Offers DVDSmiles.com (PR5) and SmilesPics.com (PR4)

[PLavelle]

Update: I have listed the business on Ebay. See it here The EBay listing contains the most up to date information.




URLs: http://www.dvdsmiles.com and http://www.smilespics.com

Age of site (months): 24

Avg. monthly pageviews: View my last 12 month's stats at http://www.dvdsmiles.com/Stats.zip

Traffic details:

Listed in all major search engines. I was paying for advertising for a while, but I do not advertise any more and I am hitting about the same amount of traffic. View my stats above to see more details.

Description:

I am selling my internet-based DVD slideshow and photo scanning business. I receive photo scanning and DVD slideshow orders through the website and customers send their prints in the mail to be scanned.

Included in the purchase price is a FotoFunnel print scanner (http://www.fotofunnel.com) which can scan about 375 prints an hour at 300dpi. I have pretty much designed the business around this scanner. Scanning 375 prints an hour at $0.35-$0.50 per print is a really high hourly rate. I have hired people to scan the pictures for me and kept the difference as income.

I will also include a Dell Dimension 4600 PC that will be completly set up to scan the pictures and create the photo CDs and slideshows. I have spent a lot of money on software which will be installed on the computer. Everything you need to create a photo CD or slideshow will be included on the computer.

DVDSmiles.com is almost completely automated to process these orders. It has been integrated with PayPal for payment processing. I am willing to spend extra time customizing the website to fit the buyer's needs.

Another website that is included in this sale is SmilesPics.com, which is an online gallery for orders placed through DVDSmiles.com.

I have a license agreement with Google to use their Picasa software to make my Photo CDs which really adds a professional feel to the finished product. I also have a bunch of other software that I use to make the slideshows from the scanned prints. All software the buyer needs to operate this business will be included in the sale.

All materials that I currently have, including DVD cases, labels, DVDs, shipping materials, etc. will also be included.

My email address: [email protected]

Google PageRank: DVDSmiles.com is PR5, SmilesPics.com is PR4

 

[Zaphrod]

How much are you willing to sell the business for without the Fotofunnel, since I have seen them selling for under $100 on ebay?

 

[comcrazy]

under $100 ? in yer dreams

 

[Zaphrod]

You could be right, since it was listed as "Howtek Fotofunnel Photo Scanner MOD PS (5822746664)", was used and sold for $50.00. I am not sure about versions or low end or high end. I did see a new "Fotofunnel by Howtek - Photo Scanner - New In box!" sell for $510.00." Item number 5805544456. I have been watching since Plavelle first listed the store, and have seen the Fotofunnel sell for under $100.00.

07-26-2005 http://www.dnforum.com/f48/dvdsmiles-com-pr5-thread-104597.html
09-21-2005 http://www.dnforum.com/f48/dvdsmiles-com-pr5-smilespics-com-thread-113117.html

 

[PLavelle]

If the business doesn't sell through EBay, I might consider selling the business without the FotoFunnel. I definitely spent a lot more than $500 on my FotoFunnel. Looks like that one you found was a good deal.

 

[PLavelle]

Here are the latest details:

http://www.dvdsmiles.com/?Content=ForSale

I'll be listing the business on EBay again in about two weeks.