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🔦 Promising assets

Have a look at the promising assets we found on the markets this week.

Domains with existing authority:

Buying domains with existing authority can give you a head start when it comes to SEO and resulting page rankings.

• ArtSchools.com (<$3,000, DR38, backlinks 6,21k): why not build a marketplace for art schools? Or sell online art training? This domain will definitely help you to get a kickstart.

Domains to build a brand on:

Those domains have no existing authority yet but are great to start something new on.

• Therapy.org (currently <$6,000, expires in approx. 2 weeks): The dot org is lovely and still quite fairly priced. How about starting a marketplace for therapists? By the way, therapists.org is also available currently (<$400).

Websites:

• Leather-sofa.org: Beginner site currently hovering at $6,000 USD with >4500 views and >241 watchers. The current multiple is great at approx. 15. The site is only using Google Adsense to put banner ads (+ Amazon Associates), does not use an SSL certificate, etc. So there are some easy wins right in front of you.

• CryptoWeekly.co: $40k over the past 12 months (almost all profit), takes about 1 hour to update per month, lots of growth opportunity, for sale at 1x rev multiple. See this Google doc for all details and contact Chris on Twitter for any questions.

🗞 News & interesting finds

• The Think Like An Owner Podcast about search funds - listen here!

• From $7,500 to $550,000 – how John Chen pulled off the ultimate flip on Flippa

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🙌 Update about my content site

I ended the inspection period early (and finalized the Escrow process), had a very productive meeting with the previous owner on a growth plan, and now look forward to actually optimize the site. But first - I need to switch the Display ad platform.

Should I choose Ezoic, Monumetric, or a different ad platform? What are your thoughts?

Let me know by replying to this email, adding your thoughts on my IndieHackers thread here, or sending me a message on Twitter.

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👌 Quote of the week

Dom Wells @TeamOnFolio

Things I'm (still) bullish on: - Newsletters (paid and free) - Engaged audiences - Info products/courses Things I'm less bullish on: - Amazon affiliate sites - General topic affiliate sites (except where very large) Things I'm exploring: - Anything that caters to 60+

August 18th 2020

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