A Telegram channel distributing graphics packs and tools for video editors, grown to 8,600 subscribers in six months with zero ad spend and monetised with about ten sponsored posts a month. The founder listed it on a channel exchange and sold it the same evening for 30,800 rubles (~$420).
Priced against revenue rather than profit, Video editing graphics Telegram channel (8.6k subscribers) sold at 0.3× annual revenue, below 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 $420 sale price puts it in the bottom quarter of the 594 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 58 Community 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.
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