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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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How to Audit and Optimize an E-Commerce Business
Having acquired an e-commerce business, there can be a lot to understand and optimize before focusing on day-to-day business management. Buyers who take the time to understand business challenges are more likely to uncover potential opportunities, helping them to invest time in the right aspects of the business.

The Legal Considerations of Buying an E-commerce Business
This article was contributed by Mike Young, an international business lawyer who helps clients buy and sell companies. This is part two of a two part series on legal considerations when buying an e-commerce business.

Legal Tips for Buying an E-commerce Business
This article was contributed by Mike Young, an international business lawyer who helps clients buy and sell companies. This is part one of a two part series on legal considerations and tips when buying an e-commerce business.

How To Manage An Online Business: Outsourcing and Managed Services
Having acquired an online business and run through a full site audit after closing, its usually the right time to give more detailed thought into how the business is going to be managed on a day to day basis. This will invariably depend on individual circumstances, preferences as well as time commitments.

How to Build & Grow Niche Websites | FE International
At FE International, we have spent over 10 years advising on the sale of successful websites in every niche imaginable from fitness, fashion and photography to project management, self-help and medical. You might have the dream of building a niche website in pursuit of a six figure exit, but how do you go about it?

Why Hiring a Virtual Assistant Can Boost Your Business’ Value | FE International
Whether you have just bought an online business or planning your exit, you should always be looking for ways in which you can improve operations and increase its value. The amount of owner time required to run a business is one of the key drivers for moving the valuation multiple needle.
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How to Identify Opportunities to Grow Your Online Business
There are dozens if not hundreds of ways to grow the value of an online business. Naturally these vary with the type of business being reviewed (e.g. SaaS, AdSense), the niche and the specific situation. If reviewing the listing of a reputable broker, buyers should expect to see a dedicated section on opportunities for growth or at least some discussion of this in the seller questionnaire.

How to Sell an App – Six Figure Exit for a Self-Taught Programmer
Mike Angell is a self-taught programmer who spent his teenage years playing around with websites as nothing more than a childhood hobby. It wasn’t until about 5 years ago when he decided to turn his talents into a business and set about creating his own web design agency. This was a success – with one if his e-commerce clients experiencing such rapid growth that they decided to take him on in-house, full time.

Why Buy a Foreign or International Business?
Over the last twenty years the internet’s adoption around the world has been unprecedented, changing the landscape of society and global commerce forever. There are currently more devices connected to the web than the global population of human beings. It is not surprising therefore that online businesses have emerged for sale all over the world, far beyond the traditional backyard of North America.