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    Uk hosting companys

    hello,
    Are there any small uk hosts with an exsisting small client base looking at selling up or closing the business?
    Please note only Uk hosting is of intrest.

    thanks in advance
    Last edited by ukbusinessbuyer; 30th December 2008 at 10:45 PM.

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    Up to what scale is "small"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by PeteK View Post
    Up to what scale is "small"?
    Well that is a question i didnt think of

    If your looking for a sale or closing down your hosting company or selling clients drop me a message and we can talk things through.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ukbusinessbuyer View Post
    Well that is a question i didnt think of
    You don't know what size company you're looking to buy? People have different ideas of what a small hosting provider is, I'm sure some of the guys on here can advise of what turnover p/a is classed as small.

    How about the simple things such as how many hosted accounts you're looking at (mix and max) and what budget you're looking to spend.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul-UKWSD View Post
    You don't know what size company you're looking to buy? People have different ideas of what a small hosting provider is, I'm sure some of the guys on here can advise of what turnover p/a is classed as small.

    How about the simple things such as how many hosted accounts you're looking at (mix and max) and what budget you're looking to spend.
    We are quote open to hear from what people have to offer.
    For example through another forum we have brought 10 clients from a designer.
    We are happy to either buy clients in smaller figures and also larger batches.
    Budget is really not to much of an issue within reason.

    Not looking to purchase a major company though.
    We are looking for smaller companys ideally with around 20-50 clients to start with.

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    Ah you mean hobby hosts

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    Lol at Tim! Hobby Hosts... I thought these were usually pre-pubescent with a FH reseller account types, looking forward to celebrating when they raise invoice number one hundred, value £2.99 ....
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    Quote Originally Posted by ukbusinessbuyer View Post
    For example through another forum we have brought 10 clients from a designer.
    We are looking for smaller companys ideally with around 20-50 clients to start with.
    At those sorts of numbers you're looking at very unsuccessful kid-in-a-bedroom resellers - as someone else posted - there's always lots of those over at WHT ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by othellotech View Post
    At those sorts of numbers you're looking at very unsuccessful kid-in-a-bedroom resellers - as someone else posted - there's always lots of those over at WHT ...
    We are looking though for quality customer base.
    The reason we say around 30-50 clients is because we believe this would weed out the bedroom sellers as such.
    Looking at the bigger picture we would be intrested in anything upto 150 clients per company.

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    I really think you should be looking at the business overall, not just the number of clients

    One role I have with one of my current contracts is to value businesses
    The number of clients is usually more of a selling point from the seller, rather than of interest to the buyer, however the buyer is normally interested to know the size of the previous and current customer base

    Last year, 2008, I was involved in the handover of about 10 businesses to franchise
    The figures available to the franchisee are turnover and number of customers per month
    In most cases this is the last three to five years, excluding all or part of the current year
    It is then up to the franchisee to determine if that information is correct and accurate, and this forms part of the due diligence process

    In most of the cases the turnover and customer count was falling, hence the move to franchise, and the companies shift of risk from the themselves to someone else

    In terms of website hosting
    There is a big difference in the valuation of a business with :
    up to 10 clients and an annual turnover of £2500
    up to 1000 clients and an annual turnover of £2500
    and that's before we even get to the costs and margins!
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    Quote Originally Posted by M8INTERNET View Post
    I really think you should be looking at the business overall, not just the number of clients

    One role I have with one of my current contracts is to value businesses
    The number of clients is usually more of a selling point from the seller, rather than of interest to the buyer, however the buyer is normally interested to know the size of the previous and current customer base

    Last year, 2008, I was involved in the handover of about 10 businesses to franchise
    The figures available to the franchisee are turnover and number of customers per month
    In most cases this is the last three to five years, excluding all or part of the current year
    It is then up to the franchisee to determine if that information is correct and accurate, and this forms part of the due diligence process

    In most of the cases the turnover and customer count was falling, hence the move to franchise, and the companies shift of risk from the themselves to someone else

    In terms of website hosting
    There is a big difference in the valuation of a business with :
    up to 10 clients and an annual turnover of £2500
    up to 1000 clients and an annual turnover of £2500
    and that's before we even get to the costs and margins!
    Yes i agree with this.
    Hence why i have said
    We are looking though for quality customer base.

    Its no good buying ebay hosting customers that come on board for a month with a website auction type website brought from ebay as they have no long term profit.
    Although a customer base of loyal customers is what we are looking for.

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    Perhaps you should list some basic terms that you will only consider
    Let's say :
    Trading for at least 6 months
    Turnover at least £150 per month / £1500 per annum
    Transfer of Domain Names to be included
    Completion of sale within 28 days
    Anti-competition clause and agreement for three years

    This will make it a lot clearer to anyone considering selling up

    For my own contracts I clearly state that payment must be made on completion of the work
    For ongoing contracts, where the customer has been using my services for 12 or more months, then payment must be made within 7 days
    For a transfer of business then both parties must be present on completion, if not then the opinion of the present party only will be taken
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    I host with 20-50 clients wont have a quality client base that you mention you are looking for. With those numbers they would probably have been trading only a month or two, and you wouldnt have any idea of the *quality*.
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