How Online Businesses Are Valued: Multiples, Risk, and Transferability
Learn how online businesses are valued using earnings multiples, revenue quality, operational risk, and transferability.
Kewei Lin is the founder of FlipWeb and a long-time operator in digital assets — websites, domains, e-commerce and online business brokerage. He writes about how online businesses are built, valued and transferred, and oversees editorial standards across the site.
Learn how online businesses are valued using earnings multiples, revenue quality, operational risk, and transferability.
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