BreakTheVault.com - $4,000 BIN - *MUST SELL THIS WEEK*

Hi everyone,

I'm selling a very unique website today, it's been in my hands for a year but has been sitting there for about 10 months collecting dust. The sites concept is simple...every week a new clue is automatically displayed on the page, using the clues you must try and guess the correct password to unlock the vault and win $100.

The website has a 100% custom coded backend which uses PHP & MySQL, it's password protected for admin access and allows you to setup multiple games in advance, e.g when one game finishes another one starts. A neat feature also allows you to view every guess along with IP address and timestamps.

The reason the site has been sitting there is due to the fact that I found it difficult to keep creating challenging games. If you're clever enough to come up with good clues then this can make you an absolute fortune! When it first launched I posted it on digg and it made the front page within 24 hours, from this the site had 45,000 guesses within 48 hours!

Revenue comes from 2 streams, firstly the adsense, in the first week of launching the peak was $15/day. The second is from selling advance clues, clues cost $5 and are automatically e-mailed after you pay for them via paypal. Clues make more money and i've done $200 in a week by selling these, including many repeat orders.

The design of the site is awesome as i'm sure you will agree and was done by www.4design.tv, it cost around $1,500. The script cost me $800.

There is no point me sending you any traffic/revenue information as it's been dead for ages....but based on the initial weeks when it was running, if kept at this peak, it can easily attract 5,000-10,000 uniques/day and do in excess of $500/week with no problems.

Feel free to check the website out, unfortunatly I can't show you the admin area but for interested parties, screenshots can be provided. The backend was actually coded by sitepoints php guru of the year (2006) so it's to a very high standard.

www.breakthevault.com (note, this is a demo game so please don't buy clues or expect to win!)

Thanks everyone!

How did you advertise the inital launch.

Digg.com, that basically went viral very quickly...

Had people coming from various other sites etc. It's the type of site anyone can play, people in offices at work, school kids...all generations.

You could post this on a Fishing forum and people would play it.

In your opinion, what would be a reasonable offer for this website?
I'm uncertain as to whether the design was worth the amount paid.

Nice concept and site, good luck with the sale. Hope it goes for a good amount. What is it going for out of curiosity.

He has stated a $4,000 BIN, so you should have a good idea what he wants. I would have considered this a few weeks back, but I took on some other projects. Good luck with it, looks great.

Just as a query, Can the password be more than one "Single" word?

It can be anything you want it to be.

500.00. most likely not be accepted but its my bid.

Current bid is $3,750 at DP.