How do you know how much your website is Worth and is there a tool or a way to Find out the simple answer is yes and in This video i'm going to talk you through Exactly how to figure out what your Website or blogging business is worth Hello there if you're new here my name Is anna and i'm the blogging growth Strategist over at the she approach Where i help bloggers just like you get Started and grow an online business this Video is brought to you in sponsored by Flippa a global marketplace where you Can list and buy digital real estate Starting from websites blogs social Media channels email lists and Businesses and pretty much everything Else in between to put it simply once Your blog starts bringing in a profit it Becomes a business and that means you Can pretty much put a valuation on it or A number much like what you've seen on Shark tank how they evaluate businesses You can actually evaluate your blog Because there is a market for people who Want to buy blogs grow them either keep Them as businesses or pretty much flip Them it's no different from people Buying couches refurbishing them and Selling them except that blogs are just So much easier to store so you can have As many blogs as you want and blogging Really is an acquired skill which means Once you know what you're doing when it
Comes to growing and monetizing a blog You can repeat that process over and Over again for a multitude of blogs even In different niches that is pretty much The trait of an entrepreneur isn't it Somebody who takes their skill and is Able to replicate it further but why Would you want to put a price tag on Your blog well if you're watching this Video i assume you are interested in Figuring out the evaluation for your Blog in other words what is it worth and One of the main reasons why bloggers Like yourself might want to know this is Because they're planning to sell their Blog and they want to make sure that They're getting a fair deal out of it Based on months and months of work that They put into it that also covered their Expenses and the potential for growth For this new blog evaluating your blog Can also help you figure out if you Should sell now or wait until you've Grown the blog a little bit more Creating new revenue streams and then Sell it for more of a profit and at the Same time maybe you're just looking out Of curiosity and there's nothing wrong With that even if you're not interested In selling your blog at the time putting Your blog through this valuation process Can help you understand what you need to Work on next in order to actually build A successful business and if you're
Wondering where flippa comes into place This is where because you can actually Get a free blog evaluation from flippa Using their validation tool trying to Figure out the evaluation of your own Blog on your own terms or using even Online formulas is a pretty tough job And i'll go over a couple of ways that You can estimate your blog's worth in a Bit but one of the simplest and quickest Ways to do it which is also one of the Most accurate way to get an estimate Quote for your blog is to use flippa's Validation tool this is a free online Tool that you can use as many times as You need it's a super quick and easy Process and i'm just going to walk you Through it i'll leave a link to it below Or you could just look up flip Evaluation tool and you will take you to A chat box where you just have to Interact for 30 to 60 seconds and answer The questions they post here's some of The information that you'll be asked to Provide in this quick chat in order for Them to get an accurate quote for your Website you're gonna have to provide Your name and blog url your revenue for The past 12 months as well with Estimated expenses for your blog so they Can determine the blog profit they're Gonna ask you for your blog traffic if I'm not mistaken your users or sessions In the last month or so and they're also
Going to ask you a quick series of Questions about the kind of website that You have is it an online business an Online store a blog in what niche is it And so on it's super easy to answer These questions and a lot of them are Multiple answer formats so you just have To pick one of them and obviously the More accurate you are with your numbers The more accurate the quote will be they Also have their own internal tools to Verify some of this for example to use Semrush to verify some of your domain Activities such as traffic backlinks and Other very important factors that are All taken into consideration when Somebody's looking to buy a blog it took Me about 60 seconds to test this tool by Myself and i got an instant evaluation That let me know what other blogs in This niche we're going for as well as Where my blog stands based on the amount Of content i have the amount of traffic And of course the most important factor Is the revenue and profit that your blog Brings in in case that you are ready to Sell your blog they will create a super Quick listing for you if you want to Activate that if not you can use their Valuation tool for free and just stop There like i said you get pretty much Instant results it only took another Minute or so after i completed the form To get these and it taught me a lot
About my vlog so in case you wanted an Accurate evaluation of your blog and What it's worth this is the perfect tool To use i know it's hard when you've put Hours and hours of your own time into Building a blog that you love but if You're ready to sell and move on to a New project this is a perfect Opportunity for you to do so and not let Yourself be clouded by personal Attachments to this blog flip out is Then able to look at the rough numbers And give you an accurate estimate of What your blog is worth and of course There's a lot of other factors involved That you can negotiate and renegotiate These prices with potential buyers for Example other digital assets that you Attach to the sale might bring the price Up from their initial quote do you have Social media channels that are quite Popular and have good engagement that You're selling alongside your blog do You have an email list you have a Specific business or drop shipping Business or anything else set up on your Blog already are you selling your Existing digital products courses all That you can use as a bargaining chip And drive the price up and just by using Their free valuation tool you're able to Kind of spy on their formula for Evaluating a blog's worth so from my Test i discovered that it's going to be
Something like your average monthly Revenue from the past 12 months Multiplied by 12 and multiplied again by A multiplication factor that can be Anywhere from 2 to 4. this is mainly Determined by what percentage of your Revenue is actually profit so if you Have higher expenses on a monthly basis Or generally yearly because a lot of These blogging tools and software's that Take to run a blog are paid on a monthly Basis so they average that out as well And then the multiplication factor might Be a two or under two rather than a four My multiplication factor for the Estimate numbers that i put in was 2.8 And that really drove my price up and i Also believe that because my website has Pretty good domain authority as well as A lot of backlinks that i've gathered Throughout the year that really brought My estimate price up so this will all Depend on your own factors it's easier To go through evaluation tool than Trying to figure out all these different Moving pieces by yourself but if you Want to quickly estimate your blog just Use the formula keep in mind that it's Very hard to otherwise evaluate a blog That brings in no income first so if you Have a blog and you are kind of ready to Move on to the next project you might Want to implement some growth strategies And make it bring in some revenue that
Way is going to be a lot more appealing For buyers who are going to take over it And grow it additionally you might want To go over on flippa and see blogs that Are for sale or have sold already and Compare your own to those making sure to Make adjustments for any additional Digital assets that you're going to Include with your blog to get a more Accurate estimate of what your blog Could be worth that is all for today Make sure to check out the evaluation Tool that flipa provides again totally Free and you can use it as many times as You want thank you for watching and if You've learned something new and you Want more growth strategies videos to Help you grow your existing blog so you Can make a profit if you decide to sell Make sure to stick around hit the Subscribe button and like for more [Music] You