Advert Details Major Tourist Town Information Website For Sale Advert ID: 895625 Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom Financials Asking price: £100,000 Net profit: £50,000 Furniture / Fixtures value: £500 Business description Business description One of if not the most prominent tourist information websites in the UK, including its own tourist guide. It has produced 10 years of successful advertising revenues, plus generating approx £250,000.00 each year of hotel bookings for most of the major hotels in the area on a healthy annual commission basis. The website was launched in 1997 and has maintained front page of google since launch with top position for obvious searches. An ideal opportunity for someone to take on a very prominent fast growing website business offering excellent growth potential due to this site not being the owners main business, the site is only running at about 25% of its potential. Ideal business with extremely low running costs it can be run from home but due to its potential it is ideal for business expansion. Website Sale includes: • Professional custom designed web system with a good SEO layout which works well as the website is ranked high on Google for worldwide web. • Customers pay an annual fee to have an entry on the website and in the guide, plus commissions from hotel bookings the sale of business includes existing database of customers and renewal dates plus lots of new business potential for this fast growing website. • Very easy backend of site – you can upload adverts in minutes • Opportunity to develop the website accommodation commissions. • Database of major hotels and local advertisers, advertising revenues now due for the next 12 months • Spreadsheets plus sage history in connection with customers. • Professional designed Business stationary templates. • Logos and back up tourist guide files. • Details of previous marketing campaigns, guides general mail shots. *Annual figure based on past revenues to Sept 2009. General information Years established: 12 Employees: 2 Trading hours: 24/7 online operation, working hours flexible. Home based: This business can be run from home. Relocatable: This business can be relocated. Location South coast Expansion potential Ten fold Competition / Market Due to its prominent website address this business is most likely major competition to others. Support & training Training and full support available. Reasons for selling Retirement Financing available 20% deposit, the balance repaid over 8 years. 2% above bank base rate. This business for sale has a website: www.bournemouth.com To find a professional adviser, click here The Times / Sunday Times / TimesOnline is not able to review or vet any of the opportunities or services offered on these pages. We recommend that, where appropriate, legal advice should be taken, and, in particular, any monies should be held by your solicitor, until any relevant transactions are carried out to your full satisfaction.