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Investing in Small Websites: 2012 to 2019

On September 21, 2019 By MarginHound In Website Investing

It’s been about 4 years since we last wrote about website valuations, continuing the work of a project we started 8 years ago. One of our readers recently commented that valuations have risen. He’s absolutely …

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How to Analyze Segment Margin as an Investor: Key Metrics and Strategies

On September 5, 2023 By MarginHound In Uncategorized

Investing in a company requires a deep understanding of its financial performance, and one crucial metric to consider is the segment margin. This metric evaluates the profitability of a specific segment within an organization, enabling …

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Investor Perspective: Gross Margin vs. Operating Margin – A Comprehensive Comparison

On August 29, 2023 By JohnQPublic In Uncategorized

When it comes to evaluating a company’s financial performance, investors often rely on various margin metrics to gain insight into the company’s profitability. Two such key metrics are gross margin and operating margin. Understanding the …

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How to Value A Website with No Revenue

On September 29, 2021 By MarginHound In Website Investing, Website Valuation

The starting point for most website valuations is a multiple of current revenue, generally set based on recent transactions of similar properties (aka. comps). The most common way to value a website is to price …

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OpalStack Review – A Webfaction Hosting Alternative

On November 9, 2020 By MarginHound In Technology, Website Investing

Truth be told, we had other plans for this space. Our growing little fleet of websites has been happily parked at Webfaction for the past decade, where we started with a Python shared hosting account …

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Laziness: A Strategy for “Winner Take Most” Games

On October 4, 2020 By MarginHound In Market Development

We live in an 80 / 20 world. In most major areas of economic life, it is a fact that 80 percent of the value is created by 20 percent of the participants. Most startups …

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How To Ensure Your Distribution Pricing Consultant Is Successful

On May 30, 2020 By MarginHound In Distributor Pricing, Margin Improvement, Pricing Analytics, Pricing Consulting, Pricing Goals, Pricing Process, Pricing Team, Private Equity, Turnaround Strategy

If you’re managing a decent sized distributor, you’ve probably been approached by at least one consulting firm to talk about pricing. The concept sounds good on paper: use a few targeted price increase campaigns to …

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Accelerating Analytics: Decrease The Cost of Asking Useful Questions

On January 27, 2020 By MarginHound In Pricing Analytics
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By Product Pricing – Treasure From Trash!

On October 12, 2019 By MarginHound In Pricing Analytics, Product Profitability

Many manufacturing processes, especially in basic industries, produce more than one output. For example, chemical plants often produce a basket of chemicals. This is a result of breaking chemical compounds into smaller molecules. These other …

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When To Use Competitor Oriented Pricing

On October 12, 2019 By MarginHound In Distributor Pricing, Pricing Goals

A competitor oriented pricing objective sets prices in response to competitor pricing decisions. This type of pricing strategy is common in hierarchical markets, where there is a good / better / best ranking of potential …

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Turnaround Strategy: Survival Pricing

On October 12, 2019 By MarginHound In Pricing Goals, Turnaround Strategy

You may safely assume that if I am in your conference room, I’m not there to hand out the Jack Welch award for business excellence. I specialize in turnaround management. Specifically the commercial parts. This …

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