968Forums.com is for sale

flash · 2015-01-15T10:55:55-06:00

The time has come for me to move on. After 11 years, I've planted my flag on the mountain, and there is nowhere to go from here. I've discussed this at length with Jay (as well as a number of others), and we are in agreement that the time has come. 968Forums has become the largest, most active, and most complete website in the world for the Porsche 968. It has a huge active membership, focused on a great car and enjoying it, and that is what has made it great. I have personally met countless members, and made a lot of friends. I plan to maintain relationships with many of them. The site will be getting a software update shortly, and I'll spend some time sorting out a few things so that the new owners can walk into a fully functioning resource that they can enjoy, and profit from. On the subject of profiting, this site has the ability to generate a lot of revenue. We didn't pursue that, purely due to the fact that we didn't need to. Jay and I both felt that as long as it took care of itself, any other revenue was unnecessary. However, there is a fairly long list of directly related companies that would step up and want to advertise on this site. It would not be difficult for the site to quickly generate over $10k per year, without cluttering the site up with too many ads. We would be happy to discuss the terms of sale with anyone interested. We hope that a group of members will join together to buy it, thereby helping to maintain a balanced and pleasant operation. We will be screening potential owners, to ensure that the stewardship of the site goes to somebody who will maintain it essentially as it is now, continuing to be free to members, free of spam, and as always open to free and open discussion, without the bickering and nonsense seen on other sites. For us, it's not about the money, as much as it is about maintaining the site and its mission for posterity. Basically this site has become the greatest place on the planet for the Porsche 968 Enthusiast, and we want to keep it that way. For those who just have to ask the question, we will sell the site for $15k.

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968Forums.com is for sale

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12-31-2015, 01:43 AM

yup - all we can hope for is that the new owner has a reasonably similar vision

we don't have to sell it. if we can't find a like-minded buyer, we'll just let it die. it's not a hurry, and we don't have to make any decisions any time soon. but, rather than let it be corrupted, we'd rather go out with it as is.

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(This post was last modified: 12-31-2015, 01:45 AM by flash.)

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