Health-niche affiliate content site bought on Flippa for $10,000 in April 2021 and resold six months later for $16,000 to a private buyer, a flip its owner labelled a failure.
Priced against revenue rather than profit, Health Niche Affiliate Site sold at 3.0× annual revenue, above the 2.4× median across the 239 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 $16,000 sale price puts it in the lower half of the 547 deals with a disclosed price here, where the median is $21,000. 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 198 Content/Media exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $30,000. 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.
From founding to sale took 6 months. Time to exit is a decent proxy for how built-to-sell a business was: shorter, cleaner processes usually mean documented operations and fewer surprises in due diligence.
See how this compares across the market on our market stats page, or browse more Content/Media exits.
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