A German product price comparison website, established in 2015, garners approximately 17,000 visits monthly, with an average revenue of €1,200 over the past four months. It collaborates with 1,400 merchant partnerships and features around 1,000 active online shops offering approximately 16 million products. The site relies solely on on-page SEO for driving traffic, with daily visits ranging between 550 to 750. Utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS), the platform imports millions of offers from CSV files, submitted by approximately 1,000 partners. Revenue is generated through affiliate programs with commissions ranging from 1-40% per sale via major platforms, including Amazon, Affilinet, and others.
The site utilizes Ruby on Rails technology, along with HTML, CSS, JS, and PostgreSQL databases. Hosting expenses run approximately €381 monthly on AWS, which includes various server instances for web services, databases, and elasticsearch functionality. Site management has been managed part-time, averaging 8-12 hours weekly, focusing on SEO improvements and merchant additions.
The current owners are seeking to sell due to time constraints as outside day jobs conflict with the expanding demands of running the site. They are committed to supporting the new owner post-sale, facilitating a smooth transition with documented applications and guidance. Potential growth areas include SEO enhancements, search function improvements, and completion of a planned but unfinished blog. The sale will include two domain names, content, affiliate accounts, Ruby on Rails applications, AWS accounts, and trademark brand rights. The design and branding elements are also unique to the platform.