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Analysis Period
1 Year 2 Years 3 Years
Report Size
11 – 14 Pages 21 – 25 Pages 26 – 35 Pages
Recommended for Price Range
$1 – $30,000 $30,000 – $200,000 $200,000+
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The Report will be focused on the identification of high-level risks and opportunities with the presentation of limited financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 12 months. Verification of provided data to source documents (invoices, bank statements, etc.) will not be performed.

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The Report will be focused on the identification of detailed risks and high-level opportunities with the presentation of enhanced financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 24 months (please note that the period under analysis will be subject to data availability). Information provided by the Seller will be checked with limited coverage against source documents (invoices, bank statements, etc.) This includes verification of selected sales and cost-related transactions for one month (approximately 5 sales and 5 cost transactions).

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The Report will be focused on the identification of detailed risks and opportunities with the presentation of enhanced financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 36 months (please note that the period under analysis will be subject of data availability). Information provided by the Seller will be checked with enhanced coverage against source documents (invoices, bank statements, etc.) This includes verification of selected sales and cost-related transactions for three months (approximately 10 sales and 10 cost transactions). The Report will also include an overview of the industry and key trends.

Red Flag Report

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Analysis Period

1 Year
Report Size

11 – 14 Pages
Recommended for Price Range

$1 – $30,000

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The Report will be focused on the identification of high-level risks and opportunities with the presentation of limited financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 12 months. Verification of provided data to source documents (invoices, bank statements, etc.) will not be performed.

Standard Report

$1,999One time fee

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Analysis Period

2 Year
Report Size

21 – 25 Pages
Recommended for Price Range

$30,000 – $200,000

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The Report will be focused on the identification of high-level risks and opportunities with the presentation of limited financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 12 months. Verification of provided data to source documents (invoices, bank statements, etc.) will not be performed.

Enhanced Report

$2,499One time fee

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Analysis Period

3 Year
Report Size

26 – 35 Pages
Recommended for Price Range

$200,000+

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The Report will be focused on the identification of high-level risks and opportunities with the presentation of limited financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 12 months. Verification of provided data to source documents (invoices, bank statements, etc.) will not be performed.

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Compare Plans Red Flag Standard Enhanced
Financial Analysis
Revenue verification and analysis Presentation of revenue by sources (website being sold, Amazon account, Social Media Accounts, etc).
Verification of revenue streams to source documents, review payments and confirm the flow of money from end to end.*
Verification if payments were made from personal accounts to boost profits.
Analysis of revenue and margin by product, client, geography, if respective data are available.**
Analysis of seasonality, development, and recurrence of sales over the analysed period.
Expenses Verification and Analysis Uncover hidden costs, including those which may be deliberately masked, such as staff, marketing expenses or work done by the owners, which is not included in costs (e.g. temporarily substitution of regular staff by owners, etc.).
Verification of expenses back to the source documents and bookkeeping records. Confirm the flow of money from the invoice back to the original bank or credit card transactions.*
Breakdown of expenses by type.
Analysis of seasonality, development, and recurrence of expenses over the analysed period.
Inventory analysis Analysis of inventory structure, slow moving or obsolete inventory.
Identification of inventory depreciation and its impact on future earnings.
Profit Risk Assessment Verification of business continuity and sustainability of profit level.
Tax returns If available, we verify tax returns for the past 12 months.
Traffic Sources
Traffic Verification Verification of traffic sources.
Verification of the quality, sustainability, and dependence the business has on each traffic source.
Direct Traffic Checking of Bot Traffic
Referral Traffic
  • Top 10 indexed pages
  • Most Prominent (Top 10 by number of links)
  • Most Recent (Top 10 by First Seen Date)
Organic Traffic
  • Number of Organic Keywords
  • Top 20 Keywords (sorted by Traffic)
  • Top 10 Pages with Number of Keywords, Traffic, & Traffic Percentage
Paid Traffic
  • Number of Google Ad Keywords
  • Google Ad Traffic
Behaviour
  • Visits/month
  • Unique Visitors/month
  • Pages per Visit
  • Visit Duration
  • Bounce rate
Backlink Analysis
  • Visits/month
  • Number of Backlinks.
  • Number of Referring Domains.
Geography and demographics Identification of countries/regions where the traffic is coming from.
Identification of the typical visitor persona, if possible.
Blacklists and Penalties Verification of the site blacklists or penalties.*
Traffic risk assessment Verification the risk of the site losing traffic from each source.
Sales & Marketing Analysis
ROI by Channel Identification of sales & marketing channels which brings the majority of sales. Identification of marketing channels which are working, and which ones are not working.
Changes in ROI over time. Assessment of efficiency of marketing costs over time.
Average order value Average order value its development over time.
Growth opportunities Identification of the biggest unexplored or under-explored growth channels.
Sales & marketing risk assessment Verification of dependency of the business on the effectiveness of advertising in each sales/marketing channel and identification of related risks.
Operations Analysis
Time commitment Comments on the minimum amount of time it takes to run the business, and the amount of time it takes to grow the business. Areas of the business which were ignored or glossed over by the owner.
Skills required Identification of the typical functions and skills required to operate the business.
Licenses needed to operate the business.
Business Rating Identification of the typical functions and skills required to operate the business.
Violations and warnings* Identification of any past or current policy violations or warnings the seller has not disclosed. Ensure the Seller is complying with Facebook/Google/Amazon policies.
Mailing list validation Verification of email addresses in the customer mailing list.
Geographic limitations for new owner Identification of potential issues if the business were to be run from another location.
Supplier contract validation Validate contracts & pricing sheets with suppliers are up-to-date.
Asset transfer risk Identify potential issues with transferability/migration of business operations.
Operational risk assessment Identify critical operational risks that could harm the business in the future based on the discussion with the Seller.
Industry & Competition Analysis
SWOT analysis A breakdown of competitive strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. High level comparison of the business against key competitors.
Top competitors Identification of top competitors.
Industry analysis
  • Identification of key trends across the industry.
  • High-level analysis of industry development and historical trends.
  • Identification of the Business positioning in the industry.
Recommendations & Next Steps
Recommendations & Next Steps Summary of recommendations, list of additional information needed and list of issues to be resolved with the Seller before agreeing to purchase.
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Financial Analysis
Revenue verification and analysis
Description:
Presentation of revenue by sources (website being sold, Amazon account, Social Media Accounts, etc).
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Verification of revenue streams to source documents, review payments and confirm the flow of money from end to end.*
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Verification if payments were made from personal accounts to boost profits.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Analysis of revenue and margin by product, client, geography, if respective data are available.**
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Analysis of seasonality, development, and recurrence of sales over the analysed period.
Red Flag
Red Flag
Enhanced
Expenses Verification and Analysis
Report feature:
Uncover hidden costs, including those which may be deliberately masked, such as staff, marketing expenses or work done by the owners, which is not included in costs (e.g. temporarily substitution of regular staff by owners, etc.).
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Verification of expenses back to the source documents and bookkeeping records. Confirm the flow of money from the invoice back to the original bank or credit card transactions.*
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Breakdown of expenses by type.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Analysis of seasonality, development, and recurrence of expenses over the analysed period.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Inventory analysis
Description:
Analysis of inventory structure, slow moving or obsolete inventory.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Identification of inventory depreciation and its impact on future earnings.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Profit Risk Assessment
Description:
Verification of business continuity and sustainability of profit level.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Tax returns
Description:
If available, we verify tax returns for the past 12 months.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Traffic Sources
Traffic Verification
Description:
Verification of traffic sources.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Verification of the quality, sustainability, and dependence the business has on each traffic source.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Direct Traffic
Description:
Checking of Bot Traffic
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Referral Traffic
Description:

  • Top 10 indexed pages
  • Most Prominent (Top 10 by number of links)
  • Most Recent (Top 10 by First Seen Date)
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Organic Traffic
Description:

  • Number of Organic Keywords
  • Top 20 Keywords (sorted by Traffic)
  • Top 10 Pages with Number of Keywords, Traffic, & Traffic Percentage
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Paid Traffic
Description:

  • Number of Google Ad Keywords
  • Google Ad Traffic
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Behaviour
Description:

  • Visits/month
  • Unique Visitors/month
  • Pages per Visit
  • Visit Duration
  • Bounce rate
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Backlink Analysis
Description:

  • Number of Backlinks.
  • Number of Referring Domains.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Geography and demographics
Description:
Identification of countries/regions where the traffic is coming from.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Description:
Identification of the typical visitor persona, if possible.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Blacklists and Penalties
Description:
Verification of the site blacklists or penalties.*
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Traffic risk assessment
Description:
Verification the risk of the site losing traffic from each source.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Sales & Marketing Analysis
ROI by Channel
Description:
Identification of sales & marketing channels which brings the majority of sales. Identification of marketing channels which are working, and which ones are not working.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Changes in ROI over time. Assessment of efficiency of marketing costs over time.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
CAC
Description:
Identification of the cost to acquire each new customer (CAC).
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Average order value
Description:
Average order value its development over time.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Growth opportunities
Description:
Identification of the biggest unexplored or under-explored growth channels.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Sales & marketing risk assessment
Description:
Verification of dependency of the business on the effectiveness of advertising in each sales/marketing channel and identification of related risks.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Operations Analysis
Time commitment
Description:
Comments on the minimum amount of time it takes to run the business, and the amount of time it takes to grow the business. Areas of the business which were ignored or glossed over by the owner.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Skills required
Description:
Identification of the typical functions and skills required to operate the business.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Description:
Licenses needed to operate the business.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Business Rating
Description:
Identification of the typical functions and skills required to operate the business.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Violations and warnings*
Description:
Identification of any past or current policy violations or warnings the seller has not disclosed. Ensure the Seller is complying with Facebook/Google/Amazon policies.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Mailing list validation
Description:
Verification of email addresses in the customer mailing list.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Geographic limitations for new owner
Description:
Identification of potential issues if the business were to be run from another location.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Supplier contract validation
Description:
Validate contracts & pricing sheets with suppliers are up-to-date.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Asset transfer risk
Description:
Identify potential issues with transferability/migration of business operations.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Operational risk assessment
Description:
Identify critical operational risks that could harm the business in the future based on the discussion with the Seller.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Industry & Competition Analysis
SWOT analysis
Description:
A breakdown of competitive strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. High level comparison of the business against key competitors.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Top competitors
Description:
Identification of top competitors.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Industry analysis
Description:

  • Identification of key trends across the industry.
  • High-level analysis of industry development and historical trends.
  • Identification of the Business positioning in the industry.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Recommendations & Next Steps
Recommendations & Next Steps
Description:
Summary of recommendations, list of additional information needed and list of issues to be resolved with the Seller before agreeing to purchase.
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced

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