This KDP Business is Worth Millions...

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Sean walks through an Empire Flippers listing for an ACX and Amazon KDP business listed for $2217871, which he describes as one of the highest-priced KDP businesses he has seen. He reports the listing claims $52000 in monthly revenue and $49000 in net profit, implying about $3000 in monthly expenses, valued at a 45x multiple of monthly net profit. Created in December 2019, the business includes 12 titles in ebook, paperback, and hardcover formats and 78 audiobooks, largely in self-help and psychology, produced by freelance writers at about one new book per month, with the seller spending around 2 hours per week. Sean reports 78% of income comes from ACX and 10% from Amazon KDP, which he says explains the high margin because audiobook traffic is mostly organic and Amazon ads cannot be run to audiobooks. Popular titles were also sold in English, Spanish, German, and Italian. He contrasts this with his own claim that he sold his business for $820000 after listing it for $1000000, and calculates Empire Flippers’ 12% fee on this sale would leave about $1951726 take-home.

Key takeaways

• Sean reports the listing price was $2217871, based on $52000 monthly revenue and $49000 monthly net profit at a 45x multiple
• The portfolio was only 12 titles in ebook, paperback, and hardcover plus 78 audiobooks, mainly self-help and psychology
• Sean reports 78% of income came from ACX and 10% from Amazon KDP, driving unusually high margins from organic audiobook traffic
• Growth ideas he endorses are publishing more books in the working niche, translating winners into other languages, and building an email list
• He explains multiple KDP and ACX accounts are tied to separate entities, presented in the listing as 2 KDP accounts and 8 ACX accounts to diversify risk

Episode details: published May 10, 2022 · 16:41 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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