E-Learning Course Review Site (Kyle Austin Young)
A lean affiliate review site covering online courses in the e-learning space, with fewer than 40 articles and roughly $11k/month in commissions. It sold within a month of listing for $300,000-$400,000.
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Priced against revenue rather than profit, E-Learning Course Review Site (Kyle Austin Young) sold at 2.3× annual revenue, in line with the 2.3× median across the 257 deals with a disclosed revenue multiple. Revenue multiples run higher than profit multiples because they ignore the cost of running the business, so they are only comparable between businesses with similar margins.
The $300,000 sale price puts it in the top quarter of the 596 deals with a disclosed price here, where the median is $20,000. Most indie acquisitions cluster well under the headline numbers founders read about, which is exactly why a real distribution is more useful than an average.
This database tracks 226 Content/Media exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $25,100. Category matters more than founders expect: buyers apply different discount rates to a content business, a mobile app and a B2B tool even at identical revenue.
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