Questions 28 public, 3 deleted

1. 

   Posted by:

   ashish1987 (+5)

   Date:

   Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:50:48 GMT

   Any questions are welcome. I am ready to give all elaborate details to any interested people. This is an extremely great business but I have to sell this as I do not have time to do this anymore as I am joining Grad School.
   I will verify the site soon and also upload revenue stats.

2. 

   Posted by:

   AlexBlom (+5)

   Date:

   Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:55:14 GMT

   Hi Mate,

   Your three servers, are they 450 each or 450 total? Leased or Colod?

   Do you handle the support or do you outsource?

   Do you mind PMing me details such as average customer signup and attrition rates?

   Very interested.

3. 

   Posted by:

   djorgensen (-9)

   Date:

   Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:01:25 GMT

   Good Afternoon,

   Before moving forward with a bid, could I get the following detail

   1. Monthly Revenue Stream for the past 12 months - (already noted)
   1a.Total Income after expense are paid.
   2. Expenses for the last 12 months (total)
   3. Ad campaigns for the last 12 months
   4. Your daily maintenance scheduled.
   5. CPU and bandwidth usage for the past 12 months
   6. Total capacity for all 3 servers, is there room for growth , or will I have to invest in more serevrs.
   7. How willing are you to assist in moving the operation to place of my choosing?
   8. Do you currently have a support contract in place with a vendor? If so please include that in the expense.

   thank you for the information.

   DJ

4. 

   Posted by:

   djorgensen (-9)

   Date:

   Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:18:44 GMT

   Question 1A, 2 and 3 have been answered above, thanks
   Why are you selling the business?

5. 

   Posted by:

   ashish1987 (+5)

   Date:

   Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:34:13 GMT

   @Alex
   The server Costs at Actuals are $159 x 3 = $477 per month
   These are all leased.
   I handle the support and outsource it when I need to go on a vacation.
   Customer Sign up rates are there in the Monthly signups attached with this auction. If that does not suffice, lemme know.

6. 

   Posted by:

   ashish1987 (+5)

   Date:

   Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:45:25 GMT

   @djorgensen
   1. Monthly Revenue Stream for the past 12 months - (already noted)
   Already Given in the graphs.

   2. Expenses for the last 12 months (total)
   The only expenses are for the servers and the one VPS. Now, let me tell you that we did not start off with 3 servers. When I started in 2007, it was on a VPS. Then we shifted to one server, then added another and then the latest third one. So revenues kept increasing with servers being added. On an average, each server will boost your income to about $450 to $550 so on each server you can make a profit of over 400$. Gamma server is new and has lots of free space. I do not think that you would need to add another server for atleast till you reach an income of $2000 to $2200 per month. This is my expectation and experience.

   3. Ad campaigns for the last 12 months
   I do not run ANY ad campaigns. Its too tough a market for ad campaigns. Mostly the users come in from Forums and also through the word of mouth.

   4. Your daily maintenance scheduled.
   It is not fixed. Sometimes i give two minutes in a day and sometimes over 2 hours. But you need to keep checking tickets regularly. I get updates when a new ticket is filed so I do not check regularly. only when I get an update.

   5. CPU and bandwidth usage for the past 12 months
   The bandwidth limit for each server is 2000GB per month. It has never been exceeded. CPU usage is not avaliable. the average load is about 1 to 1.10 for server A, 2 to 3 for server B and 0 to 0.5 for server C. All of these are over 4 cores so you can divide them by 4 to get the load on each core, which is nothing.

   6. Total capacity for all 3 servers, is there room for growth , or will I have to invest in more serevrs.
   As I said before, there is lots of scope for growth.

   7. How willing are you to assist in moving the operation to place of my choosing?
   I will help as much as you want me to for a period of 15 days from the sale. Moving is easy and not an issue esp when it is cPanel to cPanel.

   8. Do you currently have a support contract in place with a vendor? If so please include that in the expense.
   No, there is no such contract.

   Yes. I forgot, you will have to pay for a WHMCS license every month for $12.95. I do not think that is too much.

   I hope this answers questions for many interested buyers.

7. 

   Posted by:

   ashish1987 (+5)

   Date:

   Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:48:33 GMT

   Also, vBulletin License is not for sale as it can not be transferred.
   I'll buy and give the Owned WHMCS and vBulletin BIN for bidders bidding above $13,000.

8. 

   Posted by:

   djorgensen (-9)

   Date:

   Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:44:20 GMT

   thanks for the details..
   I PM you more questions...

9. 

   Posted by:

   sam26880 (-9)

   Date:

   Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:00:17 GMT

   Can we get a read only access to your whcms? Do you have any stats on the site? I would like to know how much traffic you're getting and where the traffic is coming from.

10. 

    Posted by:

    ashish1987 (+5)

    Date:

    Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:51:04 GMT

    @djorgensen
    Thank you for the Bid. Your PM has been answered.

    @sam
    Sorry but there is no way to grant read only access to WHMCS. It has important information such as client details which I would only like to share with the buyer.
    Unfortunately I did not have awstats enabled. We have a field which users fill when they sign up (Where did you find out about us). Here, users usually fill up the forum names where we advertise or google.

11. 

    Posted by:

    ashish1987 (+5)

    Date:

    Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:41:15 GMT

    The designs were made by a professional designer and I will provide the designer's details to the buyers. All designs are original here.

12. 

    Posted by:

    sam26880 (-9)

    Date:

    Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:48:52 GMT

    I found your previous auction from December 2008 in which you mentioned the exact same reason for selling the website (going to grad school). It's been 6 months already. Can you explain? I was not able to find any feedback from any of your previous seller. Is there anyway you can get in touch with them and ask them to provide some feedback on your previous transaction?

13. 

    Posted by:

    ashish1987 (+5)

    Date:

    Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:24:39 GMT

    @sam
    I am sorry but the buyer made a private bid for some reason and I can not disclose the name and dishonor it. I am joining grad school in fall (applications usually finish by November and in the last auction i had written i am "applying" for grad school). Back then I was applying and needed funds and now I need funds to pay me fee. Also, there will be no time on hand once I join it.
    Feedback period usually expires and thus, there no way to get the feedback on that transaction. The website is still active so I think he is still holding it because its making him profits.

14. 

    Posted by:

    ashish1987 (+5)

    Date:

    Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:31:31 GMT

    1. You haven't changed your banner from your first anniversary, why?
    Because the promotion was going good and we still do want to run it. Also, it tells visitors that the host is over a year old.

    2. You have changed your out of the box WHMCS banner, why
    We have upgraded to a new version of WHMCS and so didn't update it. How is this a big deal?

    3. Your forums are empty, why you have 1100 users and NO ONE users the forum, no possible
    Because no one uses the forums. We hardly check it as well. I told you I am selling because I do not have much time to give now.

    4. This guy has a problem, he is from Vietnam, I checked his domain name.... he contacted you almost a dozens times
    http://www.oxyhosts.com/forums/search.php?searchid=5148, why haven't you contacted him. His account is locked, I checked.
    http://www.oxyhosts.com/forums/search.php?searchid=5150 this guy states you never answer tickets
    I hope you even checked his website and the nature? Go through our TOS. We do not allow HYIP and ponzi scheme sites. As for the other guy, 5150, his website used scripts which made the loads on a Quad Core shoot up to 60+. obviously the script had errors he wouldn't fix. They have been informed well. Now if they choose to post on forums there isn't much we would do about it.

    5. I'd like to see this month domain name registration, to verify sign-up.
    We do not register domains.

    6. I'd like to get a list of the signup for this months website.
    I can not give you the list of users or their details. It is obviously confidential.

    7. oxyhosts.com domain name expires in SEPT 2009, were you aware of this?
    Of course I am aware. How is this any way related to the deal?

15. 

    Posted by:

    ashish1987 (+5)

    Date:

    Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:27:14 GMT

    The User with the HYIP site clarified that his is a hyip link site only and his issue is resolved.
    You can even see his post here : http://oxyhosts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=337

16. 

    Posted by:

    sam26880 (-9)

    Date:

    Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:47:52 GMT

    Non-compete is a legal form that you sign that prevents you from starting a similar business in certain areas for specific amount of time. This is to protect the buyers of this business. Yes you can notarize earnings by a lawyer or your bank. I'd just like to get a proof that says that your earnings are real. By the way, what's your reserve on this auction?

17. 

    Posted by:

    ashish1987 (+5)

    Date:

    Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:55:17 GMT

    Yes I am willing to sign a Non Complete and I will talk to the lawyer about the earnings, though I doubt it as it is not really a regular practice here in India. Well, The earnings are real and I can sign an agreement electronically to testify that. Reserve has been PMed.

18. 

    Posted by:

    sam26880 (-9)

    Date:

    Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:40:09 GMT

    I have few more questions.

    (1) Can you please post some paypal screenshots that corresponds with your whcms transactions?
    (2) How many cancellations have you had so far?
    (3) What are the forecasted earnings for 2010 full year?
    (4) How much do you pay your support guy when you go on vacation? Where's he located and how long has he been with you?
    (4) Has there been any legal actions against your business as of yet?

19. 

    Posted by:

    viperxx (+4)

    Date:

    Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:17:14 GMT

    Can you PM me the reserve price?

20. 

    Posted by:

    kisser (+2)

    Date:

    Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:31:51 GMT

    Can you provide the details requested from sam26880 in the public forum..
    I'd like to know the answer to the questions.

21. 

    Posted by:

    ashish1987 (+5)

    Date:

    Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:52:46 GMT

    (1) Can you please post some paypal screenshots that corresponds with your whcms transactions?
    I am taking these and will be available to buyers interested in the buy through PM.

    (2) How many cancellations have you had so far?
    All cancellations are done through WHMCS and I would only be giving a wrong number if I said that N number of cancellations are being done. Honestly, I do not keep a track. In good times, I have seen no cancellations done for months but sometimes you even see two to three cancellations in a particular week. We have clients who started off with us two years ago. Also, I have a client who cancelled her account with us and came back after two months only to purchase 5 more accounts and is still with us and happy with our services.

    (3) What are the forecasted earnings for 2010 full year?
    The income forecast from WHMCS from Jan 2010 to Dec 2010 is approx $13,656

    (4) How much do you pay your support guy when you go on vacation? Where's he located and how long has he been with you?
    I have known him since past year. He charges $2 per ticket or $70 to $80 per server per month whichever I wish to go in for.

    (4) Has there been any legal actions against your business as of yet?
    No there have not been any legal actions till today.

22. 

    Posted by:

    AlexBlom (+5)

    Date:

    Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:44:42 GMT

    Are you able to also provide details of how clients have been with you (ie a basic breakdown of length per client)

23. 

    Posted by:

    ashish1987 (+5)

    Date:

    Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:06:50 GMT

    Didnt quite get your question Alex. Could you PM me exactly what you wish to know?

24. 

    Posted by:

    viperxx (+4)

    Date:

    Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:17:09 GMT

    Can you give us read-only access to WHMCS?

25. 

    Posted by:

    ashish1987 (+5)

    Date:

    Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:13:52 GMT

    There is no way to give read only access to WHMCS. This is why I have screenshots showing matching revenues between paypal and whmcs. Let me know if you wish to see those. If there's anything else you wish to see, I can send you screenshots.