_Lorna_  Offline
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Have you know somewhat shot yourself in the foot? You asked why people were leaving and not rejoining a few weeks ago which started a huge debate and now you are trying to sell the site? Why would any member want to buy it after you telling us that it is losing members?
Lorna
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Basil Offline
and Nellie Belly too
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Why would any member want to buy it after you telling us that it is losing members? |
I haven't looked into the detail but I would imagine it could still be a very viable business opportunity.
The current owners have said they don't now have the time for it, a new owner presumably would and with more time / new ideas it could thrive again.
I would think that any current negative stats might be reflected in the purchase price.
I think it's nice they've put this thread up, far better it is sold to someone with a little knowledge of the forum surely? 
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 9:18 am Post subject: |
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the number of new members hasn't dropped, its the number of subscribers that had started to slide. I believe in honesty on a site and hence asked you the members for help and had started on a chain of events to improve on the churn ratio, some of these are already in place and others can be added by the new owners
btw i have had considerable interest in the sale with almost double figure members asking for information so yes I think it would be better to sell the sites on to existing members as they know its format and its strengths and weaknesses
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_Lorna_ Offline
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 9:31 am Post subject: |
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| labadmin wrote: | the number of new members hasn't dropped, its the number of subscribers that had started to slide. I believe in honesty on a site and hence asked you the members for help and had started on a chain of events to improve on the churn ratio, some of these are already in place and others can be added by the new owners
btw i have had considerable interest in the sale with almost double figure members asking for information so yes I think it would be better to sell the sites on to existing members as they know its format and its strengths and weaknesses |
I stand corrected!
Good luck in finding a buyer and as people have already said, hopefully they will keep things pretty much the same.
Lorna
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Good luck with the sale! I will be sorry to see you go too!
I hope that whoever buys it keeps things ticking over much the same way as they do at present.
I am a mum of three children, and I do know that there just aren't enough hours in the day. 
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_Rach_ Offline
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:27 am Post subject: |
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Any news on a new owner for LF yet? I know I was originally interested but couldn't make the numbers add up, sorry.
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labadmin Offline
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:34 am Post subject: |
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No news yet Rach, I did have a large number of interested parties, but quite a few wanted me to split furbabies from LF which would require considerable time and effort which is something i dont have and hence why considering selling lol
I still have a few interested parties but one has domestic issues and seems to have gone astray and the other has gone quiet so nothing definate at all yet
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:00 am Post subject: |
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I don't understand why it would take "considerable time and effort" to split them up?
So the new owner of LF would need to remove a few links from LF to Furbabies for the payment of subscriptions - but it would be easy to make the subscriptions payable by other means - Paypal for starters...
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