OpenSRS domain name reseller software site

**mbloch** · 11:44 PM

We are wishing to sell the entire phpDomain codebase together with the website, customer base and domains (phpdomain.net and phpdomain.org).

What is phpDomain?

phpDomain is a feature-packed, php-based Tucows OpenSRS domain name reseller software product.

It offers advanced front end functionality, comprehensive payment gateway support and ease of installation, configuration, administration and use not found in the base OpenSRS client.

Why are we selling?

While this has been a profitable project, we are simply looking to concentrate on our core hosting business, as that has been rapidly growing.

The software had originally been developed for use on our own sites, so this has been quite a detour for us in selling the software, and there is a definite need for us to focus our available resources on our core business. The site has been active since late 2002.

Includes .au support

As well as the major TLD's, phpDomain software now includes support for AUSRegistry for .au domain names through the EPP protocol. The protocol is apparently being adapted by a number of other registrars, and should be fairly simple to adapt for those registries

Included with sale:

- All rights to the phpDomain code (excellent intellectual property). The base software is licensed as LGPL, with the bulk, billing and a number of advanced features including .au registy support only available under a restricted commercial license to buyers. As the new owner you would be able to change the licensing as you see fit.

- There is excellent potential for new sales, but also for providing existing customers new versions of the software or other related services or products, including custom design work.

- Website design, content and domains - phpdomain.net / phpdomain.org. The site was professionally designed and all rights will be transferred over to the new owner.

- License to use the members area software that allows for sale of the phpDomain software (we own the members area itself and would consider selling the software together with phpDomain if buyer is interested).

This sale is a great opportunity for someone who already sells pre-built OpenSRS sites, or wants to get into the domain name reseller business, or to service a very niche market with little retail competition.

Pricing details

We are willing to consider any serious offer on this project.

Basic demographics

There are currently over 1189 active accounts in our members database (that is users with confirmed/ valid email addresses) who have downloaded or have purchased the software in the last 6 months.

Of the 1189+ active accounts, 138 are paid buyers, with 26 of those having purchased update licenses (which give the buyer access to any updates for 3-6 months). This leaves plenty of scope for the new owner to promote full licenses to the current registered member base who haven't purchased as yet.

Revenue/Traffic

July: $159.80
June: $429.55
May: $589.50
April: $539.55
March: $1724
Feb: $1052
Jan: $1534
Dec: $1656

Deduct about 5-10% for fraudulent orders from those numbers

The last 4 months have been slower months as we had wound back promotion to focus on our core business - things were just getting too busy.

Approximately 1000-1500 visitors a month at present

We would be happy to put the buyer in touch with the programmer who has developed the software. He is a skilled developer and has expressed an interest in working further with phpDomain if the opportunity should arise.

Serious inquiries only please. Further details regarding the sale can be viewed here:

http://www.thinkhost.com/img/phpd/for-sale.htm

or view the site here:

http://www.phpdomain.net

Michael Bloch
phpDomain.net
mbloch@phpdomain.org

**david** · 06-23-2003, 08:47 AM

That's a very impressive site and script you've got there. I just wish I had the money at the moment to put in a bid. Best of luck with the sale, though.

**mbloch** · 06-23-2003, 05:21 PM

Thanks for your positive feedback David. It's a shame we are selling it, but we're just spreading ourselves too thin at the moment.

It's an interesting niche market with few competitors and with a little more promotion phpDomain would be an excellent earner for someone.

**mrjetguy** · 07-04-2003, 09:52 PM

Good luck wiht your sale. It a little too complex for my abilties, but a very good oppurtunity!

**nakulgoyal** · 07-27-2003, 07:47 PM

Let me know the best you can offer and I will seriously consider. Something I should tell you that some people from some part of the world have pirated your script and I saw that in a list tehy offered on one of the websites where they sell scripts for 10% of the actual cost. I emailed the URL to lot of companies for action. I will find and email it to you too. That List had PHPdomain in the list.

Any remedy you have for those ??

**mbloch** · 07-27-2003, 09:41 PM

Hello Nakul,

Thank you for alerting us to our software being pirated. I would be most appreciative of any information you could provide. I have also emailed you about the sale of phpDomain.

Regards,

Michael Bloch

**mbloch** · 11:46 PM

Hello All,

Please note that I have edited the original post - updated figures etc. We are now also open to offers on the site/software for less than our previously asking price of $10,000 - just make a serious offer and we'll consider it

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As much as we don't want to, we *really* need to sell this site, we just don't have the time to promote it - too many projects happening at the moment

**nakulgoyal** · 08-12-2003, 01:58 PM

Email me your proposal and I can think on it immediately !!