Offers Long Established PR6 Directory. Natural Traffic. Revenue

[donald]

Statistics
- URL: http://www.scriptsbank.com
- Site age: 4 years
- Google PageRank: 6
- Average monthly visitors: 20,000
- Average monthly pageviews: 60,000
- Average monthly revenue: $1,000


Description
ScriptsBank.com is a long established directory of web programming scripts. It currently has over 6800 scripts listings in 563 categories.
The site runs on a custom modified version of Gossamer Links, one of the most robust and feature-rich directory applications. Site administration, creating new categories, validating new submissions or adding new scripts are simple operations that can be done with a few clicks via its user-friendly admin interface.

Scriptsbank is a site that runs by itself, the only work it requires is validating / declining new submissions from time to time.


Revenue Details
The site brings on average $1,000 every month.
Monetization is made via selling advertising and adsense. It’s an old, well-known site, so finding new advertisers is not an issue. I’m often contacted by private advertisers and advertising companies and the ad inventory is usually sold for a few months ahead. The current monetization scheme includes:
- 4 direct links on the Sponsored Links section on the right side of the site
- 1 side banner
- 1 top banner
For more info about ad spots and prices please check http://www.scriptsbank.com/advertising.html

The revenue potential is of course greater – you can add a fee for inclusion in the directory, you can sell affiliate products etc. so someone who actively manages it can substantially increase its profits.

Adsense screenshots:
http://www.scriptsbank.com/stats/adsense_march.gif
http://www.scriptsbank.com/stats/adsense_april.gif
http://www.scriptsbank.com/stats/adsense_may.gif
http://www.scriptsbank.com/stats/adsense_june.gif


Traffic Details
ScriptsBank receives around 20,000 monthly visitors and 60,000 page views. It ranks high in google and other search engines for many scripts-related keywords.

A few examples:
- first page in google for php scrips: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=php+scripts&btnG=Search
- first page in google for website scripts: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=website+scripts&btnG=Search
- first page in google for web scripts: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=web+scripts&btnG=Search

Traffic sources screenshot: http://www.scriptsbank.com/stats/traffic_sources.gif
Search engine keywords screenshot: http://www.scriptsbank.com/stats/google_keywords.gif
Visitors & pageviews screenshot for the last 3 months: http://www.scriptsbank.com/stats/traffic_overview.gif


Asking price
Taking offers.
Minimum offer: $15,000
BIN: $25,000

 

[tonyfloyd]

adsense screenshots show an avg of about $130/month.........is the remaining $870/month off of the 4 ad links and the 1 banner??

 

[donald]

Yes. There are 4 links now, sometimes there are 5, sometimes 6. I usually don't sell more than 6 links, in order to maintain the link quality. You can do the maths at this page http://www.scriptsbank.com/advertising.html

 

[EUROPEAN]

Nice Site

How come no scripts have been added since June 25th?

How many script submissions to the directory on average per month do you recieve?

If converted to a paid directory would you still think people would submit there scripts?

 

[donald]

They were submitted, but not approved yet. I've approved the latest listings and now they show on the site.
There are usually between 50-100 monthly submissions, with an average rate of approval of 50%.
I think the best approach in converting to a paid directory is to offer premium listings at first (just like hotscripts.com) and then fully convert all submissions to paid submissions.