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Screen Capture Software Site! New Design! Keywords! Profitable! Ready to turn over to new owner!
Screen capture site making 250/month AFTER FEES and ready to grow!
http://www.screen-capture-video.com/
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- Bid History:
- 1 Bid (0 Pending)
- Offer History:
- None accepted (0 Pending)
- Listed:
- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:24:05 GMT
Accepted Payment Methods: PayPal, Escrow.com
Description
Up for sale is screen-capture-video.com. I bought this off of Sitepoint in July and I am taking a big financial loss on selling it. I recently missed a credit card payment and my interest rate when up to 29.99% and I must come up with $3700 or I’ll never be able to pay it off. I have $5,600 invested in this site.
When I bought the site I changed the design ($500) and lowered the price thinking that would result in more conversions. The time-on-site has increased almost 100% after changing the design.
The software is the CamStudio open source software with a custom GUI. Commercial licenses are allowed.
Suggestions on improving performace:
- Play with the pricing. It was originally $37 and I lowered to $24 thinking that would increase the conversions. I think adding $5 to the price would have no significant effect and would add $55 to the current monthly income ($660/year).
- Tweak Adwords. This was the first site I have used Adwords on (my other sites have been AdSense sites). I was only able to get conversion tracking to work for Checkout Orders and PayPal orders if they used the download link on the site instead of following the one in the auto generated email.
- Update the FAQ page (spammy looking now) and put up a couple more demo videos)
- Freebies. Everyone loves freebies…
Common reasons for refunds (yes, I’m admitting to providing refunds!):
- They bought the software in the middle of the night and the key went straight to SPAM so they bought something else and asked for a refund. The key delivery system could be rewritten so that the “recover key” link asked for the email address and gave the download link if the email matched the database of orders (I’m not php savvy so I couldn’t do this).
- Vista Reason # 1. Installing on Vista requires turning off UAC and some people cannot handle this or complain about it.
- Vista Reason #2. On two occasions, weird lines appear in the videos when using Vista.
- A couple of people have tried to rip movies using the software and it will not capture sound if you try to do this (on new systems, at least).
All in all, refunds have not been a big issue and I always provide them
I'm sure I have forgotten something! Please ask questions.
I will not be able to reply most week days before 6pm central. I aplogize for this, but I've had to take on an extra job that doesn't involve sitting at a desk.
Revenue Details
Last months income (in the “new” economy, last month is more representative than other better-performing months) was 235.46 (*12 = 2,825.52) after $70.54 in adwords). (After PayPal fees)
Traffic Details
Steady trickle of natural traffic, see Analytics screen shot. Have not done any SEO.
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Questions 23 public, 1 deleted
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:27:34 GMT
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:33:54 GMT
Here is the thread I purchased the site from: http://marketplace.sitepoint.com/auctions/40036
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:52:50 GMT
Hi there. Why would someone pay for this product if they can get it here free? http://camstudio.org/
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:42:44 GMT
Please verify site access.
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:08:47 GMT
[quote] Hi there. Why would someone pay for this product if they can get it here free? http://camstudio.org/[/quote]
Some people are too lazy to search for a decent free program and think that since they pay for ScreenShow, its better or different. There are lots of sites out there that sell open source software.
[quote]Please verify site access.[/quote]
coolguyrob, site access is verfied in the lower right hand corner in black text. Thanks for looking.
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:33:57 GMT
How many downloads do you get per day? And can you provide downloads by country stats
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:17:09 GMT
What is profit after credit card fees, advertising and refunds?
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:33:52 GMT
>>>>>How many downloads do you get per day? And can you provide downloads by country stats
Do you mean sales? Sales are not daily, but there were 13 sales and 2 refunds from Dec 5 to Jan 5th.
>>>>>What is profit after credit card fees, advertising and refunds?
As stated above: "Last months income (in the “new” economy, last month is more representative than other better-performing months) was 235.46 (*12 = 2,825.52) after $70.54 in adwords). (After PayPal fees)"
That includes two refunds (visible in the PayPal screenshot).
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:13:21 GMT
>>Do you mean sales?
No. I mean how many downloads of the software do you get in average per day and what is the conversion rate for a sale (1%,1.5%, more) from your total downloads? -
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:59:04 GMT
What programming language is the software written in? And don't you have a trial download? All I can see on your site is the ability to buy but there is no way to try the program
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:48:45 GMT
From the old auction listing:
It currently sells appx. 15 copies per month with zero promotion, half through affiliates, half directly from the main site.
What happened to the affiliate sales?
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:59:34 GMT
>>>>No. I mean how many downloads of the software do you get in average per day and what is the conversion rate for a sale (1%,1.5%, more) from your total downloads?
Still not 100% sure what you mean. There is no trial version, so the only downloads are sales.
>>>>What programming language is the software written in? And don't you have a trial download? All I can see on your site is the ability to buy but there is no way to try the program
You can get details on the language/programming at camstudio's website.
There is no trial version because I do not know how to program a trial version with a watermark or limited features. The no questions asked return policy is my version of a trial version.
>>>>What happened to the affiliate sales?
I dropped ClickBank from the site because 1) I don't like ClickBank, 2) I was hoping to get all the sales myself and limit adwords competition.
Affiliate sales could be brought back in, it was approved by ClickBank before and I've had 2-3 people email me out of the blue and ask to be affiliates.
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- Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:46:42 GMT
Note: if you go back to affiliate sales you will have to change the key/delivery system, which is currently RelyCheckout.
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- Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:29:05 GMT
Hi, how much time per week do you spend on the site and are you willing to do any training and help with moving the site over to my server, etc...
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- Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:11:23 GMT
>>>>>>Hi, how much time per week do you spend on the site and are you willing to do any training and help with moving the site over to my server, etc...
Answering emails and providing the occasional refund takes less than a half hour a week.
I'm happy to help with the transition and training, there is really nothing to it.
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- Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:33:29 GMT
my bid in conditional on source code being included.
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- Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:47:55 GMT
>>>>my bid in conditional on source code being included.
Its open source software.
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- Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:47:14 GMT
Note while its on my mind:
Additional way to increase sales: add a "contact us" or "ask a question" link. There is currently no contact details on the site. This is something I had been meaning to correct. I'm sure at least a couple of customers are lost because their questions are not answered.
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- Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:58:34 GMT
Are you going to verify site access?
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- Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:03:51 GMT
>>>>>Are you going to verify site access?
I put text in the bottom left corner. I'll verify with sitepoint's methods momentarily.
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- Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:23:39 GMT
Can you provide sales since July broken down by month.
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- Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:27:50 GMT
Site has been sold.
Thanks for the interest and questions.
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