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I have three sites that cater the the marine (boating) industry.
SellaBoat.Com - UsedBoatsForSale.Com - Boat-Broker.Com
Each site is a niche. Sell a boat caters to people selling their boats, Used Boat For Sale caters to people buying boats and Boat-Broker caters to sellers who do not want to do it themselves. We'd charge a monthly listing fee or a one time fee until the boat is sold. All three sites would share the same back end database so the database would be growing on a daily basis. The competition (BoatTrader.Com) currently has 154,000 boats listed on their site. At $99.00 per listing, that's 15.4 million dollars in revenue. We are a small mom and pop operation but the potential for return is astronomical. We are looking for a designer, a programmer and anyone else who can lead the way. Questions or ideas ? We'd love to hear them !

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G SATHISHDAS - Founder / CEO Grabmore answered

I agree with Joseph. I think you need to partner with a person who can help you to take the business to further heights. Hiring developer and web designer with equity doesn't make sense to me.