Some (a few too many, perhaps :razz: ) will have noticed the listing on Sitepoint’s Established Websites for sale section that’s a bit familiar… that of this blog.

It’s been a fun year and a bit, but all good things have to come to an end… sometime within the next couple of weeks, this blog will be sold and I will no longer be posting regularly on here (although I will drop by infrequently to share some advice).

The reason for this is stuff offline - being a university student (you never would have guessed, would you? :) ) I have exams coming up, starting on December 13th and carrying through to the 30th, and I’ll have to study for those (I haven’t started yet). After that I’ll be leaving on the 1st of January to go on vacation - to Hong Kong for twenty two days, and then the next term (which actually starts on the 11th of January, so I’ll miss eleven days and need to catch up).

Two months away is a long time, especially online where things are constantly moving - in all honesty I’ve been dropping levels of effort on this blog in for a while now and haven’t promoted it or aimed to maximise its potential - it’s time for someone to take over that can do this and take it to “the next level” (a John Chow / Shoemoney sized superstar).

Can it be done? I don’t see why not, as long as it goes to someone less lazy then me. :razz:

I’d like to personally thank anyone who has ever visited the blog, dropped a comment, linked here, sent me an email or just added me on instant messenger for a chat… I appreciate every single one of you doing this and there’s no way this blog will have grown as it has without the backing of you guys. I hope you’ll be as helpful and friendly to the new owner, whoever s/he may be.

Help Me Out

I’d really like to get this sale finished as soon as possible - my time is limited and the faster someone with drive, with initiative takes it over, the faster it can start the explosive growth that should be happening right now.

I’ve you’ve got some time, please spread the word - post about it on your blog, Twitter it, tell people on forums and do whatever you can. It will help me out a great deal.

The buyer will be getting sensational value - at the moment current bid is only $3,500 with BIN of $15,000 - Blog Premiere will be included if the website is BINed. If you are the person that refers the end buyer which purchases the site, I’ll send you 5% of the end sale price through Paypal or 10% if the buyer pays BIN price (that’s $1,500). Think of it as affiliate marketing - if your blog refers the sale, you’ll get a commission. Thanks! :)

Lastly - I hope you guys will give the new owner a chance; I know some of you like the blog because of the posts on it, most by me, but remember that whoever buys this blog will have some kind of experience with internet marketing but be completely new to blogging - I was new to both once and if you guys could be as supportive to him as you were to me, this blog would be all the better for it. I’ll also be popping in once in a while with a post, and you don’t want to miss out on those do you? :razz:

Good luck with your online endeavours,

Jason

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