Ask HN: Help me give away a site that's made $70k

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9 years ago

I own https://applaunch.us, a website that has made almost $70k since it was launched back in 2012. See https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26079/30819099-85e0b22a-a1d2-11e7-9157-c5f18cb3c3a7.png for a revenue screenshot from the stripe dashboard.

I've not touched the site for over 2 years, with most of my time going into https://ipinfo.io, and as a result the site is now just about breaking even with hosting costs. I've thought about shutting the site down, but recently had the idea of giving it away to someone with the time and passion to put some energy into improving and promoting the site. If nothing else, it could be a great learning experience for someone to get to work on an established site.

I'm looking for advice on how to best give it away. Where can I find people that might want to take it on, how should I decide who to give it to if there's a lot of interest? How should I best structure it? I'm thinking of handing everything over, and offering to pay the hosting costs for the first year, the new owner keeps all revenue etc. Is there anything else I should consider?

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