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WPMods.com

Content/MediaContent site - display advertising 2012

WordPress news, tutorials and roundup blog averaging about 105,000 monthly pageviews and roughly $1,300/month in advertising revenue. Kevin Muldoon auctioned it on Flippa and it sold on 11 May 2012 for a final bid of $80,000.

Financial Data

Asking Price
Undisclosed
Sale Price
$80,000 USD
Monthly Revenue (MRR)
$1.3K/mo
Annual Revenue (ARR)
$15,600/yr
Monthly Profit
N/A
Profit Multiple
N/A
Revenue Multiple
5.1×

Exit Analysis

Priced against revenue rather than profit, WPMods.com sold at 5.1× annual revenue, above the 2.3× median across the 277 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 $80,000 sale price puts it in the upper half of the 623 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 234 Content/Media exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $29,000. 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.

See how this compares across the market on our market stats page, or browse more Content/Media exits.

Exit Timeline

Exit Date
May 2012
Platform
Flippa

Tech Stack

WordPress

Founder

K
Kevin Muldoon
Source
Flippa