Decade-old local-SEO training community: a seminar series plus a members forum run by a handful of independent consultants. Sterling Sky acquired it in December 2019 for an undisclosed amount and merged the LocalU forum into the Local Search Forum.
This database tracks 52 Community exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $42,000. 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 10.0 years. 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 Community exits.