ton of valium.. Hit me up if you have anyhting to trade :D

There is no reason for him to show his sites to the world you dumb fuck. Get a grip.

250..... :)

OK, confession.....I had never heard of this site before it was put up for sale and so I am afraid this opinion is completely impartial, and based only on the information available in this interesting thread.

Stile, you come across as a very likeable and straightforward guy. Clearly you have a place in the hearts of many people who have posted on this thread, and a very popular website. You already know this but you can completely disregard the flamers and haters. They will talk their shit whatever you are selling at what ever price. Nobody will take seriously anybody who personally attacks you for placing a particular value on something. Take consolation that it bumps your thread and more people will see it.

In my opinion going public on the sale in this way was a good move. People can't buy something if they don't know its for sale. I think that advertising the business for sale on the site itself is not a bad move in this case either. It is always easier to sell something to somebody who knows and likes it than somebody who is just looking at the numbers without any feel for the history or the potential.

The one area where I think you have possibly done yourself a dis-service so far is when talking about the reasons for the sale.

As I read it, you are sending somewhat mixed messages. On the one hand you say you have lost a key part of the site's ability to operate, and you don't want to go the route of getting in a new coder/programmer, but then you are also saying that the perfect scenario for you is for somebody to buy it from you and give you a job running it.... now correct me if I am wrong but you would still be in the same boat, albeit with heavier pockets !

I think what you probably meant to say is that you have been looking at the return you are making on all the work you are putting in, and the traffic you have and you do not feel it is enough. You KNOW what you need to do to take it to the next level, but for whatever reason you do not have the resources to do so at this time. This feeling of depression that you talk about is probably the realisation that you will now have to work harder to maintain where you are now, when that energy could have been used in more profitable ways. Am I right? Apologies if I am not :)

I see you have placed a value of $2,000,000 on the site, but didn't reveal any actual income figures, so I guess this figure is based on a combination of what you think the traffic should generate in terms of revenue and what value you place on the goodwill of the business and the expertise. contacts and infrastructure you will transfer rather than simply a multiple of the income it actually generates?

In my opinion this is the correct way to value a "known business", but a purchaser will of course always want to discount the goodwill element and just calculate when they can recoup their investment !

You say you have received a number of offers? Why don't you update people as to where they are at? There may be people unwilling to pay $2 million, but wiling to pay a lot more tha you have presently been offered. Also as you clearly want to remain involved in the business why don't you sell only part of it and retain a share rather than simply become an "employee" which you don't strike me as !

Anyway, best of luck. I hope this all ends to your satisfaction, whatever you decide to do, and better go to Thailand BEFORE you have a pocket full of money cos Thai girls can smell it a mile away, and will quickl relieve you of the stress of carrying it around !

Not sold yet?

wow that was a great post man, thank you.

basically what i wanted was someone to buy the site that already has a team of devs, and i would maintain the site and come onboard with all my ideas, of which there are many. but yes, what you said is completely true.

i base the value of the sale price on gross income, the 'stile' brand that is 10 years old, and the cost of bringing me on board to triple the sites traffic in 90 days. you aren't just buying a website, you are buying an established community, and a guy to run it and make you a lot of money. i just need a team to help redo the site from scratch and relaunch... and whoever buys the site gets everything, including me.

shit, for 2 mil i'd probably suck a dick.

it's a big decision to make. :)

oh, i actually never thought about selling a share. didn't even think of that to be honest.

basically what i am doing is just taking offers and will go with the best offer, not the highest $$$ amount.

I suck cock for cash

oh and for those of you that don't know me, may i refer you to the wiki articles?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stile_Project

and

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Stile_Project

Stile Project. FOR THE WIN!

Suckup ;)

Is people's memory really that short? Attention Deficit Disorder?

Do I need to remind the crowd of the controversial shit stile's pulled a few years back. Go on, search. It's still there.

Besides, for running that site for so long, I would have expected more business savvy from stile at this point.

Nigga plz!

Why don't you bring someone with a vision for web 3.0 on board?

Himmeup:winkwink:

i dont even know what web 3.0 is haha

Someone show me stileproject in 2001 or 2002.

A great website, known in a lot of countries all over the world :thumbsup

In 2003, i was every friday on stileproject for the " week end wank fest", a lot of free porn vids to download, that was before the tubes. :bowdown

lol.. weekend wank fest :) you're oldschool :)

Stile sux.

heh can't believe ppl still say that :P

here is an idea. not maybe a good one but an idea...

http://bangedup.com/

yeah i would never do that, its sad :(

The wiki has a shit load of grammar errors...

From: Mohammed Saalam
Subject: FUCK U

HEY GIRL why u post my e mail on stile??? u fucking basterd i will kill u... take this shit site of urs down ur site fuckin suks now nehow no one will even buy it u fucking jew!!!!so greedy u think 2 million LOL dude u r crazy! i tell u everyone here in saudi like ur website but it was LIE! we fucking hate ur zionist website it fukkin sux niow that u r selling i tell all my frends never to go again! i fuking hope you kill urself!!! fucking hook niose

WHY U don't even say NEthing about michael jacksons??? u know everyone talking about jackson but u no say nething? r u fucking stupid? u espect ppl to visit ur website and u have no micjhael jackon biggest superstar in world??? i fucking laugh! no one care if u dont post michael kackson!! u r crazy man! everyone lov michael here he is #1 that how we know ur site suck and u rnt even real stile nemore fuck u and fuck u mother in hell!!! i tell u one more time go trick your own mother in hell!!! stupide jew

FROM #1 ARAB FAN

Shoot me an email if you want, I read them all!

Sounds like Mohammed just wants to be friends Stile haha

That is Google version of the Internet...WAVES.....

You should definitely turn your site into a TUBE + Video On Demand + CAM + BLOG (a bit like pornhub.com). Just make sure you keep the same type of content that is caracteristic to stile.

i think u got the right idea. for the video on demand and cam stuff, i assume those are pretty much just whitelabel plugins?

there are prescription pills for that :thumbsup

you mean pills to make u feel like you're on vacation? :)

no, the pills that make you less afraid to leave the house. :1orglaugh

oh that too :)