Question About Site "WORTH" With Adsense As main Revenue.

[JStubblefield]

Hi everyone,

First off I am not trying to sell here just need some advice on how to value an adsense generating site of mine.

Just curious as to some members opinions about a site that I have owned since 2001.

I am possibly looking to sell and everyone should know these website WORTH websites or VALUATION sites are mostly bogus.. I mean most that I have tried value my site at what I make in ONE month..

Here's a few specs:

Online since 2001

Generating between $1,800-$2,400 per month via adsense.

Generating $60-$200 per month via CJ.com

Around 500 pages all original content or user submitted ads.

It is a vehicle classifieds site.

Sign-up for dealers and dealers able to post pics and all descriptions.

Number 1 or first page yahoo, google, msn, etc. results for many pages. especialy STATE SPECIFIC pages.

Lots of pagerank 4 pages and around 600,000 on alexa.com (yeah I know I need more backlinks..lol)

Blog

Videos area

Google Analytics code on every page..

and a lot more accumulated over the years..

The ONLY real draw-back of the site is I have never developed any php on the site so to even change one link in the menu requires a menu edit on all pages... which can be sped up using a search and replace program, etc.. I just never really wanted to "take away" from the old school feel of it and dont trust that rankings would NOT go down by doing things like this..

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So it makes over $20,000 per year since 2005.

All that is thru natural search engine results, 85% of visitors are from search engines. No money spent on further advertising to this point.

I'd just like to get people's estimates for what a site like this would be worth on the market.

Thanks everyone here I have been a user for a while but sadly, just a find an answer quick kind've user of this site up till now.

thanks in advance as I have no real idea where to start "valuing" my site for sell.

[edited by: JStubblefield at 7:18 am (utc) on June 17, 2009]

[RonS]

My Google 1099, for example, would include income from multiple sites.

I'm still hoping someone will be able to give an overview of the revenue sharing system in my other thread.

[azn romeo 4u]

If you don't get one year don't sell. You have an established proven money maker. 3 month value? Those people giving you advice and thinking it should be valued at 3 month are insane.

I buy and sell websites...not for a living but I done it pretty of time, and the model is usually 1 year revenue. If you own a forum, you can get up to 2 years. Because forums are harder to create. Communtiies are harder to make etc.

Also lets look at your niche. You own a car niche. A lot of competition, but you get 2k visitors per day. This means you are pretty good at what you dod.

The car industry spends the most on advertising as well. So you're looking an industry that will never dry up in fudning. They are always going to be advertising no matter what. Everyone needs a car, wants to sell/buy a car.

Good niche, proven revenue, proven traffic, alteast 1 year if not more.