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ECommerce Web 2.0 Store Builder Startup

Listed in Google Checkout as Partner

http://www.spotmerchant.com/

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Bid History:
4 Bids (0 Pending)
Offer History:
None accepted (0 Pending)
Listed:
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:01:37 GMT

Accepted Payment Methods: Electronic Transfer

Description

 

Up for sale is an established online store creator Spotmerchant. This is one of the most advanced store creator out there. I am selling this because I don’t have the resource to develop the business side of the company.

Google Checkout Level 2 Integration has been completed, and it is listed as a Google Checkout partner at https://checkout.google.com/seller/integrate_cart.html.

The site was developed over 7 months, and is coded in PHP 5, MySQL 5, and the Prototype JavaScript library. All individual stores are store on separate databases, and are independent of each other, but share the same base codes. The server currently used is Fedora Core 6, but can be adapted other Linux flavors.

To see a working example, create a free account: https://www.spotmerchant.com/build.htm?plan=1

Features are listed on http://www.spotmerchant.com/features.htm.

  • SEO friendly URLs
  • Easy to use templates, or complete HTML control
  • Google Checkout and PayPal integration
  • Product reviews and product tagging
  • Automatic image resizing
  • And many more

There are currently about 100 stores created, and all account are currently in free trials. There are about 4000 page views from 1600 unique visitors in the last month for the www.spotmerchant.com site itself.

Buyer will receive all rights to the source code, labor for complete install on your server, and all current customers migrated to your server.
There is a reserve, but I will consider selling if it’s not met. I can meet in person in San Francisco with buyer.

This is an excellent business opportunity for an entrepreneur!

Note that this is relisted because the reserve was not met. The reserve and BIN has been lowered.

The BIN price is $15k. For BIN, please message me your offer first. To prevent flakers, I will end the auction when payment is confirmed.

Revenue Details

Currently we are offering free trials, so there are no revenues yet.

Traffic Details

About 90% referring sites and 10% search engine.

Questions 24 public, 8 deleted

  1. Avatar for talkhomebusiness
    Posted by:
    talkhomebusiness (-4)
    Date:
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:44:33 GMT

    What is the revenue model behind the website? are you adding products that users can buy and you get commissions on the product sales made through the shops?

  2. Avatar for webmaster23
    Posted by:
    webmaster23 (+3)
    Date:
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:14:25 GMT

    The revenue model is a hosted service with monthly base charge + % of client sales.

  3. Avatar for talkhomebusiness
    Posted by:
    talkhomebusiness (-4)
    Date:
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:42:12 GMT

    I see, and how do clients add products to their stores? do you provide a list of products through sites like amazon and ebay? or do they sell their own products?

  4. Avatar for webmaster23
    Posted by:
    webmaster23 (+3)
    Date:
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:06:18 GMT

    They can add their own products.

  5. Avatar for lazyjai
    Posted by:
    lazyjai (+3)
    Date:
    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:17:12 GMT

    when a customer creates a shopping website, do they host it in your url? like www.myshop.spotmerchant.com ?

  6. Avatar for lazyjai
    Posted by:
    lazyjai (+3)
    Date:
    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:22:31 GMT

    sorry i mean are they able to use ur shopping cart but use there own Url?

  7. Avatar for webmaster23
    Posted by:
    webmaster23 (+3)
    Date:
    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:13:53 GMT

    @lazyjai

    Yes they do, name.spotmerchant.com. Or they can use their own domain.

  8. Avatar for vipave
    Posted by:
    vipave (+3)
    Date:
    Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:59:57 GMT

    what about technical supports? what if the new owner does not know much about how the system works? Do you get alot of questions about how to..... from your current clients?

  9. Avatar for webmaster23
    Posted by:
    webmaster23 (+3)
    Date:
    Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:27:19 GMT

    There isn't a lot of questions from the current clients. I will walk the new owner through the code, and can be contact by email or phone or questions.

  10. Avatar for Newviewit
    Posted by:
    Newviewit (+3)
    Date:
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:25:03 GMT

    also interested in script

  11. Avatar for palcoupon
    Posted by:
    palcoupon (-7)
    Date:
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:44:54 GMT

    also interested in the script :) the winner should pm me too!!

  12. Avatar for makoweb
    Posted by:
    makoweb (+3)
    Date:
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:54:08 GMT

    I am also very interested in the script for a project I have started.
    Winner, Please PM me also.

  13. Avatar for stanto
    Posted by:
    stanto (+5)
    Date:
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:02:07 GMT

    Surprised that nobody asked:
    WHY you have not started charging for the service and all accounts are still in free trial?
    With some income you could sell easier and higher.

    This point alone is what worries me. Could u elaborate?

    thanks

  14. Avatar for webmaster23
    Posted by:
    webmaster23 (+3)
    Date:
    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:42:24 GMT

    @sherlockian21

    This software is a lot more complicated then xcart, and it requires a lot of setting up. To commodize it, I would need to take out a lot of the customize scaling modifications. Therefore, I think it's best for me to stick to the original plan and only sell to one owner.

  15. Avatar for abcbonab
    Posted by:
    abcbonab (+3)
    Date:
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:42:05 GMT

    There is no place to add phone number for customers.

  16. Avatar for vettrivel
    Posted by:
    vettrivel (+2)
    Date:
    Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:54:57 GMT

    can you PM me the reserve price ?

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