After several months of negotiations, I have finally agreed to sell the Pinoy Top Blogs project. It’s a decision that was very hard to make but I figured that the future of the project will be more secured with the new owners.
Several thins prompted me to move into making this decision and I’d like to share that with all bloggers who are involved and been part of the project in the last 2 years.
It also made it easier for me because the new owners, Enthropia Philippines, was also the sister company of the developers behind evoTopSites, BlogFlux and iBegin. They know the system very well and can fast-track it’s re-development. I am confident that they’d be able to continue running the system in top shape. They were also the ones who donated the current domain/s to me after I transferred it from this site to its own domain.
For the existing users, rest assured that all private information stored in the system will be guarded by the new owners. An email will be sent to everyone to inform them of this change and will allow them ample time to opt out of this if they want to.
On a personal note, this is my very first sale of an online real estate and I really didn’t know how to go about it. The sale price is still undisclosed unless Enthropia is willing to disclose it.
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Girls For Marriage says:
Super-Duper site! I’m loving it! Is again – taking you feeds also, Thanks.
beeps says:
Sana magpa starbucks ka ulet haha..
the jester-in-exile says:
… although it isn’t the same without you.
shannon says:
WOW! Daming pera nanaman para kay yuga. $$$$$$$ pa! yuga mo eh!
fruityoaty says:
Congratulations. Letting go of a pet project is hard, but it’s for the best here as you’ve explained — to let it survive and grow.
boy says:
Thanks to PTB, Showbiz Intriga? Get It From Boy! validates its place in the Pinoy blogosphere as No. 4!
Mr. Olandres, you’re a visionary.
spanx! says:
mr. abe olandres,
pinoy entrepreneur!
looking forward to your next ventures, bro!
Chris says:
Congratulations Kuya Abe! And thanks for maintaining the topsite while starmometer.com was on top. I definitely gained a lot of visitors because of PTB!
Jeff says:
Interesting. This is the first local Web 2.0 service acquired by another company? Looks like we’re all moving towards the new IPO (which is really a misnomer, since nobody wants to go public anymore nowadays)
* – new IPO: start a new company, be big, and sell away! Hahahah
Andre Marcelo-Tanner says:
A few people have asked Enthropia’s reasoning behind buing the domain. Our response:
We didn’t make the site to make money. It may make us some down the road, but really this was about us connecting with filipino bloggers. We created the original BlogTopSites.com, which tracks over 5 million pageviews a day. By taking over Pinoy Top Blogs we aim to promote friendly competition between pinoy bloggers.
Furthermore – we are a Filipino company. You can see on our homepage all of our sites are .com.ph – we build filipino-centric websites for filipinos on the filipino domain space – it is what we do.
We are working on an importer to move the data from the old site to the new one. We are aiming to relaunch the site near the end of September
Pinoy-Am says:
Don’t worry brother, it’s one of your achievements. Be Proud! Congratulations!
Gigi says:
Jaypee – Wow! You’re like the answer to my prayer — except that I don’t pray and if I did it wouldn’t be for an end to dating spam since there are much more important things. So I suppose this means you’re like the answer, period. :) Thanks!
Jaypee says:
@Gigi – No problem. Btw, the answer to your question would be, “you’d still find those dating spam posts but you won’t see them for long coz I’ll be deleting them as soon as I see them.” Hehe :D
Gigi says:
Jaypee – Oops, my bad. Thanks for the correction (and now I know what the unfortunate answer is to my question. Oh well…) :)
beeps says:
Pre, dapat pag nagkitakits ang grupo. mega party tyo ha! :)
Jaypee says:
I think you’re referring to PinoyBlog.com which is different from Pinoy Top Blogs. :)
Marvin says:
Congrats Yuga! Ha ha ha I can see you smiling as you encash your check. More power to yuo, sir.
Marcvill says:
You’re a netrepreneur right, so you can always find ways to start a bigger and better project similar to Pinoy Top Blogs.
Yuga has been thinking about selling PTB a long time ago. Wonder why now… If this was a real estate you held on for the longest of time, then you would certainly sell it for a price that would cover what you’ve invested in it and a bit more.
Hmmm, so let me compute… [($200 x 24) x P46.69] + ‘a bit more’ = value of PTB. Wow, not bad.
PinoyBlurker says:
Congratz! :)
bentahan na ‘to. tignan natin sino mga susunod. hehe.
Roy R. Luga says:
Abe,
I was just wondering if you could go over my site, look at it and how can we arrrive at its marketability. I don’t want to conclude things, but I think I belong to that class you mentioned (though limited viewership, influences decision makers). I am open to whatever scheme, blogging has been a hobby that I love. If we can . . . make use of it to further propagate noble advocacies. I guess, it would be beneficial to all.
I’m also an Ilongo.
Hope to hear from you.
Roy
The Olympic Blogger says:
Kinda happy, kinda sad about this dev’t… Happy that hopefully the site will be up soon… Kinda sad because I’m sure this was one of your pet projects…
Gigi says:
CONGRATULATIONS!
PS: Does this mean those “Executive Dating” posts are finally going away? :)
BrianB says:
Wait, are these monthly unix?
BrianB says:
I think it’s a terrific move, Abe. Great move. Never heard of the site.
mlq3 says:
congratulations!
Jaypee says:
Like noemi said, PTB will always be associated with you. Congratulations on your first online real estate sale! :)
vonjobi says:
so i guess my series ended at about the right time. now i just have to finish the backlog of posts about the entire year so i can make some sense out of it =)
ronald says:
hey, i’m having problems browsing your site through Opera 9.23. I’m commenting through Firefox 2.0.0.6. I’ve browsed your site in Opera. What’s wrong?
jun says:
I agree with Kiven =)
So how does it feel to sell your first internet property?
Question.. what paperwork(s) are necessary?
RNHalawi says:
nice move sir!! thats why pala lagi down ang server this past few days/week…
noemi says:
aww I will always remember you as the first owner. Memories na lang
Andre Marcelo-Tanner says:
Thank you Abe for all your hard work on Pinoy Top Blogs, we will definitely not let down the community and will continue to improve and expand the service.
jamie says:
oh. so that’s why. i signed up for it recently and i waited for the email.
Kiven says:
ah binenta mo na din? wohoo party na ulit tayo!