Many affiliates work towards an ultimate goal of selling their business to achieve a higher financial reward for their hard work. To successfully do so requires a thought-out exit strategy, attractive growth and an understanding of what buyers are looking for.
This session will provide an insider’s guide to successfully selling your business from the first steps you need to take right through to the final signing on the bottom line.
Increase business value and identify most valuable assets
Common pitfalls and challenges
Understanding if and when exiting is the right strategy
5. Basic KPI’s for SEO affiliates
• Install Google Analytics
• Organic Visits
• Country split
• Average time on site
• Bounce rate
6. Basic KPI’s for other media channels
• Always keep KPI’s per month to show trend
• Emails gathered / sent / opened
• Apps downloaded, active users
• Likes, shares, followers
7. General info
• Overview of partners and the deals
• List of domains
• Short description of the business
9. • Do your research
• 2-6x annual profit
Valuation
10. Drives valuation up
• Growth
• Size
• Age of the business
• Revenue share vs CPA
• A devoted team
• Brand
• Well defined business
• Easily integrated
• Regulated markets
• Something unique
11. Drives valuation down
• Decline
• Risks
• Source of traffic
• CPA vs. revenue share
• Scattered business
• Unregulated markets