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That’s right, after 18+ months of blood, sweat, tears and extended periods in which we did absolutely nothing at all; we have finally decided to jump ship and consign this particular internet project to that great spam box in the sky.  Well, perhaps.

Because first we thought we might try to sell it on, which is not as stupid as it first sounds.  To understand more about what we are offering then read on comrades…

Some questions you might reasonably want to ask:

Why?

The overiding reason is that we are simply relocating from Mallorca back to that squidgy and damp piece of land they call England.  Running a site about Mallorca from anywhere but Mallorca makes no sense.  Not only that, but even when we were based here, we didn’t exactly throw our full weight behind the project and although we always thought it had huge potential, we have other web sites and commitments that meant our attention was only ever fleeting and more often focused elsewhere.  EM deserves better.  We have let her down and we are sorry.

What are you offering?

Everything.  The domain, the website and all its content, 1 year of free hosting (and then only 6€ per month thereafter – or if you wish you can move it elswhere with our help), a full day training and on-going support.

Do I need to be a cyber-geek to run the site?

Absolutely not.  Essential Mallorca runs on WordPress, therefore adding new content is easy.  The back-end admin panel is very intuitive and of course the site is built so very little would need to be done to the layout (unless you wanted to of course).

Does it make money?

Short and honest answer – no.  But it could, it has huge potential.  Visitor numbers have fallen as we have neglected the site, but 12 months or so ago the site was pulling in 400 visitors a day.  Nothing like that now, but it does show the potential.  A very small income is currently made from Google adsense, and money has been made in the past from ad sales and affiliate marketing; but at the moment nothing of note.

How can I make money then?

It is up to you.  The site has been run more recently as a blog/magazine service with irreverent comment and some news.  You can continue along this theme and expand some of the other services such as a business directory, or you can move in entirely a different direction, entirely your choice.  Revenue opportunities can come from advertising, affiliate programmes (we will help you integrate a hotel price comparison service for Mallorca for example which pays generous commission), you can expand to offer new services such as property lisitings, classifieds, paid editorials for local businesses – there are literally countless options that we never got around to exploring.

So, how much?

Well, consider for a moment the amount of time, effort and expense you would have to go through to get a new site off the ground and get it to a similar point in its development as essentialmallorca.com.  You are looking at many, many hours of work and probably serval hundred euros all told.  This site can be yours for just 375€ – which includes full training and support.  For 100€ more we will assist you with setting up your own hotel price comparison service.

Let’s put that in perspective – as a web design company we would charge more than that simply to build the basic site shell.  This site is up and running, has content, has pages indexed on search engines and has visitors.

Interested?  Simply get in touch by email to info@uvavudesign.com and feel free to fire at us any questions you may have.