I built and sold a niche site in a year (grossed $60k) Reddit AMA

[LeoPantero]

<div class="bbWrapper">Hi guys, <br /> <br /> Recently did and AMA on how i built and sold a niche website in a year. It grossed over $60k in total and netted me roughly $35k. I shared some pretty detailed information about how i did it, and thought you guys might find it valuable. <br /> <br /> Here is the link to the AMA: <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/1nwcoi/i_started_a_niche_site_last_year_with_practically/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneu...rted_a_niche_site_last_year_with_practically/</a><br /> <br /> Also happy to answer any questions here that you guys might have.:icon_super:<br /> <br /> EDIT: Actually just remembered that i posted on here before asking for advice about the site, this was when it was at just $700/month. Link here: <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/showthread.php/45619-Progress-Thread-7-months-into-an-ecommerce-site-15-000-hits-m-700-m" class="link link--internal">https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/sh...hs-into-an-ecommerce-site-15-000-hits-m-700-m</a></div>

 

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[LOYD]

<div class="bbWrapper">Good stuff. What made you decide to sell after just a year?</div>

 

[LeoPantero]

<div class="bbWrapper">Hi LOYD,<br /> <br /> I wanted to be able to move onto to my next project (in the language translation space) and so didn&#039;t wanted to be doing two things at once. This is a much bigger undertaking and will need 100% of my focus if i want it to succeed.</div>

 

[MooreMillions]

<div class="bbWrapper">Subscribed and will definitely check this out...</div>

 

[Vigilante]

<div class="bbWrapper">If in March you were doing $700/mo in topline revenue, that would be annualized at just over $8k.<br /> <br /> The company had been up and running 7 months at the time you were doing 700/mo per your original post. So, the most you could have done before that thread would be $4900. How did you get from $4900 in revenue from inception (7 months) through March 2013... to $60k in revenue and sold by October? From April through September, you would have had to go from $700/mo to $9,000/mo almost overnight.<br /> <br /> What was the secret to this overnight transformation from $700/mo to $9,000/mo and sell out within 6 months?<br /> <br /> In your AMA, you said you did <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="" data-source="" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> But i would not give in. And after a while, it started to make $1k/month, then $2k then $3k. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> To get to the $60k in revenue from inception to September 2013, you would have had to do a hell of a lot more than that rampup from April-Sept.<br /> <br /> What am I missing?</div>

 

[Vigilante]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="LeoPantero" data-source="post: 305223" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=305223" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-305223">LeoPantero said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hi guys, <br /> <br /> Recently did and AMA on how i built and sold a niche website in a year. It grossed over $60k in total and netted me roughly $35k. I shared some pretty detailed information about how i did it, and thought you guys might find it valuable. <br /> <br /> Here is the link to the AMA: <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/1nwcoi/i_started_a_niche_site_last_year_with_practically/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneu...rted_a_niche_site_last_year_with_practically/</a><br /> <br /> Also happy to answer any questions here that you guys might have.:icon_super:<br /> <br /> EDIT: Actually just remembered that i posted on here before asking for advice about the site, this was when it was at just $700/month. Link here: <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/showthread.php/45619-Progress-Thread-7-months-into-an-ecommerce-site-15-000-hits-m-700-m" class="link link--internal">https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/sh...hs-into-an-ecommerce-site-15-000-hits-m-700-m</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I will read through the rest of the AMA on Reddit because maybe the math is explained in more detail there.</div>

 

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[DennisD]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Vigilante" data-source="post: 308556" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=308556" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-308556">Vigilante said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I will read through the rest of the AMA on Reddit because maybe the math is explained in more detail there. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I had assumed that 60K included the price from the sale but maybe I&#039;m wrong.</div>