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Old 11-26-2005, 02:18 PM Popular Webhosting Script for Sale!
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1. Your name? Danny Sigurdson

2. URL(s) of site? http://www.multihoster.com

3. Age of site? The site itself is about 8 months old, although the script is about 12 months old.

4. Approximately monthly page views and/or unique visitors?
Approximately 15000 page views and 1500 visitors.
Attached is a screenshot of the awstats log from the most recent completed month, as proof of traffic.

TRAFFIC STATS SCREENSHOT

5. How does the site generate income? How much?
The site generates income only from Google Adsense at this point. Selling licenses is a possibility, which could generate much more income, but as you will read below, I really didn't want the legal hassles associated with it.

It makes on average $40-$50 per month. I will not lie- I have noticed a decrease in clicks and CPC over the last two months or so. I'm sure it's something that can be fixed with some new ideas and a little motivation. I have a screenshot of my adsense stats from the most recent month as proof.

ADSENSE EARNINGS SCREENSHOT

6. Who develops content and administers the site? How much time does it require?
I generally spend about 1 to 3 hours per week working on the script and answering support questions.

7. What is the monthly cost of running the site?
It costs about $3 per month in webhosting costs to run. It doesn't require many resources at all.

8. Reason for selling?
To be honest, I'm sick of it. It started out as just a small project with relatively little participation needed, but it has grown into a somewhat well-known script, and I'm finding that I'm spending more and more of my spare time on it. I made it open source because I doubted that anyone would ever use it, and I doubted that I could make money on it, because all I expected it to ever be was a pet project. This is why I'm looking to sell it- at this point, I see myself running this thing into the ground- I know someone out there can prevent that. With a little work, I'm sure that you could turn it into a very profitable site.

9. Will you help with the transition of the site to the new owner?
Of course.

10. Does the site have an ezine or newsletter? Number of subscribers?
It does not have either.

11. What all does the site include?
The site includes the site itself, the forums, and the script.

12. Asking price for the site?
$250 starting bid
Auction Ends: Saturday, December 10th- 12:00 AM
BIN option discarded at the request of several users.



For the price, this really includes a lot. The script is fully developed, and already has a decent user base. The last version has been downloaded 1673 times to date, and the forum has over 100 members. I just want the right person to buy it.

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Old 11-27-2005, 10:15 AM
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Old 12-05-2005, 01:02 PM
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Old 12-05-2005, 01:12 PM
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Old 12-08-2005, 07:06 AM
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I would be interested in the script only if possible
It's possible!

The $400 bid is highest so far! Auction ends tomorrow night at midnight (or Saturday at midnight, whichever way you consider it).
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Old 12-08-2005, 07:10 AM
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It mite be just me but the script doesn't work. :/
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Old 12-08-2005, 07:17 AM
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It mite be just me but the script doesn't work. :/
What doesn't work about it?
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Old 12-08-2005, 07:21 AM
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It can never select the database... I have to manually create the config.php and prefs.php?

Could be just me, maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Anyway, sorry for hijacking the topic. Please continue.
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Old 12-08-2005, 07:26 AM
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It can never select the database... I have to manually create the config.php and prefs.php?

Could be just me, maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Anyway, sorry for hijacking the topic. Please continue.
Nope, I really want to be sure it works. Are permissions set to 777 on the folder it's in?
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Old 12-08-2005, 07:42 AM
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Its in public_html/files/
files is chmod'd to 777
I added config.php and prefs.php and chmod'd them to 777

When though the setup, and keep getting "Could not select database! No database selected."

I checked my database names etc, its all their.

EDIT: Oh and by the way, this all happens when trying to install.

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Old 12-08-2005, 09:07 PM
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I removed all the error checking in the install file, and it seem to work. But their are still problem with user sign ups, I'm going have a look around see if I can work it out.

In some areas you've used {root_path}{username} and other used {root_path}/{username}.
So if root_path has a slash at the end it doesn't work =/

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Old 12-09-2005, 03:36 PM
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Old 12-09-2005, 04:42 PM
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I want to get this straight...What your selling is the domain name, the website and the product (the most valuable part) which I can download for free and brand as my own under the GPL?

What is my incentive to buy this for over $450 now if you've already said that you were pretty much going to abandon this project? What is to stop me from just picking up where you left off?
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Old 12-09-2005, 06:03 PM
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I want to get this straight...What your selling is the domain name, the website and the product (the most valuable part) which I can download for free and brand as my own under the GPL?

What is my incentive to buy this for over $450 now if you've already said that you were pretty much going to abandon this project? What is to stop me from just picking up where you left off?
The fact that the site is making a fairly stable amount of money monthly, and that it has many users dedicated to the site. Also, you could not sell the script because of the license, and with this script you get the progress of the next version which was meant for sale.
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Old 12-10-2005, 12:29 AM
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Oh my goodness, I am so sorry. I realized about ten minutes before the auction was supposed to end that for some reason mail being sent to my commonly used addresses was being forwarded to my master account, which I don't have set up in Thunderbird because it is almost completely spam. I also noticed that there were four confused bidders who were trying to contact me, and there was another $450 bid, which was the highest. Both $450 bidders thought that they were highest, which causes the problem. I have just contacted the two $450 bidders, and if they are alright with it, I think it would be most fair to extend the bidding one more day, so it will end Sunday at 12:00 am EST (about 23 and a half hours from now), or we may come up with a different way to solve this. Please understand that I am not doing this so I make any extra money (I am perfectly fine with $450), but because I screwed up, and I want the bidding to be as fair as possible.

To all bidders, please accept my apologies, I don't know what else to say.
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Old 12-10-2005, 09:30 AM
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The top bidders seem fine with the idea (thankfully) so bidding is extended until 12:00 am EST tomorrow- about 14 and a half hours from now.

On a slightly related note, does anyone know of a host that will actually inform their clients when they change their mail servers?
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Old 12-10-2005, 03:51 PM
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$470 bid received!
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