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Profitable from Day One : How a Bootstrapped SaaS Found a Successful Exit
“My key priority was securing a buyer capable of both shaping a long-term strategic vision for DropFunnels and seamlessly transitioning ownership. The team at FE International had already identified the perfect buyer within their extensive network, ensuring a perfect match for the company’s future growth. ”
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FE International Sponsors MicroConf in San Diego: Newsletter March 10, 2017
This week we offered one complimentary ticket for a chance to attend Digital Marketer’s Traffic & Conversion Summit with our founder Thomas Smale. The offer was short notice, but we had a great number of responses and thank you all for your enthusiasm! Don’t worry if you weren’t one of the first to respond – you’ll still have a chance to get some face time with Thomas at a happy hour in downtown San Diego. If you’re around the San Diego you should check out the event details here – we would love you to join!
Amazon Web Services Disrupted by Human Error in Storage Sub-Systems: Newsletter March 3, 2017
AWS caused quite a disruption this week to the internet connection of certain sites and apps. How did this happen? Human error – an Amazon engineer incorrectly inputted a command when shutting down storage sub-systems, meaning AWS S3 storage wasn’t able to service any requests. Popular sites like Trello, Medium, Slack and Quora stopped working and people started freaking out.
Amazon Changes Affiliate Commission Structure from Volume to Category Based: Newsletter February 24, 2017
If you’re an Amazon Associate, you’ve probably heard rumors the past few weeks about changes to your commission rates. Amazon has officially updated its Amazon Associates Program Operating Agreement that will become effective on March 1st. The volume-based fee structure that you’re used to will now be converted to category-based, like Amazon Associates in the UK. Your commissions will no longer depend on if you sell 100 vs 10 products. Instead, Amazon cares more about what category your products are representing. Our team has been working hard internally and with industry experts, to clearly identify how affiliate sites will be affected from March 1st. We’ll be releasing a comprehensive analysis soon, so stay tuned. In the meantime, it might be worth checking out all the recent FBA and Associates policies here.
New AWS Communication Service Amazon Chime Available: Newsletter February 17, 2017
A new Amazon Web Services communication product called Amazon Chime is now available for all customers that facilitates video conferences, messaging, calls and sharing content among your colleagues and clients. Amazon ensures exceptional audio and video quality that works across desktop and mobile. Speaking of Amazon, we have just listed an affiliate business package that includes two websites in the woodworking and oil diffusers industry. Also featured in Deal Highlights is a high-quality private label travel accessory FBA business. More interested in Saas? Check out the current seven listings here.
Trello Announces New Mobile Offline Capabilities: Newsletter February 10, 2017
The Nor’easter may have hit us hard here in Boston, but the FE team hasn’t slowed down. This week we listed a $5.98M education business that provides online courses in various fields of coding you may be interested in. We’re also featuring an apparel store with over 1000 unique designs. If you looking for more listings in SaaS and e-commerce, then you’ll find our listing page very useful.
Facebook’s EoY 2016 Earnings Higher Than Predicted: Newsletter February 3, 2017
More quarterly earnings from the big tech players like Facebook and Amazon came out this week. After the bell closed on Thursday, Amazon’s numbers fell short of Wall Street predictions, whereas Facebook earnings exceeded expectations. Even though numbers weren’t as expected for Amazon, there have been reports that it is in talks with PayPal for a potential acquisition. Amazon is estimated to make up 74.1% of all online sales, all good news for PayPal.
New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Could be the End of Net Neutrality: Newsletter January 27, 2017
Another busy week here at FE International with three businesses being listed this week. If you’re looking for a successful SaaS product, we have a $1.175M listing in the automobile industry that produced a net MRR churn at 2% over the last year. Not looking for Saas? We also have a listing involved with alternative medicine, a fast-growing niche and an affiliate site selling computer accessories with over 40K monthly visitors. Are those not piquing your interest? We have plenty of listings for you to browse here.
Amazon Consolidating FBA Fees Could Mean Price Increase for Store Owners: Newsletter January 20, 2017
Effective on February 22nd, Amazon will be consolidating fulfillment fees, with the (suspected) aim of increasing prices for store owners using their warehouses as a cheap source of storage. If you are sitting on stock for more than 60-90 days, you may wish to look further into your inventory levels to see how you might be affected. As always, we will be updating our Amazon FBA Policy Updates guide, so stay tuned for more information on this and other Amazon changes.
Trello Acquired by Atlassian: Newsletter January 13, 2017
We’ve kicked off 2017 in style, listing over $6M in new SaaS and content businesses for sale. A few of these are still in pre-marketing, so if you have not yet received information on them make sure to fill out our investor form so we can better match you to our current and new listings. With over $15M in our short-term pipeline, there has never been a better time to get on our pre-marketing lists
