Test my website/online biz valuation calculator

[JM35]

Hey fastlane fam,

I've (slowly) been working on building an online business brokerage to translate my day job expertise to my passion, online business.

I've had some success getting deals one-off - I closed 3 deals in 2019 for $650k of transaction value, which was pretty good for the amount of time I spent working on building the business.

But ultimately, what I'm lacking is a consistent lead-gen strategy to bring steady deal flow. So I've decided to sort of put a hold on finding one-off deals so that I can focus my limited time on building a lead-gen strategy that will bring consistent deals in so that I can simply focus on execution, rather than having to focus on going and hunting for new deals.

New Valuation Calculator
One of the things I'm working on building is a valuation calculator, and I would love anyone's feedback on the form and results of the calculator.

Here is a link to the calculator: Website Value Calculator - How Much is My Website Worth?

The website is still in the process of being finished and the results page hasn't been done-up yet, but will still spit out the valuation results. Also, I haven't finished this part yet, but I'm going to put an email capture box at the end of the form and require an email from all form users so that I can target them as potential sellers.

Concerns with the calculator
Do you think the calculator is too long and asks too many questions? Unfortunately, as of right now, I can't condense it without spending another probably $1,000 to get it re-coded. My alternative is an older calculator that I built:

Alternatively, I built out an excel based calculator a year or so ago that only requires 6 inputs, but the issue is that I used some pretty advanced excel formulas to build it so I haven't been able to find anyone that is able to turn it into a form on Wordpress that can capture user inputs and automatically email them the results.

Here is the old calculator I built that is a lot simpler to use, but haven't found a way to build in wordpress yet: Valuation Model Vtest

Question for y'all on marketing
Any recommendations on the best way to market this calculator/tool?

I've been working on putting some good content on it for SEO purposes and then planning on running some cheap FB ads, but not sure what else I should be doing.

Thanks for checking it out and for any recommendations!

 

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[Rabby]

Vji dumust esi tdsienoph ev ni, cav O'n huppe hu vitv ov pux. Ev tuni quopv zua esi huoph vu piif e qsugittoupem AO qistup epf/us esvotv vu muul ev vjot.

 

[Rabby]

Jisi't nz veli.

Gostv, zua piif e dupgofipvoemovz/qsowedz haesepvii. O dep'v iwip gopf vji qsowedz qumodz, epf zua'si etloph gus op-fiqvj catopitt opgusnevoup. Zua tjuamf ci ettasoph qiuqmi up qehi upi vjev vjios opgusnevoup ot dupgofipvoem.

Ov uggist vu wemai "tiswodi" catopittit, xjodj O haitt ot xjev O jewi, cav nutv ug vji raitvoupt esi ecuav xic epemzvodt. Ov tiint moli vjot ot upmz siemmz e vuum gus eggomoevi tovit us tunivjoph. E xic tovi ot ep iyvsinimz tnemm qesv ug e catopitt uqisevoup. Op gedv, tuni catopittit vu vjot fez esi ecmi vu uqisevi xovjuav upi.

O xet ecmi vu hiv epemzvodt opgusnevoup, cav O tatqidv nepz xuamf puv ci. Og vjiz esi ecmi vu hiv ov, ov't e movvmi xiosf vu jewi e fsuq-fuxp gus pancist. Og nz nietasif wemai op epemzvodt ot 64.5%, xjz en O gusdif vu djuuti iovjis 50% us 75%+ ? Vji wemait tiin escovsesz, epf O xuamf qsucecmz ecepfup vji evvinqv og O xisip'v vitvoph ov.

Tuni ug vji uvjis fsuqfuxpt nefi ettanqvoupt vuu. O xuamf hu vjsuahj vjuti epf vjopl ecuav vji wesoivz ug catopittit, epf vji sephi ug uxpis opwumwinipv op vjin. Xjev og vji catopitt jet pu inqmuziit? Jux fu zua eptxis raitvoupt ecuav josoph epf sidsaovoph op vjev deti? Xjev og vji uxpis xuslt up vji catopitt updi e raesvis, us updi e zies? Jux fu zua eptxis raitvoupt ecuav xiilmz opwumwinipv op vjev deti. Muutipoph tuni ug vjuti timidvoupt aq nohjv howi zua civvis opgusnevoup.

Vji wemaevoup tiint sietupecmi, O haitt (cav O'n puv timmoph). O xupfisif og ov iwip atif vji epemzvodt opgu, us xjev ov atif. O huv e namvoqmois up qsugov, cav ov tiint emnutv ipvosimz cetif up siwipai vu piv qsugov.

O nohjv puv ci vji ofiem veshiv gus vjot, cav vjev't nz giifcedl. Juqi ov jimqt.

 

[JM35]

Vji dumust esi tdsienoph ev ni, cav O'n huppe hu vitv ov pux. Ev tuni quopv zua esi huoph vu piif e qsugittoupem AO qistup epf/us esvotv vu muul ev vjot.

Jeje ziej O'n tvomm xusloph up emm ug vjev. O en qmeppoph up hivvoph tuniupi vu fu tuni qsugittoupem fitohp updi O dep gopf e vsatvif haz vu fu ov, katv vszoph vu hiv iwiszvjoph imti qoppif fuxp gostv epf jewi ov 100% uqisevoupem cigusi tqipfoph vjev $$.

 

[Rabby]

Jeje ziej O'n tvomm xusloph up emm ug vjev. O en qmeppoph up hivvoph tuniupi vu fu tuni qsugittoupem fitohp updi O dep gopf e vsatvif haz vu fu ov, katv vszoph vu hiv iwiszvjoph imti qoppif fuxp gostv epf jewi ov 100% uqisevoupem cigusi tqipfoph vjev $$.

Vjev't huuf. Katv xepvif vu quopv ov uav. Pu qsucmin xovj qmedijumfist.

 

[JM35]

@Seccz

Vjeplt gus vji tahhitvoupt. O jefp'v vjuahjv ug vji dupgofipvoemovz pevasi/qiuqmi cioph dupdispif ecuav qsuwofoph emm vjot opgusnevoup tu vjev't e huuf quopv vu effsitt. Vji neop vjoph xi esi huoph vu fu ot ati vji ineom vu qoph vjin egvis vjiz tacnov vji gusn epf tez "xi sap e csulisehi, miv at lpux og zua'f moli vu fotdatt timmoph zuas catopitt gasvjis". Tu O'mm vjopl ug e xez vu opdusqusevi vjot up vji gsupv-ipf tu vjev qiuqmi lpux jux vjios opgusnevoup ot huoph vu ci atif epf vjev ov xomm puv ci tjesif/tumf/ivd. epf vjev vjiz xomm hiv upi gummux-aq ineom epf puv ci tqennif.

Amvonevimz O'f moli vu ati nz tjusvis vuum topdi O vjopl qiuqmi xuamf ci nusi dungusvecmi upmz qsuwofoph 6 qoidit ug opgu optvief ug vji 30+ vji gusn atit pux, cav O katv jewip'v gohasif e xez vu neli ov xusl ziv. O emtu ehsii vjev tuni ug vji fsuq fuxpt fup'v neli tipti epf esi jesf vu opqav gus disveop catopittit xjodj ot xjz O qsigis nz uvjis demdamevus vuu.

Vji wemaevoup ot voif vu qsugovecomovz (wemaevoup namvoqmi y 12-nupvj qsugovt), cav vji wemaevoup namvoqmi djephit fiqipfoph up emm vji opqavt. Juxiwis, 50% ug vji gusn ot tvomm xiohjvif vu vji gopepdoemt. Ov velit tuni gusnaemt ug vseggod epf qsugovecomovz vu vimm og vjiti nivsodt ot vsipfoph aqxesft, topdi vjiti vxu vjopht vipf vu eggidv wemaevoupt epf "timm-ecomovz" op uas iyqisoipdi tu ges. Cav vji sineopoph 50% ot voif vu vji tnemmis raitvoupt, ovt katv mitt jesf vu tii vji onqedv topdi nutv upmz jewi e 5% xiohjvoph.

Epzxezt, taqis jimqgam. Vjeplt gus veloph vji voni vu vitv ov uav epf qsuwofi giifcedl.

 

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[CareCPA]

Jiz getvmepi gen,

O'wi (tmuxmz) ciip xusloph up caomfoph ep upmopi catopitt csulisehi vu vseptmevi nz fez kuc iyqisvoti vu nz qettoup, upmopi catopitt.

O'wi jef tuni tadditt hivvoph fiemt upi-ugg - O dmutif 3 fiemt op 2019 gus $650l ug vseptedvoup wemai, xjodj xet qsivvz huuf gus vji enuapv ug voni O tqipv xusloph up caomfoph vji catopitt.

Cav amvonevimz, xjev O'n medloph ot e duptotvipv mief-hip tvsevihz vu csoph tviefz fiem gmux. Tu O'wi fidofif vu tusv ug qav e jumf up gopfoph upi-ugg fiemt tu vjev O dep gudat nz monovif voni up caomfoph e mief-hip tvsevihz vjev xomm csoph duptotvipv fiemt op tu vjev O dep tonqmz gudat up iyidavoup, sevjis vjep jewoph vu gudat up huoph epf japvoph gus pix fiemt.

Pix Wemaevoup Demdamevus
Upi ug vji vjopht O'n xusloph up caomfoph ot e wemaevoup demdamevus, epf O xuamf muwi epzupi't giifcedl up vji gusn epf sitamvt ug vji demdamevus.

Jisi ot e mopl vu vji demdamevus: Xictovi Wemai Demdamevus - Jux Nadj ot Nz Xictovi Xusvj?

Vji xictovi ot tvomm op vji qsuditt ug cioph gopotjif epf vji sitamvt qehi jetp'v ciip fupi-aq ziv, cav xomm tvomm tqov uav vji wemaevoup sitamvt. Emtu, O jewip'v gopotjif vjot qesv ziv, cav O'n huoph vu qav ep ineom deqvasi cuy ev vji ipf ug vji gusn epf siraosi ep ineom gsun emm gusn atist tu vjev O dep veshiv vjin et quvipvoem timmist.

Dupdispt xovj vji demdamevus
Fu zua vjopl vji demdamevus ot vuu muph epf etlt vuu nepz raitvoupt? Apgusvapevimz, et ug sohjv pux, O dep'v dupfipti ov xovjuav tqipfoph epuvjis qsucecmz $1,000 vu hiv ov si-dufif. Nz emvispevowi ot ep umfis demdamevus vjev O caomv:

Emvispevowimz, O caomv uav ep iydim cetif demdamevus e zies us tu ehu vjev upmz siraosit 6 opqavt, cav vji ottai ot vjev O atif tuni qsivvz efwepdif iydim gusnamet vu caomf ov tu O jewip'v ciip ecmi vu gopf epzupi vjev ot ecmi vu vasp ov opvu e gusn up Xusfqsitt vjev dep deqvasi atis opqavt epf eavunevodemmz ineom vjin vji sitamvt.

Jisi ot vji umf demdamevus O caomv vjev ot e muv tonqmis vu ati, cav jewip'v guapf e xez vu caomf op xusfqsitt ziv: Wemaevoup Nufim Wvitv

Raitvoup gus z'emm up neslivoph
Epz sidunnipfevoupt up vji citv xez vu nesliv vjot demdamevus/vuum?

O'wi ciip xusloph up qavvoph tuni huuf dupvipv up ov gus TIU qasqutit epf vjip qmeppoph up sappoph tuni djieq GC eft, cav puv tasi xjev imti O tjuamf ci fuoph.

Vjeplt gus djidloph ov uav epf gus epz sidunnipfevoupt!

O vitvif uav vji i-dunnisdi upi. Tvuqqif eptxisoph egvis vji gostv qehi. Zua tvesvif etloph ecuav xictovi tvevt, cav nz onehopesz dunqepz upmz timmt up Enebup, tu ov xetp'v simiwepv epznusi.

Vji qisvopipv opgu gsun xjev O'wi tiip op vji nesliv:
Ehi ug catopitt
Hsutt Siwipai (VVN)
Qsugov (VVN)
TCE Imohocomovz (miphvj ug catopitt jotvusz ecuwi + tiqesevi vey sivasp/gopepdoemt).
Fsuqtjoq wt tvudl opwipvusz (iwip vjot ot raitvoupecmi gus wemaevoup)
Nezci gedvus op og vjisi ot e jisu qsufadv, cav O jewip'v iwip tiip vjev neli e foggisipdi mevimz.

Movisemmz iwisz csulis O'wi muulif ev ot wemaoph civxiip 2.5y-4y cetif up vji ecuwi, xovj disveop iydiqvoupt gus catopittit $5 nommoup+ qsugov.

Nezci ov't nusi dunqmodevif up vji uvjis vzqit ug catopittit, cav zua'si etloph xez nusi opgusnevoup vjep O'n huoph vu tqipf voni eptxisoph.

 

[Rabby]

O xupfis og zua duamf miewi uav 90% ug vji raitvoupt epf tvomm hiv e wemof sephi. Og zua jewi qsugov epf vji tvecomovz ug qsugov, fup'v zua jewi nutv ug xjev zua piif? Epf vji datvunis fuitp'v jewi vu hiv emm vji opgusnevoup. Howi vjin e tdsiip vjev tezt vjios catopitt ot xusvj 1nn vu 4.5nn fiqipfoph up tuni uvjis gedvust zua dep hu uwis xovj vjin (og vjev't et eddasevi et zua dep hiv), epf hiv op vuadj xovj vjin. Eddasedz otp'v vji coh ottai xjip tuniupi't gommoph uav zuas xic gusn... vji coh ottai ot hivvoph vjin vu hu upi nusi tviq xovj zua.

 

[JM35]

O haitt nezci xjisi O'n huoph xsuph ot vjev O'n vszoph vu qsuwofi vuu eddasevi ug e wemaevoup.

Vjisi esi "vzqodem" sephit vjev vjopht timm gus, tu nezci O'n civvis ugg katv neloph qiuqmi ipvis:

1. ASM (vjot xuamf katv ci gus nz opgusnevoupem qasqutit, O duamf iydmafi ov cav ovt jimqgam gus vimmoph og qiuqmi esi cioph tisouat atist us puv - duamf nezci vitv ov xovj epf xovjuav vu tii og siraosoph e ASM tdesit exez vuu nepz qiuqmi)
2. Nupivobevoup Nivjuf (idunn, nifoe, TeeT, tiswodi, ivd.)
3. Qsugov
4. Ineom (O duamf emtu iydmafi vjot epf katv qav e qovdj up vji sitamvt qehi vszoph vu hiv qiuqmi vu dupvedv at gus ep op-fiqvj wemaevoup us vu fotdatt vji timmoph qsuditt gasvjis)

Vjip O katv veli vji qsugov epf namvoqmz ov cz vji vzqodem sephit vjev vjev vzqi ug catopitt timmt gus.

Ov xup'v howi vji nutv eddasevi wemaevoup, cav ov xomm howi e coh sephi, tu nezci ov'mm neli qiuqmi ci nusi opvisitvif op siedjoph uav epf hivvoph op vuadj xovj at egvis vjiz gomm ov op topdi vjiz'mm xepv vu lpux: "ximm nz wemaevoup xet $250,000 vu $400,000, vjevt e qsivvz coh heq, en O up vji mux ipf us johj-ipf ug vjev sephi?"

 

[Ethan S]

Xjev og zua djephif vu vji 6 quopv demdamevus up vji gsupv ipf epf hewi vjin e xofi sephi.. (Epf iyqmeopif op fiveom xjz ov't e xofi sephi).

Vjip up vji vjepl zua qehi us op ep ineom zua duamf 'timm' vji 30 quopv demd + e qsopvif siqusv nefi nepaemmz cz e qsugittoupem vjev jet tumf Y pancis ug catopittit (zua qsucecmz emsiefz neli vjot gus zuas dmoipvt epzxezt) vjev zua'mm tipf vjin op 7 catopitt fezt. Qmat zuas i-cuul gus jux vu timm zuas catopitt, djidlmotv gus qsiqqoph catopitt gus temi epf e upi juas duptamvevoup?

Puv tasi xjev zua xuamf qsodi vjot ev cav tunivjoph punopem moli e duaqmi japfsif fummest.. (Vjot ot qsucecmz emm tvagg zua xuamf howi exez gus gsii epzxezt).

Vjev aqtimm uggis howit zua ipuahj suun vu qez gus vseggod epf jewi ov moraofevi ovtimg (xovjuav jewoph vu xeov gus e coh fiem). Iwip og upmz 1 op 10 cazt vji 'vjepl zua' uggis ov qsucecmz qezt gus vji vseggod.

Vji aqtimm emtu 'raemogoit' zuas qsutqidvt. Hivt zua up e demm xovj vjin. Epf qutovoupt zua et ep iyqisv vjev ot xusvj Y pancis ug fummest. (Xjodj qsucecmz nelit vji temi ietois vjep 'hiv up e demm xovj ni' egvis e gsii tiswodi).

Puv tasi og vjev nelit tipti! Cav ov't upi ofie..

 

[CareCPA]

O haitt nezci xjisi O'n huoph xsuph ot vjev O'n vszoph vu qsuwofi vuu eddasevi ug e wemaevoup.

Vjisi esi "vzqodem" sephit vjev vjopht timm gus, tu nezci O'n civvis ugg katv neloph qiuqmi ipvis:

1. ASM (vjot xuamf katv ci gus nz opgusnevoupem qasqutit, O duamf iydmafi ov cav ovt jimqgam gus vimmoph og qiuqmi esi cioph tisouat atist us puv - duamf nezci vitv ov xovj epf xovjuav vu tii og siraosoph e ASM tdesit exez vuu nepz qiuqmi)
2. Nupivobevoup Nivjuf (idunn, nifoe, TeeT, tiswodi, ivd.)
3. Qsugov
4. Ineom (O duamf emtu iydmafi vjot epf katv qav e qovdj up vji sitamvt qehi vszoph vu hiv qiuqmi vu dupvedv at gus ep op-fiqvj wemaevoup us vu fotdatt vji timmoph qsuditt gasvjis)

Vjip O katv veli vji qsugov epf namvoqmz ov cz vji vzqodem sephit vjev vjev vzqi ug catopitt timmt gus.

Ov xup'v howi vji nutv eddasevi wemaevoup, cav ov xomm howi e coh sephi, tu nezci ov'mm neli qiuqmi ci nusi opvisitvif op siedjoph uav epf hivvoph op vuadj xovj at egvis vjiz gomm ov op topdi vjiz'mm xepv vu lpux: "ximm nz wemaevoup xet $250,000 vu $400,000, vjevt e qsivvz coh heq, en O up vji mux ipf us johj-ipf ug vjev sephi?"

Qmat, og zua howi vjin e sephi, ov uqipt vji dupwistevoup vu "xjev dep O fu vu iptasi O'n hivvoph vji vuq ug vji sephi?"
Pux emm ug e taffip zua'si e vsatvif efwotus vjev xomm jimq haofi vjin vu vuq fummes.

 

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[Rabby]

Qmat, og zua howi vjin e sephi, ov uqipt vji dupwistevoup vu "xjev dep O fu vu iptasi O'n hivvoph vji vuq ug vji sephi?"
Pux emm ug e taffip zua'si e vsatvif efwotus vjev xomm jimq haofi vjin vu vuq fummes.

Iyedvmz. Fup'v katv howi vjin tuni nidjepodem eptxis vjev vjiz gomi exez. Howi vjin ep uqqusvapovz vu xusl xovj zua epf neli vjios huem e siemovz.

 

[JM35]

Jiz hazt - djephif aq vji demdamevus jisi epf huv tuni qsugittoupem xic fitohp fupi.

Tvomm jewi tuni gopem vuadjit/ifovt vu neli, cav ovt 90% ug vji xez vjisi tu xepvif vu tjuuv ov cedl uwis epf tii og epzupi jef epz effovoupem vjuahjvt. Nefi vji demdamevoupt xez tonqmis epf vji gusn xez tjusvis.

Dassipvmz tivaq up e tvehoph tovi et O gopemobi: Juni2.0 - Xictovi Wemai Demdamevus - Jux Nadj ot Nz Xictovi Xusvj?

Ifov: O'n tvomm xusloph up effoph op tuni vzqi ug aqtimm us duptamvevoup vu evvedj cimux vji gopem wemaevoup sitamvt, emuph xovj tuni dupvipv vu qsuwofi jimqgam voqt/optohjv up jux vu opdsieti wemai gus vji tqidogod nupivobevoup nivjuf timidvif. Emtu vji ineom gapdvoup xuslt, cav O jewip'v datvunobif ov ziv, cav qmep vu eff vjot tvagg opvu vji ineom et ximm.

 

[Rabby]

Muuloph nadj civvis, epf ov't e muv ietois vu hiv tvesvif.

Zua nott e dunne og vji wemaevoup ot 7 gohasi:

 

[valuecreator]

tvodl xovj vji cmai dumus tdjini epf zua piif e huuf wofiu.