Covering media news with 100% passive income, easy to maintain
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| Uniques | Page Views | |
|---|---|---|
| May 17 | 20,596 | 37,552 |
| Apr 17 | 14,880 | 18,011 |
| Mar 17 | 10,268 | 14,455 |
| Feb 17 | 11,931 | 18,956 |
| Jan 17 | 46,724 | 63,235 |
| Dec 16 | 103,328 | 161,019 |
| Nov 16 | 164,645 | 235,871 |
| Oct 16 | 162,363 | 211,057 |
| Sep 16 | 139,433 | 178,106 |
| Aug 16 | 91,247 | 115,597 |
| Jul 16 | 99,122 | 146,112 |
| Jun 16 | 285,973 | 393,385 |
| Page Views | % of Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Organic Search | 36,290 | 97% |
| Direct | 851 | 2.3% |
| Referral | 405 | 1.1% |
| Social | 6 | 0.016% |
| Page Views | |
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| United States | 23,431 |
| France | 6,290 |
| (not set) | 2,640 |
| Canada | 738 |
| Belgium | 573 |
| Revenue | Costs | Profit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jul 16 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Aug 16 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sep 16 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Oct 16 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Nov 16 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Dec 16 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jan 17 | $52 | $0 | $52 |
| Feb 17 | $77 | $0 | $77 |
| Mar 17 | $142 | $0 | $142 |
| Apr 17 | $2,105 | $45 | $2,060 |
| May 17 | $3,235 | $90 | $3,145 |
All information provided here is accurate and 100% verifiable upon request.
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Seller Questionnaire
How is your business monetized?
Adsense and direct banner ad sales via AdClerks.com
Are you the original owner of the business?
No
When did you buy the business, and how has it changed since you took over?
I took over in January 2017.
I updated the WordPress theme and updated the front-end with a new logo.
I also optimized AdSense and hired and trained a more cost-efficient French journalist in April (hence the spike in revenue).
Which platform does the website use?
Wordpress.
Where is the site hosted and will this need to change after purchase?
LiquidWed, this could stay.
Why are you selling the business?
I recently got married and now working full-time at a new startup, so I don't have enough time to commit to running and growing Actu-Medias.com as I originally planned.
Hopefully, someone with experience in Wordpress or who's looking for a low maintenance passive income site could continue where I left off.
Can the website’s revenue be accurately tracked back to the website?
Yes, revenue can be accurately tracked back to the business.
Are you willing to provide live revenue verification?
Yes, upon request from serious buyers and/or Flippa marketplace integrity.
What are the main expenses of the business?
Hosting and writing fees.
Please list all domain names you are including in the sale
Are you including any social media accounts in the sale?
I never got time to create any, this was on my to-do list.
What are the primary traffic sources of the site?
Organic from Google News.
Have you done any Search Engine Optimization?
No, I have never done any SEO.
Has the site ever received any search engine penalties (manual or algorithmic)?
No, the site has never received any search engine penalties.
Do you have employees or contracts with freelancers?
Yes, just one French writer who charges $3 per 300-word article (happy to work with new owner).
How is the content of your website produced?
The French writer sources his own his material and posts 1 x 300-word article daily.
Does the owner need specific skill sets in order to successfully operate the site?
None but a little experience in Wordpress would be beneficial.
What makes your website better than its competition?
It caters specifically to the young French demographic interested in media and entertainment news. We do this by providing daily media news written in French through our partnership with Google News.
Which ad networks does the website utilize?
Adsense and AdClerks.com - check out our listing where we sell banner space direct to advertisers.
Are all ad networks transferable to the new owner?
Yes
Are you willing to sign a 3-year non-compete contract?
Yes
Will you provide 1-3 months of post-sale support & training?
Yes, happy to provide 3 months full support and training if required.
What are the primary growth opportunities for the business going forward?
Are there any geographical limitations to the potential buyer of the business?
No, there are no geographic limitations.
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Key Facts
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Backlink Portfolio
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Actu-Medias.com SEO
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Actu-Medias is a Google News approved partner providing readers across the globe with the latest news in media and entertainment.
We currently publish news in French and have over 1,300 published articles.
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3 Month Revenue Breakdown
May 2017: $3,235
April 2017: $2,105
March 2017: $142
TOTAL 3 MONTH GROSS REVENUE: $5,482 USD
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Expense Breakdown:
Expenses are minimal, here’s a breakdown:
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Potential
If the new owner wishes to invest more time into the business, there are plenty of opportunities to generate additional growth. I’d be more than happy to sit down and discuss these and other ideas in greater detail upon the closing of the sale.
My original idea was to grow the brand into a powerful media outlet covering controversial mainstream news in entertainment and media such as je suis charlie and French media politics.
How to increase short-term revenue and growth:
How to increase long-term revenue and growth:
Hopefully, the new owner can see areas for growth and take Actu-Medias.com to where it should be.
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What the buyer will get
| Site Established ? | March 2016 |
| Built With ? | WordPress |
| Google Analytics Detected ? | Yes |
| Domain Registered ? | 28 September 2015 |
| Registrar ? | TLD REGISTRAR SOLUTIONS LTD |
| Content Unique ? | Yes |
| Design Unique ? | Yes |
| Pages In Google ? | 1,340 |
| MajesticSEO Inbound Links ? | |
| SEOmoz mozRank ? | |
| Alexa Rank ? | 1,310,085 |
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Hello, interesting. I was very intersted to buy it when it was previsouly listed here last year
However I do have a few questions.
1) How do you explain the traffic decrease over the last year ?
2) I see that most of the traffic is coming from USA. Only a quart of it comes from france. Any explaination ?
3) About the adsense revenues. How do you manage to make +3000$ with 30.000 page views in may ? Its more than 100$ rpm It sounds amazing, almost unbelievable.
Thank you
Hi there,
Thanks for your interest, I'll answer your questions below:
1) I'm not entirely sure to be honest as I took over in January 2017 when traffic was already falling.
I did nothing with it for 2 months and only started working on it in April by optimizing adsense and hiring a french journalist writer. I still feel the adsense could be better optimized and more content could be posted.
2) One of the things I did differently when I took over was to post more western content covering mainstream media and entertainment to reach French speaking users in other countries such as North America. One thing I've been wanting to do is start posting articles in English to reach even more readers.
3) The traffic in analytics is slightly higher than the traffic shown here. In May 2017 the site did 40k page views which gave us a RPM of $75, however we had a good CPC for that month and a few posts that performed well in terms of views.
If you have any more questions let me know or feel free to PM me.
Thanks,
James
i am interested to buy if your earning is real .
Hi,
Can you please comment on the ad revenue surge from March to April ?
Thanks
@oksytarr
Hi there, yes earnings are real as adsense is verified by Flippa.
@f86
Hi there, adsense was only on the footer for March and earlier and I also optimized AdSense and hired and trained a more cost-efficient French journalist in April (hence the spike in revenue).
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If you have any more questions let me know or feel free to PM me.
Thanks,
James
You are having 8 AdSense banner ads. That's a direct violation of AdSense policies. I wouldn't be surprise if the site gets banned for violation!
@paritymedia
Where does it say anywhere that having 8 Adsense units is a direct violation of Adsense policies?
Last year Google changed their AdSense policy allowing publishers to use as many units as they like.
Generally speaking, they relaxed their policies. If you’ve ever used AdX, you’d know that one of the selling points for its use tends to be about how you can place more than 3 ad units on a page — well, now you can do it with AdSense as well.
If you have any more questions let me know or feel free to PM me.
Thanks,
James
What plugin do you use in sidebar for featuring combination of onsite story links and Google AdSense ads, which look like story links?
@zorank
Hi Zorank,
Thanks for reaching out.
This is not a plugin, this is a Google Adsense matched content unit.
It's been set up and optimized in such a way to mix the content of Google ads with our own articles.
I added this in April and it's helped bring up the revenue to what it was doing before when I first took over this year in January.
If you have any more questions let me know or feel free to PM me.
Thanks,
James
Hi there, I suppose that you get most of the traffic from the organic listings in Google. My question is how did you become Google News partner. Thanks!
@goodend
Hi there,
Once a website meets Google's strict News guidelines they may apply for inclusion in News.
The guidelines cover both technical requirements and content requirements as mentioned here:
https://support.google.com/news/publisher/answer/40787
Being approved literally means that. We are approved and indexed in Google News and our articles show up in their results.
The site has been setup to meet the technical requirements and my writer havhase been well trained to follow the guidelines.
We've also been in Google News for over 2 years now despite 4 strict updates to their News algorithm (google news fred).
There are also no manual actions or penalties.
If you have any more questions let me know or feel free to PM me.
Thanks,
James
Do you have to know the French language well to be able to oversee the quality assurance of the website content? Thank you.
@Tresnov
Hi there,
That's a good question, luckily the French journalist writer I've hired speaks both English and French so I communicate with him on Skype chat in English (mainly about when to send payment) and he sources his own content and writes and posts directly on the site via WordPress in French.
So there is no issue regarding quality assurance of the content.
If you have any more questions let me know or feel free to PM me.
Thanks,
James