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#6

Anonymous startup

Listed on TrustMRR· Aug 23
$39.0K
Asking Price
$2.0K/mo
Monthly Revenue
$2.0K/mo
Monthly Profit
1.6x
Profit Multiple
7 years
Business Age

Why We Picked This

This 7-year-old newsletter business delivers $2,018/mo revenue with an extraordinary 99% profit margin and a sub-1.7x multiple on both revenue and profit — well below typical SaaS benchmarks. The verified financials, platform data quality score of 100, and modest asking price relative to monthly profit ($1,998) signal genuine durability. A 30% open rate is strong for the category. However, the business model is inherently manual and newsletter-dependent, making scalability and transfer risk the primary buyer concerns requiring clarification.

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Strengths

  • Exceptional 99% profit margin and $1,998 monthly profit with verified financials (data quality score 100)
  • Extremely attractive 1.63x annual profit multiple ($39K asking / ~$24K annual profit) — well below market for any recurring business
  • 30% open rate indicates strong audience engagement relative to newsletter benchmarks (typical rates are 15-25%)
  • 7-year operating history demonstrates durability and audience retention in a volatile media category
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Details to confirm

  • Confirm subscriber count, churn rate, and growth trajectory — newsletter businesses depend entirely on list health and retention
  • Clarify the degree of founder involvement and operational transferability — newsletters typically require ongoing editorial work that may not fully transfer to a new owner
  • Request historical revenue trend over the past 12-24 months to validate growth consistency and margin stability
  • Verify the breakdown of revenue sources (paid subscriptions vs. sponsorships/ads) and whether sponsor relationships are transferable

Additional details to confirm

Evidence 90/100
Unusually high reported profit margin

Buy vs Build: BUY

72
AI-native cash cost
$800$2.5K
Estimated time
3 weeks
Asking price
$39.0K

Building a newsletter from scratch (Substack + email platform + basic automation) costs under $3K in tools and takes 2–3 weeks to launch at MVP. However, the asset being purchased is not the software infrastructure — it is 7 years of audience, editorial reputation, 30%+ open rates, and active paid-subscriber relationships. Rebuilding equivalent list quality and engagement would require 12–24 months of consistent content and acquisition effort with no guaranteed monetization. The verified $24K annual profit and low asking price ($39K) make acquiring the established audience substantially less risky and faster than building an audience from zero. Verdict: buy for traction and audience durability, not software.

Cash estimate includes the AI tools, APIs and infrastructure needed for a solo founder to recreate the software. Build time is informational and lightly weighted. The verdict is driven mainly by customers, users, verified earnings, retention, distribution, brand, data and operating history.

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Financial Snapshot

$24K
Annual Revenue
$24K
Annual Profit
$2.0K
Monthly Revenue
20 mo
Est. Payback
Profit Margin99%
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Business Overview

Finance/Stocks Paid/Free Newsletter - 30% Open Rates - Bestseller - Room for Expansion - Not Niche Dependent - 98% Margins - Low Time Investment

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Quick Facts

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Age
7 years
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Source
TrustMRR
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Listed
Aug 23, 2026

Deal Score

82
Strong Deal
Evidence confidence90/100
1.6x
Excellent Multiple
Asking$39.0K
MRR$2.0K/mo
Profit$2.0K/mo
Profit Multiple1.6x
Age7 years
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