NOTE: the official thread for this sale is located at http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2393692
URL: http://www.fastarcade.com
Age of site (months): 8.5
Monthly revenue: $50-$500
Revenue details:
AdSense was $500 in November and $400 in December. Since April, FastArcade has made over $1,400. View screenshots here.
Monthly page views: 700,000, with about 3 million or so hits
Traffic and bandwidth details:
Much of the traffic comes from linked games, such as the games I have listed on heavygames.com. I do get a considerable amount of traffic from search engines. My pages are search-engine optimized and rank well in MSN and Google.
Get the detailed traffic stats from May to December, including referrers and search engine keywords, here: http://extremetracking.com/open;unique?login=zdexter
Awstats from Dec. 16th to Dec. 31st: http://fastarcade.com/sale/awstats.gif
Note that AwStats is only for half of December! This is because I switched to Site5 hosting mid-month. The site uses about 250gb of bandwidth per month.
Bottom line: 3,000 uniques per day. 80,000-90,000 uniques per month.
Description:
FastArcade is a free online games site. I bought it back in April of this year. I get the games from sites like Miniclip.com and UltimateArcade.com, who give out games to use for your website. FastArcade is listed in the Yahoo! directory, as well as in DMOZ, under Kids and Teens > Games > Online > Arcade Games.
The site is search engine-optimized. It ranks well in MSN and other search engines. In fact, FastArcade is #6 on MSN for "soundboards" and #2 on MSN for "racing games"!
Design/Backend/Member System:
I recently had a total makeover done. I paid $35 for a PSD template and $250 to have the site designed from that template and coded in valid XHTML/css and tableless css (except where tabular data is present). The site runs on phpArcadeScript (www.phparcadescript.com). License for PAS is included with the site.
The site has a member system with customizable profiles, a newsletter system and a full admin control panel. The site supports SWF, DCR, MP3, WMV, image/picture and custom content (you can enter custom code). With the APC (click here for screenshot), you can:
- Generate a Google sitemap with one click
- Edit and add users
- EASILY add games - you can actually TRANSFER game and image files from other sites by simply entering the URL of the file(s)!
- Install game packs provided for free by PAS staff
- Ban IP's
- Add, edit and send out newsletters by email or private message
- Set up advertisements with the integrated advertising management system - track CTR, impressions and clicks, and set up custom ad zones and advertisers!
Currently, 668 members are registered, and there are 293 total games.
Price (or starting bid): $4,000
Is an auction?: Yes. There is NO BIN. The auction will continue until 7:00 PM EST on Monday, January 2nd, 2006. I reserve the right to cancel the auction for any reason. There is a reserve price.
Indexed pages (Google): 432
Google page rank: 4
Domain and Hosting:
FastArcade.com is registered at GoDaddy.com until 2008 (free push). I bought a private registration for the next year. Hosting is at site5. I can host you for a fee, or we can use the transfer option in Site5's control panel (works the same way as cPanel transfer). I may be able to push the account - I'll check on that.
Offer and payment details:
I'll sell when I feel the price is right. I am a verified Premier PayPal member. You *MUST* be verified via PayPal. We will likely do the transaction in two steps: first, I transfer the domain and buyer pays half; second, I transfer the hosting and the buyer pays the second half.
All offers in the SitePoint thread (http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2393692) or via PM at either forum, please.
Current high bid is $5200 at SitePoint.
URL: http://www.fastarcade.com
Age of site (months): 8.5
Monthly revenue: $50-$500
Revenue details:
AdSense was $500 in November and $400 in December. Since April, FastArcade has made over $1,400. View screenshots here.
Monthly page views: 700,000, with about 3 million or so hits
Traffic and bandwidth details:
Much of the traffic comes from linked games, such as the games I have listed on heavygames.com. I do get a considerable amount of traffic from search engines. My pages are search-engine optimized and rank well in MSN and Google.
Get the detailed traffic stats from May to December, including referrers and search engine keywords, here: http://extremetracking.com/open;unique?login=zdexter
Awstats from Dec. 16th to Dec. 31st: http://fastarcade.com/sale/awstats.gif
Note that AwStats is only for half of December! This is because I switched to Site5 hosting mid-month. The site uses about 250gb of bandwidth per month.
Bottom line: 3,000 uniques per day. 80,000-90,000 uniques per month.
Description:
FastArcade is a free online games site. I bought it back in April of this year. I get the games from sites like Miniclip.com and UltimateArcade.com, who give out games to use for your website. FastArcade is listed in the Yahoo! directory, as well as in DMOZ, under Kids and Teens > Games > Online > Arcade Games.
The site is search engine-optimized. It ranks well in MSN and other search engines. In fact, FastArcade is #6 on MSN for "soundboards" and #2 on MSN for "racing games"!
Design/Backend/Member System:
I recently had a total makeover done. I paid $35 for a PSD template and $250 to have the site designed from that template and coded in valid XHTML/css and tableless css (except where tabular data is present). The site runs on phpArcadeScript (www.phparcadescript.com). License for PAS is included with the site.
The site has a member system with customizable profiles, a newsletter system and a full admin control panel. The site supports SWF, DCR, MP3, WMV, image/picture and custom content (you can enter custom code). With the APC (click here for screenshot), you can:
- Generate a Google sitemap with one click
- Edit and add users
- EASILY add games - you can actually TRANSFER game and image files from other sites by simply entering the URL of the file(s)!
- Install game packs provided for free by PAS staff
- Ban IP's
- Add, edit and send out newsletters by email or private message
- Set up advertisements with the integrated advertising management system - track CTR, impressions and clicks, and set up custom ad zones and advertisers!
Currently, 668 members are registered, and there are 293 total games.
Price (or starting bid): $4,000
Is an auction?: Yes. There is NO BIN. The auction will continue until 7:00 PM EST on Monday, January 2nd, 2006. I reserve the right to cancel the auction for any reason. There is a reserve price.
Indexed pages (Google): 432
Google page rank: 4
Domain and Hosting:
FastArcade.com is registered at GoDaddy.com until 2008 (free push). I bought a private registration for the next year. Hosting is at site5. I can host you for a fee, or we can use the transfer option in Site5's control panel (works the same way as cPanel transfer). I may be able to push the account - I'll check on that.
Offer and payment details:
I'll sell when I feel the price is right. I am a verified Premier PayPal member. You *MUST* be verified via PayPal. We will likely do the transaction in two steps: first, I transfer the domain and buyer pays half; second, I transfer the hosting and the buyer pays the second half.
All offers in the SitePoint thread (http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2393692) or via PM at either forum, please.
Current high bid is $5200 at SitePoint.
