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Daily Blog Tips Has Been Acquired for $168,000

By Daniel 56 Comments Reading Time: 2 minutes

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It has been a long and pleasant journey. Back in November 2023 when I started this blog I could not image where it would arrive. My only goal was to share what I had learned about the Internet and blogs with my friends, and today the blog is among the 100 most popular in the world according to Technorati.

If you’ve read the title you already know what this post is about. Yes Daily Blog Tips has being acquired, together with Daily Writing Tips and Daily Bits, the other two blogs on our network, for a disclosed sum of $168,000. The buyer is Al Carlton (he gave me permission to disclose the deal), owner of Coolest-Gadgets and several other web properties.

This is not a goodbye though, because I will keep working as an editor for all the three websites. Additionally I will also keep writing on Daily Blog Tips daily, so that side of things won’t change.

So how did it happen, you might ask?

Around four months ago one person contacted me via email, wondering if I would be interested in selling my “Daily” network. I replied saying that while I was not planning to sell, but that he could always make an offer if he wished. We then exchanged more emails, and his final offer was around $130,000.

That appear to be a low valuation, so I decided to contact Al Carlton, who is a friend and an experienced web entrepreneur. Al immediately told me that it was a low valuation indeed, and that he would also have interest in acquiring my network.

We then started negotiating back and forth, mainly using the monthly revenues and growth potential as guidelines. I was still reluctant to sell, but when he offered $168,000, which is almost 50 times our monthly revenues, I accepted.

Again, under a practical point of view things should not change, I will keep writing here and interacting with you guys as we always did. Al should just take control of the advertisers and administrative sides of the network.

Finally, I would like to say a big “thank you” for all the readers and supporters along these months. If it was not by you, the blog would not be where it is today. Also, if you have any question or suggestion just email me and I will be glad to talk it out.

Al Carlton should write another post later today giving his perspective on the deal.

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About Daniel

Daniel Scocco is a programmer and entrepreneur located in São Paulo, Brazil. His first company, Online Profits, builds and manages websites in different niches. His second company, Kubic, specializes in developing mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms.

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  1. Avatar of Bought ItBought It says

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    I’m a suckah, I bought it.
    But then I read 50X your monthly revenue – say it aint so.

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  2. Avatar of xumbxumb says

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    i have some good news of my own here

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  3. Avatar of team rayteam ray says

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    i wasnt fool

    i been seeing so much pranks on all sites

    i got immune lol

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  4. Avatar of CompuWorldCompuWorld says

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    happy fools day!!

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  5. Avatar of Stefan VervoortStefan Vervoort says

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    Damn, you had me! And then I read the comments.. hahahahha

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  6. Avatar of Chris GuthrieChris Guthrie says

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    Doh lol… I was fooled at first. And I even thought to myself – I really need to work on an April Fool’s joke for my blog today.

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  7. Avatar of Sathish ARSathish AR says

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    Good April Fool prank. Enjoyed

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  8. Avatar of newbloggerscenternewbloggerscenter says

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    Problogger’s Darren Rowse is Visiting the International Space Center

    According to today’s edition of Problogger, Darren Rowse posted that he is visiting the International space Center and would spend 2 days exploring that facility and talking to scientists . He said his co-bloggers would be helping to run the now to popular blog. He said he has accumulated a lot of money from his blogging efforts and does’nt see why he can’t spend some of it visiting The International Space Center and exploring space.

    You can visit Problogger
    any time and read more. Problogger has really important tips on making money you can make it until like Darren Rowse, yuo are able to fulfill your dreams.

    To your success

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  9. Avatar of James ShawJames Shaw says

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    Congrats Daniel, I sold my company to Google a few years ago on the same day. What a coincidence!

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  10. Avatar of xumbxumb says

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    LOL! u had me there man! quite inspiring though, hahaha!

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  11. Avatar of The Masked MillionaireThe Masked Millionaire says

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    Darn….I thought you got a real good price for your blogs.

    Live From Las Vegas
    The Masked Millionaire

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  12. Avatar of incomefromadsincomefromads says

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    It sounds familiar Daniel, but i like your and it would hurt me if it were sold,money money money is robing our spirits its like tha atheist who said that he sold his soul on ebay. Would you sell your soul on ebay if offered enough cash oh jesus!

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  13. Avatar of makemoneyquikmakemoneyquik says

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    True or false,I blogged about it

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  14. Avatar of Ali from The Office DietAli from The Office Diet says

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    Hahah, you had me going there, Daniel. I was starting to get quite worried!

    Nicely done. 😉

    Ali

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  15. Avatar of newbloggerscenternewbloggerscenter says

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    Wether true or not, Daniel I am going to blog about, it may teach my readers a few blogging tricks. Happy fools day man!

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  16. Avatar of Daniel ScoccoDaniel Scocco says

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    I guess next year I will need to come up with something more innovative then eh :).

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  17. Avatar of Abhijeet MukherjeeAbhijeet Mukherjee says

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    Daniel….Happy Fool’s Day…And I can confirm that this is a April Fool Joke…You know Why 🙂

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  18. Avatar of DarrenDarren says

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    but I thought this blog was worth $1.8m!?

    🙂

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  19. Avatar of Pavel LinkeschPavel Linkesch says

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    You would got me, if I weren’t read the same 1st April idea on one Slovak blog few hours ago. Did you read it? 😀

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  20. Avatar of OldSailorOldSailor says

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    I have seen such announcements in some more blogs also.

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  21. Avatar of GeraldGerald says

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    Hi,
    would be the bargain of the year if it was true, standing at number 18 in the top 25 most valuable blogs, with a valuation of $1.8 million dollars, according to 247wallst.com.

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  22. Avatar of Voice Of DingchaoVoice Of Dingchao says

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    I like your blog very much, I read it everyday. It’s really a pity that you have sold it. Oh, my god! Everything will be changed.

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  23. Avatar of RhysRhys says

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    Almost believable 😉

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  24. Avatar of Tarah SweeneyTarah Sweeney says

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    OMW. I almost fell for this one. Happy April Fool’s day!

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  25. Avatar of seansean says

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    Ya right,April Fools! 🙂

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  26. Avatar of inspirationbitinspirationbit says

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    Who are you trying to fool, Daniel? This joke is as old as the blogiverse 😉
    Happy April’s Day

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  27. Avatar of Myo Kyaw HtunMyo Kyaw Htun says

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    LOL !!! Mr. SC0C20

    t0DaY is ApRiL F00l !!! I totally forget it.

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  28. Avatar of Adam TeeceAdam Teece says

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    See these numbers were very realistic and I would have fallen for it had I not already read so many other April Fool’s jokes. Good job though 🙂

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  29. Avatar of GenuineGenuine says

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    O.

    M.

    G.

    Not funny. At ALL!

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  30. Avatar of Etienne TeoEtienne Teo says

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    That was a nice april fool article! Cheers!

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  31. Avatar of YoungYoung says

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    Dear Daniel,

    Happy Fool’s Day!

    I dont think you were meaning what you wrote here, I dont believe you would sold your DailyBlogTips. You are just making a joke, right?

    You are a professional blogger, remember? And blogging is your career, right?

    I believe DailyBlogTips will worth that money, but I also believe money is not the NO. 1 reason you started to run DBT.

    So, please tell me this is only a joke in fool`s day.

    Best Regards,
    Young

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  32. Avatar of costacosta says

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    LOL. I almost blogged about it!

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  33. Avatar of Homebizseo.comHomebizseo.com says

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    The first April fools day joke I’ve encountered.

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  34. Avatar of pablopablapablopabla says

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    If it were true, then you’ve picked the wrong day to announce it.

    Happy April’s Fool!

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  35. Avatar of JoelJoel says

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    C’mon Daniel you could have done better…This is the same thing last year John tried to do….
    Anyway Happy Fools day…

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  36. Avatar of GoddessGoddess says

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    shoot, I’m not ashamed to admit that you HAD ME TOTALLY SUCKED IN!

    Great work!

    🙂
    Anita

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  37. Avatar of Matt MikullaMatt Mikulla says

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    You definitely had me. I was going to congratulate you….then I though about it.

    Congratulations for being clever. Oh, and having a really good network.

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  38. Avatar of Chris ThomsonChris Thomson says

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    Haha, good one Daniel.

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  39. Avatar of deutsdeuts says

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    why you guys have to always coincide this selling and everything on April Fool’s Day? 😀

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  40. Avatar of Keith DsouzaKeith Dsouza says

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    Hey Daniel,

    Is this some king of prank or what lol if it is then wish you a Happy April Fool’s day in advance buddy lol.

    Keith

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  41. Avatar of Quer optimizar o seu website?Quer optimizar o seu website? says

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    Nice work Daniel ehehehehe. Happy Fool’s Day from Portugal 🙂

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  42. Avatar of Baris UnverBaris Unver says

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    By the way, my blog’s prank’s also protesting my country’s (Turkey) ban-loving courts – you must have read that we blocked YouTube for the third time 2 and a half weeks ago, then lifted the ban. However, Slide.com, Alibaba.com, WordPress.com etc. are still banned.

    You can check out the “banned” message at my blog right now, it’s exactly the same! Not the same actually, I replaced “Court” with “Zort” and put a little closing button down the page (“1 Nisaaan!” – Nisan means April in Turkish).

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  43. Avatar of StephanieStephanie says

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    Happy April Fool’s Day to you too. Off to a nice early start, I see.

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  44. Avatar of Adam SingerAdam Singer says

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    nice one, almost got me! =)

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  45. Avatar of RameshRamesh says

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    For a moment I thought it was true…… Happy Fools day

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  46. Avatar of PatrixPatrix says

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    Yeah right, Daniel 🙂 And I’m the King of England.

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  47. Avatar of Ronald @ RA ProjectRonald @ RA Project says

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    And it’s not even April fools day in the US yet, but still funny indeed.

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  48. Avatar of Hafiz DhananiHafiz Dhanani says

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    Happy April Fools to you too Mr. Scocco!

    You almost had me until I saw the price.

    Keep up the good work,
    Hafiz Dhanani

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  49. Avatar of Baris UnverBaris Unver says

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    Very funny.

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  50. Avatar of Michael MistrettaMichael Mistretta says

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    April Fools!

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