#6: Weekly update on digital private equity
Deal alerts and interesting finds from this week.
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🔦 Assets we looked at this week
This week I am about to finalize the purchase of a new content site. Stay tuned for updates on what I do to grow this asset.
ParmesanCheese.com ($6,000 on GoDaddy.com)
The domain is available via GoDaddy Auctions.
🔬 What we like & don't like:
18 years old
Ends at 7/28/2020 10:46 PM (CEST)
Ahrefs (US): avg. monthly search volume 32K
🙅 You need to put time and effort into this. Auction gets quite heated currently.
🌱 How we would grow it:
Sell premium high-end cheese (D2C)
Enjoy taking business trips to Italy to do local research
Our verdict: ★★★★☆
Science for Sport ($600,000 on Flippa.com)
An online learning resource for all things related to sports science.
🔬 What we like & don't like:
3 years old, $17,720p/month net profit (33x multiple)
Has not suffered from recent Google algorithm updates (quite the opposite)
Digital product (e.g. courses) with great scalability
Great SEO strength (UR 36, DR 55 with 28,500 backlinks)
🙅 niche gets increasingly competitive
🌱 How we would grow it:
By monetizing the community and improving cross- and up-sells among existing customers.
Our verdict: ★★★★☆
We really like the scalability and SEO strength. A very promising asset!
What are your thoughts?
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🗞 News & interesting finds
27 Site Audit Tools for Better Website Analysis: you want to analyze your content page or a website you want to buy to spot any issues. Check out this list!
Common Flippa Scams and How to Avoid Getting Ripped Off: This article is worth your time as it applies to all marketplaces out there. Better be prepared!
Core Web Vitals - The Next Official Google Ranking Factor: a great Whiteboard Friday video by Moz.com
💪🏻 Improve your due diligence skills
How to buy an undervalued business on Flippa.com: I wrote a new article, which I hope you enjoy. This post will be work in progress (potentially forever).
How to Buy, Grow, and Sell Small Companies: I still recommend you to take the course by Ryan Kulp. I did too and like it.
👌 Quote of the week
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