Selling The VirtualBrowser

Josh · 16-07-2005, 03:01

Well... I don't really want to sell this, but I need a laptop for the coming school year. I've been saving... but it's taking to long

So.. the money I earn from the sale will be added to some I've already saved, and I'm going to buy a nice new laptop :P (If I can sell it

). Probably a dell or Toshiba in case you're wondering.... maybe an HP though.

I don't have exact stats as the host it's hosted on doesn't have any stat program. I do know that I'm getting on average 6,000 pageviews per day, and I'm assuming around 2,500 unique visitors per day. I would get more, but host is down a lot... so part of the day it's not accessible. Bandwidth usage is around 50GB per month.

Monthly regular income (from Adsense, and $0.80 CPM Popunders) is about $120 a month, so the standard selling price = 1 year's income would be $1,440. In ADDITION to that, I've earned $60 one month with CPM and PPC graphic banners. And $70 another month, and $90 another month with affiliate programs. So the revenue opportunity is there, you just have to find a program that does well with the site. If I did one of the above every month, on average that would be another $70 a month. So $2,300/year.

I also had $15 in donations when I had a donate button up for a little bit.

URL is http://www.thevirtualbrowser.com, if there is a lot of traffic when you try to access it, it may take a while to load... so just be patient. You get everything, the domain, site, everything.

I had the idea of an ad-free browsing option, where users would pay a subscription fee and be adless. I never got around to doing that though, but if you want to... that could be another source of income.

Payment would be via either Paypal or Personal Check. Probably through Escrow.

Let's start at $600.

I'm working on getting some third-party tracking stats up, and the revenue proof can be found here: http://www.thevirtualbrowser.com/income.htm

Traffic stats so far are at http://extremetracking.com/open?login=thevb -- but since I've just put this up when I listed it for sale, it's not really giving a big picture. Weekends are always a lot less traffic than weekdays as most people using it at school or work are at home and don't need to use it

NOTE: This is posted elsewhere.. so the bid here may not be the current one. I'll post an update occasionally.

Josh

FrozenDice · 16-07-2005, 03:52

COUGH CGI PROXY COUGH. If I'm right its not woth $200. I'm pretty sure this is cgi proxy although the php extention confused me for a while until I realised that its probably just passing the values to the cgi. The 100110 flags on the end of the url confirmed my suspicion.

Btw, you can't even search google. It sends me back to the first page :P. might want to fix that.

I'm having trouble understanding why this would sell for hundreds of dollars, when I could mod cgi proxy in a few hours.

NOTE: Sorry if this sounds harsh. I'm just really confused, the design looks nice

and btw, you probably won't get a response until tomorrow. For some reason theres never anyone on arround now.

EDIT: Ahh, I revisited your website and scrolled down (didn't see content so I didn't bother to scroll down before), and saw this is suposed to be a proxy.

**monaghan** · 16-07-2005, 08:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrozenDice

and btw, you probably won't get a response until tomorrow. For some reason theres never anyone on arround now.

Take a look at the domain name webmastertalk.CO.UK, this generally suggests United Kingdom, your posts were at 3 o'clock in the morning our time. Support calls are the only thing that get dealt with at silly hours like that

randomman · 16-07-2005, 09:07

yeah but it doesnt mean that nearly all members are from the UK, but generaly on here they are but still

**monaghan** · 16-07-2005, 10:10

Members are not all UK, but do generally seem to be UK, however I was offering an explanation for why there's very little activity during the UK night time period, which was the actual observation made by FrozenDice

Anyway, let's not trash the sales thread with a huge debate about where members live.

randomman · 16-07-2005, 10:22

yeah but anyway wmt only has 438 members so its generally inactive anyway

**monaghan** · 16-07-2005, 10:26

Mods,

Randomman seems to want to continue the debate, can you split this thread so we're not trashing Josh's sales pitch.

Thanks

randomman · 16-07-2005, 10:28

no im done. please continue josh

Morphmaster · 16-07-2005, 11:28

-No Stats?
-No revenue proof?

This Instantly sets alarmbells ringing for me.

Maybe if you could get this in screenshots then maybe youll get interest

randomman · 16-07-2005, 11:31

well if i had that sortof money id buy it

16-07-2005, 03:01	#1 (permalink)
Josh Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Selling The VirtualBrowser Well... I don't really want to sell this, but I need a laptop for the coming school year. I've been saving... but it's taking to long So.. the money I earn from the sale will be added to some I've already saved, and I'm going to buy a nice new laptop :P (If I can sell it ). Probably a dell or Toshiba in case you're wondering.... maybe an HP though. I don't have exact stats as the host it's hosted on doesn't have any stat program. I do know that I'm getting on average 6,000 pageviews per day, and I'm assuming around 2,500 unique visitors per day. I would get more, but host is down a lot... so part of the day it's not accessible. Bandwidth usage is around 50GB per month. Monthly regular income (from Adsense, and $0.80 CPM Popunders) is about $120 a month, so the standard selling price = 1 year's income would be $1,440. In ADDITION to that, I've earned $60 one month with CPM and PPC graphic banners. And $70 another month, and $90 another month with affiliate programs. So the revenue opportunity is there, you just have to find a program that does well with the site. If I did one of the above every month, on average that would be another $70 a month. So $2,300/year. I also had $15 in donations when I had a donate button up for a little bit. URL is http://www.thevirtualbrowser.com, if there is a lot of traffic when you try to access it, it may take a while to load... so just be patient. You get everything, the domain, site, everything. I had the idea of an ad-free browsing option, where users would pay a subscription fee and be adless. I never got around to doing that though, but if you want to... that could be another source of income. Payment would be via either Paypal or Personal Check. Probably through Escrow. Let's start at $600. I'm working on getting some third-party tracking stats up, and the revenue proof can be found here: http://www.thevirtualbrowser.com/income.htm Traffic stats so far are at http://extremetracking.com/open?login=thevb -- but since I've just put this up when I listed it for sale, it's not really giving a big picture. Weekends are always a lot less traffic than weekdays as most people using it at school or work are at home and don't need to use it NOTE: This is posted elsewhere.. so the bid here may not be the current one. I'll post an update occasionally. Josh Last edited by Josh; 17-07-2005 at 20:23.

16-07-2005, 03:52	#2 (permalink)
FrozenDice Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 389 iTrader: 0 / 0%	COUGH CGI PROXY COUGH. If I'm right its not woth $200. I'm pretty sure this is cgi proxy although the php extention confused me for a while until I realised that its probably just passing the values to the cgi. The 100110 flags on the end of the url confirmed my suspicion. Btw, you can't even search google. It sends me back to the first page :P. might want to fix that. I'm having trouble understanding why this would sell for hundreds of dollars, when I could mod cgi proxy in a few hours. NOTE: Sorry if this sounds harsh. I'm just really confused, the design looks nice and btw, you probably won't get a response until tomorrow. For some reason theres never anyone on arround now. EDIT: Ahh, I revisited your website and scrolled down (didn't see content so I didn't bother to scroll down before), and saw this is suposed to be a proxy. Last edited by FrozenDice; 16-07-2005 at 05:05.

16-07-2005, 10:10	#5 (permalink)
monaghan Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 1,030 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Members are not all UK, but do generally seem to be UK, however I was offering an explanation for why there's very little activity during the UK night time period, which was the actual observation made by FrozenDice Anyway, let's not trash the sales thread with a huge debate about where members live. __________________ Alex Monaghan - Monaghan Consultants Ltd Web hosting, ADSL, IT & Database consultancy Custom Web hosting on UK or USA servers using Linux (cPanel) or Windows (DotNetPanel) Mobile Phone Ringtones, Logos, Java Games & more

16-07-2005, 10:26	#7 (permalink)
monaghan Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 1,030 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Mods, Randomman seems to want to continue the debate, can you split this thread so we're not trashing Josh's sales pitch. Thanks __________________ Alex Monaghan - Monaghan Consultants Ltd Web hosting, ADSL, IT & Database consultancy Custom Web hosting on UK or USA servers using Linux (cPanel) or Windows (DotNetPanel) Mobile Phone Ringtones, Logos, Java Games & more

16-07-2005, 11:28	#9 (permalink)
Morphmaster Ultimo Supremo Join Date: May 2005 Location: /public_html/Cgi-bin/ Posts: 1,417 iTrader: 0 / 0%	-No Stats? -No revenue proof? This Instantly sets alarmbells ringing for me. Maybe if you could get this in screenshots then maybe youll get interest __________________ Thanks Tom Have you ever thought what it's like, to be wanderers in the fourth dimension? Have you? To be exiles?

16-07-2005, 09:07	#4 (permalink)
randomman King of scotland Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: ye olde oxforshire Posts: 720 iTrader: 0 / 0%	yeah but it doesnt mean that nearly all members are from the UK, but generaly on here they are but still

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