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GrabUp.com Unique software selling business.

Taking the internet by storm. 8k passionate users.

http://grabup.com/

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Auction

Congratulations to the winner!

Winning Bid:
$20,000 Buy It Now bid
Bid History:
28 Bids (0 Pending)
Listed:
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:58:36 GMT

Accepted Payment Methods: PayPal

Description

It saddens me to have to sell this website so soon but I need to liquidate a few assets to pay some bills and fund some new projects.

 

GrabUp is a completely unique concept that has gone down staggeringly well in the time it has been online. Currently it has over 8,000 completely passionate users using the software every day.
For a complete overview of grabup and its features please watch the video on the homepage of the website.

 

Please also see what people have been saying about us on the press page. GrabUp has been featured on lifehacker.com, tuaw.com, revision3, theappleblog killerstartups and literally hundreds of others. Just google around and you'll see what I mean.

 

People absolutely LOVE the software and use it religiously. You can get a quick understanding of exactly how much they love it by doing a quick search on twitter. Here are a few examples.

 

http://twitter.com/Juo/statuses/877281297
http://twitter.com/gcn1/statuses/881041900
http://twitter.com/andrewryno/statuses/875949352
http://twitter.com/rodericj/statuses/868686797
http://twitter.com/kleinmaetschke/statuses/866475101
http://twitter.com/nerdlery/statuses/860503031

 

People can't live without it.

 

So to recap. You're buying over 8000 passionate users. Some wonderfully unique software (full rights etc). A polished website. Massive growth potential (windows version etc).

Currently the only outgoings I have for this website is a $30 a month hosting account at thiswebhost.com. I've never spent a penny advertising this website.

 

Please contact me through email if you'd like to make a BIN offer. (jonwheatley (at) gmail.com)

Revenue Details

At the start of last week we rolled out a pro version of the software that allows people so host grabs on their own server. The pro version of grabup costs $20 and since launch (5 days ago) 53 people have upgraded to the pro version. (Netting $1,060 profit in less than a week).

 

GrabUp is currenlty mac only software. I've already been in talks with a windows developer who can develop a windows version of the software easily.

 

If the buyer does develop a windows version of grabup it could, in theory increase profits by around 80%.

 

Also, I recentley sold the advertising space on the bottom of the grab pages for $300 (for one month).

Attachments 3 public (0 verified)

Questions 37 public, 5 deleted

  1. Avatar for rswday
    Posted by:
    rswday (+3)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:22:59 GMT

    This is a great product and use it all the time, every single day. Worth every single penny, wish I had the money to afford it! Good luck with the sale.

  2. Avatar for Cafe del Mar
    Posted by:
    Cafe del Mar (+8)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:39:48 GMT

    "Sorry all you crazy windows and linux weirdos." - So freakin offensive :D

    Nice product! Good luck with the sale!

  3. Avatar for fakhir_iqbal
    Posted by:
    fakhir_iqbal (+5)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:46:02 GMT

    Sent the PM to you.

  4. Avatar for nicholasp
    Posted by:
    nicholasp (+3)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:52:37 GMT

    The video on the homepage doesn't work for me.

    Where has the rest of the revenue come from as I only see the $1,060? Also how have you been marketing this (i.e. where have the 8,000 users come from?

  5. Avatar for j0n
    Posted by:
    j0n (+7)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:57:37 GMT

    GrabUp has been featured on loads of blogs (google around and you'll see numerous blogs raving about grabup and linking back to it). That has all happened naturally and I've done no active marketing.

    The pro version has only been launched a week so the monthly revenue is only predicted.

  6. Avatar for cybershadow03
    Posted by:
    cybershadow03 (+6)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:22:21 GMT

    I will be willing to bid if you can make this work for windows as well before the sale is complete.
    thanks, pls pm me with details

  7. Avatar for nicholasp
    Posted by:
    nicholasp (+3)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:40:53 GMT

    How much will it cost to make the windows version?

  8. Avatar for j0n
    Posted by:
    j0n (+7)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:48:36 GMT

    Windows version will cost $600.

  9. Avatar for justo
    Posted by:
    justo (+3)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:30:25 GMT

    Why are you selling?

  10. Avatar for jeff_oneil
    Posted by:
    jeff_oneil (+3)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:33:23 GMT

    When will the windows version be available?

  11. Avatar for wqi
    Posted by:
    wqi (+3)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:47:50 GMT

    anyone know http://www.jingproject.com/? How do you think about grabup.com ang jingproject?

  12. Avatar for j0n
    Posted by:
    j0n (+7)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:49:00 GMT

    The windows version is only available if the winning bidder decides to go ahead with it. Although I have been in talks with the windows software developer I haven't got the ball rolling as of yet. I can pass on the info of the software developer to the winning bidder.

    Annoyingly I am being forced to sell because I have bills to pay and other projects to work on.

  13. Avatar for j0n
    Posted by:
    j0n (+7)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:50:04 GMT

    "anyone know http://www.jingproject.com/? How do you think about grabup.com ang jingproject?"

    People prefer grabup over jing because sharing grabs with grabup is MUCH quicker. Jing has a few other steps. GrabUp users can share grabs instantly.

  14. Avatar for web2group
    Posted by:
    web2group (+3)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:28:13 GMT

    Very nice app, I can see it being a real essential. Couple of questions.

    What sort of server bandwidth\disk space does it use currently. Has the free version got any limits on screen shot size or bandwidth limits on each hosted image?

    Would the buyer receive exclusive rights to the grabup source code? Would you sign a non-compete agreement?

  15. Avatar for chimaera
    Posted by:
    chimaera (+6)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:09:09 GMT

    Jon, what happened to the last sale? Your reserve was met but you didn't honour the bid? Is your reserve set realistically this time?

  16. Avatar for minimumrage
    Posted by:
    minimumrage (+4)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:02:50 GMT

    Are you actually going to sell the site this time? What is your reserve?

  17. Avatar for NextSite
    Posted by:
    NextSite (-5)
    Date:
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:17:44 GMT

    Have you ever kept a site yourself? Haha.

  18. Avatar for yasemin
    Posted by:
    yasemin (+5)
    Date:
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:04:23 GMT

    I think you should keep it jon .

  19. Avatar for gamerpress
    Posted by:
    gamerpress (+3)
    Date:
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:37:24 GMT

    Amazing website. I use grabup multiple times a day.

    Good luck with the sale!

  20. Avatar for j0n
    Posted by:
    j0n (+7)
    Date:
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:42:58 GMT

    Space and bandwidth usage here: http://www.grabup.com/uploads/005024b76c651651f8c91a8f32615c68.png

    No limits currently but the site could be easily tweaked to limit uploads. The new owner will indeed get exclusive rights to the grabup source code. I'll happily sign a non-compete.

    Chimaera, I talked it over with the winning bidder and we mutually agreed not to go ahead with the sale. I wasn't happy with the sale price and wanted to rollout the pro version. Very happy I did. Yes, I'm actually going to sell this time.

    Thanks for all the other kind comments.

  21. Avatar for dstpierre
    Posted by:
    dstpierre (+6)
    Date:
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:26:14 GMT

    Hi,

    In what programming language does the MAC OX X software is developed ?

    Do you know of any other software on Windows that offers that kind of features ? Did you receive any requests for a Windows port from users ?

    Your Pro package include a hostable version, witch is a PHP site replicating the one running on grabup.com is that right ? How does the user changes the MAC software to point to their website. Do they have only to configure a setting to change an FTP address and that's it ? (Sorry if I miss something).

    Thank you !

  22. Avatar for 3dom
    Posted by:
    3dom (+5)
    Date:
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:44 GMT

    Windows version could boost sales tenfold - and site's value... Very interesting.

  23. Avatar for j0n
    Posted by:
    j0n (+7)
    Date:
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:22:48 GMT

    GrabUp was developed using cocoa. Lots of people have been requesting a windows version. Some people have even be swayed into buying a mac just to use grabup.

    The PRO version of grabup allows users to host the grabs they take ad free on their own server. Rather than grabs being uploaded to grabup.com (like this one http://www.grabup.com/uploads/74acc2e82167a800a40f5efb8216f490.png) They're hosted on that users server for as long as they wish. Freelancers and bloggers really love that feature.

  24. Avatar for j0n
    Posted by:
    j0n (+7)
    Date:
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:15:00 GMT

    If you'd like to make me a BIN offer please email me at jonwheatley (at) gmail.com.

  25. Avatar for j0n
    Posted by:
    j0n (+7)
    Date:
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:38:29 GMT

    I've lowered the BIN to $20k. Looking for a quick sale.

  26. Avatar for alco_junky
    Posted by:
    alco_junky (+3)
    Date:
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:24:59 GMT

    Jon, please send me proof of the $4500 per month revenues. Also, are there going to be any major problems, or changes in functionality porting this to windows?

  27. Avatar for j0n
    Posted by:
    j0n (+7)
    Date:
    Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:05:16 GMT

    I've sent you a PM.

  28. Avatar for papaman
    Posted by:
    papaman (+5)
    Date:
    Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:19:10 GMT

    great site. can you also PM me proof of the $4500 revenue?

  29. Avatar for j0n
    Posted by:
    j0n (+7)
    Date:
    Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:37:17 GMT

    I've sent you a PM.

  30. Avatar for honeybubblez
    Posted by:
    honeybubblez (+1)
    Date:
    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:14:35 GMT

    hi, Very interested, is your only expense $30?? Where does all the revenue come from?

  31. Avatar for foxdirect
    Posted by:
    foxdirect (+4)
    Date:
    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:41:14 GMT

    Send me proof/details on the revenue please.

  32. Avatar for j0n
    Posted by:
    j0n (+7)
    Date:
    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:02:20 GMT

    All the revenue comes from people buying copies of the pro version of grabup + advertising on the free version.

    Sending now foxdirect.

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Established: 14 Apr 2008
Uniques (per month): 45,000
Page Views (per month): 150,000
Gross Revenue (per month): $4,540
- from Advertising Sales: No
- from Product or Service Sales: No
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