{"id":257,"date":"2007-01-15T14:26:05","date_gmt":"2007-01-15T21:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.red-sweater.com\/blog\/257\/acquisition-roundup"},"modified":"2007-01-15T14:26:06","modified_gmt":"2007-01-15T21:26:06","slug":"acquisition-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/257\/acquisition-roundup","title":{"rendered":"Acquisition Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I wrote a bit over a week ago that I would be entertaining offers<\/a> from software developers interested in unloading their projects, I had no idea how numerous, diverse, or interesting the resulting offers would be. I promised then that I’d follow up, and that’s what I’m doing now.<\/p>\n

\nI received a total of 22 legitimate offers, a few joke offers, and a few letters along the lines of “hey, I want to buy an app, too!” Of the 22 legitimate offers, 5 were web sites, and I am excluding those from the overall statistics because I don’t think they’re as interesting in the context of the spirit of the offer. So that leaves us with 17 distinct software products that could theoretically jumpstart an indie software business. Here’s how the stats break down, after crunching them:\n<\/p>\n

\nTotal Software Offers: 17
\nHighest Offer Price: $25,000
\nLowest Offer Price: $1,500
\nAverage Offer Price: $8,135
\nMedian Offer Price: $5,000 (serendipitous!)\n<\/p>\n

\nWhat kinds of software was offered? I applied some off-the-cuff categorization to the products offered, and came up with this breakdown:\n<\/p>\n

\nSystem Utilities – 6 (35%)
\nMedia Management – 3 (18%)
\nEntertainment – 2 (12%)
\nNetwork Utilities – 1 (6%)
\nFinancial – 1 (6%)
\nDashboard Widget – 1 (6%)
\nMedical Industry – 1 (6%)
\nProductivity – 1 (6%)\n<\/p>\n

\nAlthough I would have expected all Mac software by the context of my request, I did receive as mentioned a few web site offers, as well as one product exclusively for PalmOS and one exclusively for BeOS (!). Two of the products offered were maintaining separate versions for both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, and the sale would include both products. One was for Mac OS 9 only (!).\n<\/p>\n

Yeah, and…?<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

\nI’m sure some of you have only read this far to see whether I actually bought anything or not. The answer? Most likely. I’m still working out the details with a potential seller, but I would place the odds of an acquisition at almost certain. I won’t share details of the product I am acquiring until the deal is closed, which I expect to happen within a week or so if things go according to plan.\n<\/p>\n

\nStay tuned for more details!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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