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by par 1758 days ago
Thank you! It doesn't take a lot of maintenance, mostly side income at this point. But I have put in a LOT of hours on it over the years. I will work on it in bursts, and take a few weeks and work on it 3-5 hours a day, and then not work on it at all for a while. I do need to keep the image library fresh, but that is pretty easy. To be honest, if I worked a bit more on it, I think it could do a lot better.
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At $4k per month, you could sell it for quite a bit of money. Multiples on apps are pretty high right now.
Are there any marketplaces for apps. I have a few.
Yes, many options exist. The big one is Flippa which will take just about any project and allow you to list. There are others that are specific for large businesses (either have a listing price floor or a revenue floor) such as FE International and Empire Flippers. Another new one that is 0% commission is MicroAcquire. I follow the founder on Twitter and they seem to be doing quite a bit of volume.

I've personally sold projects on both Flippa and MicroAcquire and happy to chat about the pro's/con's of each.

That would be nice. I'll have to check to see if it feasible for me. Microacquire looks like an all or nothing deal.
Do you mean as in "the price is firm" type all or nothing? If so, buyers can negotiate on price.
It looks like it is a whole business acquisition so all of the business or nothing. My app business for ios has been around since 2009 so I'm less desiring to part with it. I can part with some apps that are basically feature complete, mature and stable income.
You could try listing them here. May or may not favorably influence the price, in the same way private forum sales can sometimes go more interestingly than eBay et al.

(Translation: I'm benignly curious what apps :P)

Thank you for all the info you shared in this thread, it is interesting.