UK Web Site StorageSearch.com for Sale

ACSL, publisher of StorageSearch.com, announced last June it is offering its web property StorageSearch.com for sale.

The sale transition plan includes the critical date (December 25, 2018) when all web advertising commitments on the site will have ended and after which date the web site content will be frozen until a new owner can take over the site for their own operation expected to close in early CY19.

If you know the SSD and memoryfication markets then you’ll know StorageSearch.com which since its launch in 1998 has been ‘leading the way to the new storage frontier’.

Among other things, StorageSearch.com was the first publication to recognize and promote the growth potential of SSDs and the memoryfication of computing architecture. Since the 1990s its readers have been accelerating the growth of this industry and setting its direction and agenda.

Speculating about an ideal buyer for StorageSearch.com – one possibility is it could be a vendor in the storage market (including past content contributors and advertisers) who may wish to rebrand and leverage the website’s reader draw for use as an information resource or blogging site.

Other possibilities include organizations which have a strong affinity to the market (such as publishers and market research companies).

Zsolt Kerekes – founder and editor mouse in chief said about the impending sale: “In my 40 years career in the electronics industry the past 20 years at StorageSearch.com have been the most rewarding and enjoyable. It’s been a privilege to work closely with people who have made it their life’s work to make the computing industry better by their genius, deep thought and thousands of incrementally hard fought for resource investments and technology advancements. And I have been carried on the shoulders of my wonderful readers who have inspired me and instilled their trust.“

Want to talk about buying the website?
If you think you may be interested then communicate directly for confidential soundings by email – Zsolt@StorageSearch.com – with the subject line – “sale of StorageSearch.com“. Your initial email must be from your company’s domain and must say who your are.

Re the communications verification and filtering process
Zsolt Kerekes said: “I expect that selling a web site – should be a simple thing to do – similar to selling ad space – which is something I have always done directly without any 3rd parties getting in the way. The difference being – this is not a time slice – or a salami slice of a web page – but the whole thing. First I’ll try to understand who your are and what you’re hoping to achieve. And we’ll quickly see in a few emails if it really make sense for both sides. If so we’ll talk some more and narrow down the options.”

Anticipated FAQs

Q – What difference will this make to StorageSearch.com readers?
A – Readers may notice little or no difference in content (apart from occasional notices about this sales process) between now and upto December 25, 2018 as the management will remain in place and the mice will be working hard towards a tidy resolution. After December 25, 2018 – in the interests of trust and transparency there will be prominent signposting on the web site to indicate if there is any changed status of the site.
Q – What does the sale of StorageSearch.com include?
A – It depends on who’s buying it and for what purpose. ACSL intends to be flexible in its response – with deliverables ranging from rights to all content, branding, domain and closely linked domains down to a domain only deal.
Q – What will happen to ACSL after the sale?
A – ACSL will exit the computer guides publishing market.
Q – What if no suitable sale can be agreed?
A – The sales process is part of a transition to retirement plan by the owners of ACSL. If no sale is agreed – then the site will be frozen with its legacy content for a number of years as a record of the storage market from 1998 to 2018.