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  1. #1
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    HostingRefuge.com - Forum/Article/Directory for sale - Amazing opportunity

    Hey,
    I have run out of time to manage my site, www.HostingRefuge.com and think the best option would be to sell the site.

    The site has great potential and could really be made into a large site even with the loyal following it currently has.

    The site has three great sections, the forum, an article section and a directory.
    All three are being sold as one in the site.

    This is the current stats for the forum:
    Threads: 2,660, Posts: 20,317, Members: 619

    What will be included in the sale?

    VBulletin license (Owned - Cost - $160)
    Custom vBulletin skin
    SiteWorksPro license (Cost - $199)
    All custom coded files
    All custom template/image files
    Copyright for all articles
    All databases and script/site files
    Domain names (Also hosting-talk.net)
    Help from me to get you started when you takeover the site


    How can payment be made?

    Payment can be made via cheque, money order, and paypal. If paying via paypal you must pay the fees.
    The reason for this is that I would like to keep the payment offline simply to keep out the fees and speed up the process.

    How much are you looking for?

    I will start bidding at $750 and please bid in minimum increments of $25.
    I have the right to close this or not sell to the highest bidder if I do not think the bid is high enough.

    I have put a lot of work into the site and as such, I would like to see a good return on the time I have put into it.

    If you have any questions, just let me know.

    Thanks and good luck,
    John
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    May want to get your vB verified .
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    Great looking forum. Does it generate any income?
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    Thanks immortal9
    Reported my post to moderators, not too sure what I have to do to get it verified but I have all info for it

    Yes it does generate income, I don't have the figures here right now but I think it averages around $250/month from advertising.
    I can get concrete stats later if anyone needs those, have been keeping a log of all advertising.

    Thanks
    John
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    Hello John,

    If I could get the advertising logs, that would be great. As well, could you provide general AWStats/Webalizer site visit stats?

    Thanks in advance.

    -Cody
    Cody Watson
    Business Student @ SFU [Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Management & Technology, Co-op Certificate, Honours]

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    No problem Cody, I probably wont have these until tomorrow.
    Thought I could get everything tonight but I have to do a few things tonight first and wont be home until very late.

    I will post these tomorrow though

    If anyone wants anything else, just let me know.

    Thanks
    John
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    hey, I am very intersted in the sale but also will be waiting for stats....

    one question - it seems as if only a small handful of the many posts are from the past couple weeks, any reason for this?

    Nick

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    Originally posted by John D
    Thanks immortal9
    Reported my post to moderators, not too sure what I have to do to get it verified but I have all info for it . . .
    vB has verified this is a valid license with support expired Apr 29th '04
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    If youre not posting the stats/logs here then please PM me with this info aswell. Regards
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    How many new post / signups a day?

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    The site has been getting very inactive for the last month or so because I have been concentrating on my offline businesses because they are growing very quickly and demanding more and more of my time, that's exactly the reason I want to sell the site to someone that has more time.

    You can view the stats here:
    www.HostingRefuge.com/myown/hrstats.PNG

    Thanks
    John
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    Bidding has been opened at $750 by Tlc.

    Thanks Tlc and good luck to everyone bidding,
    John
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    Any reason Apr saw a huge drop in numebrs?

    Rus
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    Hey Rus,
    The site really needs an admin to keep things going.
    Anyone that has a forum especially will agree with me that you keep to constantly work on a site/community keep keep them returning.

    The site will need someone that has the time to run it, I don't have the time and because of that there are less visitors coming.

    I know that the site and forum could be a lot bigger at this stage if I had the time needed to give to it, someone that can do that can really take it forward and make something of it, all the potential is there.

    Cheers Rus,
    John
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    Current high bid now $800
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    $850 has been bid on HHO.

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    Thanks very much Blue
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    High bid now $950.

    There are a few people that want to keep bids private but if they are the winner I will post their username, or they can post if they don't want to keep it private.

    Thanks
    John
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    New high bid: $975
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    New bidder, current high $1250
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    High bid now $1300

    Just want to say thanks to all bidders
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    Just got another bid.

    Highest bid is now $1500.

    Regards,
    John
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    Another new bidder hasmade a bid of $1600.

    Regards
    John
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    Guess the bid will go higher pretty soon...

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    I think most, if not all, the others that were bidding have stopped now.
    The last bid was from another person.

    He didn't ask for it to be kept private so just to show these are actual bids, not just me throwing out numbers, it is Pinny from SitePoint.

    Thanks
    John
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