The Vape Trader LLC
$12,000
+ $4,000 Inventory
Facts and Figures
Recent Performance
Month | May 2019 | June 2019 | July 2019 |
---|---|---|---|
Revenue | $900 | $829 | $987 |
Expenses | $300 | $250 | $300 |
Net Profit | $600 | $579 | $687 |
Month | Pageviews | Users |
---|---|---|
December 2019 | 69,236 | 8,222 |
November 2019 | 66,288 | 7,456 |
October 2019 | 61,742 | 7,797 |
September 2019 | 48,468 | 6,834 |
August 2019 | 54,614 | 7,626 |
July 2019 | 52,015 | 7,890 |
June 2019 | 50,706 | 7,472 |
May 2019 | 57,114 | 8,081 |
April 2019 | 61,330 | 8,423 |
March 2019 | 60,595 | 7,709 |
February 2019 | 45,345 | 4,901 |
January 2019 | 56,179 | 5,610 |
Note: Traffic data was provided on 31 January 2020. Enquire for more recent data.
Business Description
Leading classified advertising and B/S/T vape platform for over 6 years with a very established name in industry and healthy customer base. All traffic is 100% organic and all social accounts are included, most with significant followings (FB, IG, Twitter, YT, Pinterest). Aside from the US/Canada (.com) platform also includes fully owned UK platform and independently owned ZA franchise with franchise contracts and training manual for future franchise territory sales. Tremendous domestic and international potential in the right hands. Would also be interested in a partnership to help transition marketplace more into the flower and CBD vaping sector.
How does your business make money?
Ad listing fees, banner ads/sponsored advertising, direct product selling, franchise fees. Unfortunately Paypal suspended accounts in Sept. 2019 after using them as payment processor for 6 years. As such platform has been switched to free posting model and needs a new payment processor set up.
Why should someone buy this business?
This business offers tremendous potential for the right developer or company, particularly for those within the Vaping niche. ~30k registered users & 20,000+ ads posted - with millions of visitors in the 5+ years of operation. When the appropriate amount of time was dedicated to the business (2016-17) it peaked at 1,500 unique a day and $2,000 /mo revenue. Since then then has been neglected with only bare minimum maintenance and as such experienced traffic and revenue decline. However, it still remains the leader in it's niche without any SEO or paid advertising ever completed. Established social fronts (Facebook, Twitter, IG, Pinterest and YT) along with fully owned UK franchise and independently owned South African and Italy Franchises in place. There are many options to take this business to the next level, particularly the potential to integrate an auction format. There is also close to $5,000 worth of inventory acquired via our direct buying program that can be negotiated.
Why are you selling this business?
A year and half ago I took a full-time job that I could not pass up on. At the time I believed I could keep up with this business and keep it growing. However due to the challenges of a new job and family, I have only been able to dedicate a few hours a month to bare minimum maintenance of the business. In addition, I have a new business venture I am involved in that I would like to focus on and see to fruition. Rather then keeping this on the back burner, I would prefer to find a new owner to take this project over and give it the time it deserves.
Business Strengths
- Key Words Ranking
- Brand and Community Loyalty
- Large Customer Database
- Well Established and Unique Brand
- Overall Market Size
Opportunities for a new owner
- Start Selling into New Markets
- Improve Current Marketing Efforts
- Advance or Explore Retail / Distribution Partnerships
Key day-to-day operations
- Customer Support / Service
- Order Fulfilment
- Website Maintenance
Marketing
- Email Marketing
- Partnerships
- SEO
Inventory
Assets
- Brand assets
- Contracts (written or verbal) with customers and suppliers
- Customer databases
- Domains
- Hosting accounts
- Inventory on hand or on order at the time of closing
- Relevant email accounts
- Social media accounts
- Website files, source code and content
Social Media
Post sale support
This is support provided by the seller when transitioning the business to a buyer.