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5 Key Reasons Starting an Online Business Is A Better Choice for Many Entrepreneurs

Many entrepreneurs have debated the idea of buying an online business as opposed to buying a brick-and-mortar one – perhaps it’s because of the array of options they can choose from and the benefits that come from owning an online business. Of course, which business venture to buy is tricky, but usually boils down to your own priorities. What industry do you want to invest in? What are you hoping to ascertain from your investment money? What kind of experience do you want to come from the money you invest? While it can be difficult to narrow your choices down, [...]

Four Important Indicators That Tell You It’s Time Sell Your Online Business

Are you a successful entrepreneur and wonder if it's time to sell your online business? How would you know the time is now or not?  All entrepreneurs are excited to start their online business, but they don’t know when the right time is to get out. After all, it’s a personal decision that is often influenced by several mitigating factors. How do you know if you should sell your online company now or wait? Consider the following four situations to help you make that gut-wrenching determination. Four Key Signs It Is Time You Should Sell Your Online Business   There [...]

3 Essential Metrics Business Owners Should Know When Selling Their Online Company

Have you built a strong online business, putting your heart and soul into it and made the executive decision to sell it? If so, then congratulations. Building your business from scratch was difficult, selling it will be no easy feat either. In fact, it can be downright tricky! After all, you don’t want to undersell your company and lose money, but asking too much for it can also have a negative impact. If you plan to sell your successful online business, you need to know what your business is worth – what a potential buyer is willing to purchase it [...]

Is an SBA Loan the Best Option for Buying an Online Business?

Many people dream of becoming their own boss of an internet based business. It’s an attractive proposition since you can make your own hours, set your own rules, operate from anywhere in the world and keep all the profits from your online business.  However it’s not an easy road to get there and, unfortunately, only a very small percentage of individuals actually get to make that dream a reality – and succeed. The main reason for this failure is due to the statistics collected concerning startups. Studies have shown that 9 out of 10 people who tried the transition from [...]

Tips for Selling Your Online Business When Sales Are Declining

Financial experts will tell you that the absolute best time to sell a business is when sales are at their peak, but in practice, timing the sale of a business can be very hard. You may have expected profitability to remain high for a longer period of time that it has, or your peak may have occurred prematurely at an unexpected time. However it happened, you have found yourself in a state of declining sales, and you just can't wait for things to rebound to sell. So what can you do? It is possible to sell an Internet business when [...]

You Just Bought an Online Business, Now What?

No matter what stage of life you are in, investing in an online business can be an exciting time.  Instead of starting your online business from the ground up, you can enjoy the many advantages that come with acquiring an established online business. While there may be upfront costs that come with buying a pre-existing company, the risk of purchase is a lot lower than it might be to start a business from scratch. Alongside that, as a buyer, you can get crucial business assets that make the business run smoother, like a client base, successful marketing strategy, good standing relationships [...]

The Ultimate Guide to Getting a Killer Deal on an Online Business without Being a Harsh Negotiator

Always in the movies, you see some angry businessman sitting in their office suite negotiating some important deal, yelling, screaming, and dictating orders into the phone. It’s easy to look at this type of media and think that this is the way that business deals go down in real life, and to believe that perhaps this is the only way. Fortunately, that isn't the case. It has been shown that having a good sense of humor, a level head, an easy tone, a good temperament and the capability to not take everything said and done around you personally are great [...]

Top 5 Reasons Entrepreneurs May Decide to Sell Their Online Businesses

Those who are considering buying a business from an online business owner will often wonder why the owner is selling his or her business if it is a profitable and successful one. That is, of course a fair question. For all of the many reasons than an entrepreneur might begin his or her own online business or purchase one that has already been formed, there are just as many reasons that they might want to consider selling their online business, too. Some of these reasons are more prominent than others, and those reasons can be found below. 1. They Want [...]

5 Habits of Successful Online Small Business Owners

The world of an online business is vastly different than the rest of the business world. Internet-based companies are often smaller and require less concern about managing real estate and facilities due to their basis in cyber space. Employees and customers may be spread out all around the world, posing unique challenges for managing and delivering first-rate service. So what does it take to be a success as an online business owner? Here are some of the characteristics and practices that tend to set those who rise to the top in the difficult world of Internet-based business apart from the [...]

Looking to Sell Your Online Business? Think Like a Buyer

There are many reasons why people decide to start an online business, but for many owners, there is a clear goal of one day selling that Internet-based business for a profit. If you got your online business off the ground with plans to grow it and one day sell the company to recoup what you invested and make a nice return, it's important to keep that eventual sale in mind as you make decisions from day to day. All too often, online business owners end up over estimating how much their companies are worth. It's easy to understand why, of [...]

Tune-Up Your Online Business for a More Profitable Exit Strategy

When you start your online business, your goal is to grow it and make it profitable. As your online business moves out of the startup phase and becomes an established business, your goal is to continue to grow, increase your market share and keep your existing customers coming back to you. But then what comes next? Some online business owners start a company with the plan of owning it forever and passing it on to the next generation, but increasingly, people are founding online startups in hopes of one day selling their companies for a large profit and then taking [...]

Flip an Online Business – Buying Checklist

A few years ago, flipping real estate was a huge investment opportunity. If you're not familiar with the concept of flipping, the idea is to purchase a building, usually a home that is cheap because it has been foreclosed on or needed to be sold quickly. After the home is purchased for a low price, the owner invests money in it to improve it and increase its value, then he or she sells it at a higher price and keeps the difference as profits. Flipping has now moved beyond the world of real estate to the world of online startups. [...]

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