You might have read the headline and thought I was the scum of the earth.  I sold my website that was making me $xx,xxx a year.  You may be asking why in the world did you sell a site that was making you a 5 figure income?  Well, if you have been reading around on my posts, you would see some of my rants on ecommerce and customer service issues.  My site was an ecommorce site and the product was one that required a lot of phone service.  It really raised the stress level around our house.  To me, there are somethings that are worth more than money, like peace.  While I was gone at work day and night,  :)  my wife was stuck at home with our sometimes screaming and crying kids ( my daugther is almost 1 while my son is almost 3) trying to run the business plus be a mom.  Our customers were mostly business individuals.  It wasn’t very professional like to have kids screaming in the background if you know what I’m saying.  We missed quite a few calls.  To add to the stress, on my limited time off, I had to focus on business stuff to make up for what my wife didn’t get done during the day/week.  With all that I mentioned plus a few other factors, we decided it was time to sell the site.

So what am I going to do now?  I’m looking to buy websites that are making $5,000 - $10,000 a year and that require minimum customer service.  An example would be an affiliate driven site.  I figure if I buy several sites instead of one, I will diversify my income instead of putting all my eggs in one basket.  If you have any sites for sale that are making between $5K and $10K a year , send me an email at jonlewis1109[at]gmail.com.

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