Ask HN: Selling a modestly profitable SaaS

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11264733

by yourabi • 10 years ago

7 6 10 years ago

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What are the best options for selling a SaaS app that brings in (a few) hundred in profit each month? Most brokerages are only interested in businesses that generate significant cash flow.

sharemywin• 10 years ago

flippa.cpm

yourabi2• 10 years ago

Thanks! Do you have first hand experience?

seanccox• 10 years ago

What's your project? I've been looking to buy something about that size, and I've found Flippa to be rather disappointing. If you want to chat, you can shoot me an email (address is in my profile).

jasonkester• 10 years ago

There was a really good article on this a couple weeks ago. Here's a link to discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11183109

The answer to your question, sadly, is that you're not going to get much of anything by selling a SaaS business that brings in just a few hundred a month. Like on the order of a thousand dollars if you're really lucky.

Your options basically boil down to either shutting it down, letting it run neglected in the background, or stick with it and try to grow it into something better. Which you choose will have a lot to do with the state of the codebase, the amount of time and money it takes to keep it running, and what else you have going on that might be a better use of your time.

So in short, none of us are going to be much help. Good luck!

Ask HN: Selling a modestly profitable SaaS

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