Analysing the Real Worth of Web Businesses - A Unique On-line Tool

London, UK (PRWEB) August 19, 2008 -- eBizValuations, featured in KillerStartups, today announced the launch of its online valuation service at ebizvaluations.com, the first of its kind in the world. The valuation tool allows business owners, webmasters, "site-flippers", analysts, advertisers and the simply curious to put an accurate value to websites. This innovative tool has a database of past website sales and a smart engine that performs various analyses on the target site, extracts DNA and key signals specific to the site, matches those against other sites in its database and produces an accurate valuation report based on how much similar sites have sold for.

There is a growing appreciation among investors that profit making websites are ideal investments (http://www.experienced-people.co.uk/1052-why-buy-a-website/) in a balanced portfolio and numerous web site marketplaces (http://www.experienced-people.co.uk/1004-where-to-sell-your-site/) have sprung up to cater for the burgeoning trade in web businesses. That people don't need to be professional webmasters or, in fact, even technically inclined is a huge draw and already there are tens of thousands of people who've given up their day jobs to own or trade in websites. More are joining their ranks everyday attracted to the lifestyle of working from home, working their own hours and having the financial rewards and returns unheard of with most other investments.

"From CNN to the BBC, everyone seems to be talking about this trend of people investing in profit making websites for capital gain or income," said CEO Clinton Lee. "But there's never been an easy way for amateur or professional investors to arrive at a fair value for a site they're looking to buy, sell or hold. This new tool should save investors huge sums of money in valuation and due diligence checks, and should open up the holding of websites to an even broader base of investors."

The functionality of the tool isn't limited to providing a single valuation figure. A complete valuation/appraisal report is prepared for each target site and each report includes the results of extensive due diligence checks and suggestions on markers that could influence the business's value up or down. Among the information it provides or links to is the site's

- valuation

- traffic rankings/volume and traffic trends

- popularity reports; incoming link reports and link analyses

- top pages with Google Page Rank (and the rank for those pages)

- indexed pages and other metrics related to its performance in search engines

- position of authority in its niche

- server technology and uptime

- availability and speed when accessed from different continents

- safety and reputation for being virus and malware free

Test this valuation tool at http://eBizValuations.com (http://ebizvaluations.com). Or see some sample business valuation reports (http://ebizvaluations.com/archive-2008-8).

Based in London in the United Kingdom, eBizValuations owes its origin to a project by a group of technology experts, business brokers, entrepreneurs, valuation experts and website marketplaces. It aims to eventually change the way web businesses are appraised and traded.

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