Regular visitors of this blog know that I am the developer of g-metrics.com. It is an interesting idea: a script makes use of Google WEB APIs to keep track of the number of results Google returns for a query. The results are stored in a database and are available to visitors. For example, look how “podcasting” turned hot again after Apple’s announcement a couple of days ago that iTunes support podcasting. Registered users can add their queries to the system.
The thing is, I have no time to support and make g-metrics.com what it should have been. I have a long list of future enhancements, like the use of tags to organize a user’s “watchlist” or the “monthly report by email” that will send a report on how each user’s queries changed during the last 1month/3months/6months/1year period (this last one has been ready for a couple of months but I did not have the time for proper testing). I also intended to develop more advanced tools to allow data mining since this is quite an interesting data set, or maybe sell the full data aquired during the 1 year+ of operation to anyone interested in such things for a fee.
BUT, I have no time to do all this. So I consider the option of selling the whole site, together with data (of course I will let registered users know, in case the want to delete their account).
How do you sell a site like this? Do you think ebay is the right place? Is there a better way?
first offer it at digitalpoint.com because the audience there (like myself) will be interested in your work.
Next you can request bids at dnforum.com and sedo.com
the audience at these places only want to make a quick buck and will not appreciate your work. They are more interested in earning an income from it. However a lot of them have a lot of money. You will also need to spend money to post your site. If you need the money and do not care who takes your website you can auction it above or even ebay.
For the largest audience you can request bids at sitepoint.com
Thanks! I’ll try them using the order you mention them.
I have not had much luck with Ebay- I suggest
sitepoint.com market place sell a site
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Interesting. Did you find a buyer?