We buy

captivating

awesome
interesting
engaging
sustainable
cool
captivating

media businesses

Selling a website can be a pretty painful experience.

Building a website takes a lot of effort, passion, and hard work so you want to make sure you sell it to someone who’ll take care of it.

Unfortunately, selling a website can entail months of back-and-forth, legal fees, and confusing clauses only to end up without a deal. If you do end up selling, you might see the new owners run the community and team you worked so hard to build into the ground.

As people who have previously gone through the ringer while trying to buy and sell our own sites, we wanted to become a buyer who makes the process as seamless as possible for others.

That means simple, fast, fair, and mutually beneficial deals.

Why working with HMG makes it less painful

We Keep It Simple

We use an uncomplicated, transparent buying process with no confusing jargon to trip you up. Instead of long, wordy documents with tons of clauses, we use a simple termed sheet with a few pages.

We Close Quickly

We understand how frustrating months of negotiations can get so we’ve developed streamlined processes that allow us to determine a valuation in weeks instead of months.

Cash Offers

We make cash offers to sellers. There aren’t prolonged earn out processes, milestones, or stock purchases involved—no bullshit, no waiting, no hidden conditions.

We’ve Got Publishing Down To A Science

Our years of experience have allowed us to really gain an analytical and profitable approach to publishing. We’ve proven we know how to grow media companies while staying true to the brand.

Company Culture Stays Intact

We understand that great businesses are operated by great people. We work to maintain the operating teams, culture, and nuances of the business.

Clear Communication Throughout The Process

We keep sellers in the loop and are entirely transparent from the earliest discussions, during the valuation process, and right through to closing.

We Offer Flexible Options

We give sellers the option to either walk away from the business after closing or to stay on as a shareholder or employee—it’s entirely up to you.

We buy media businesses that have:

A Simple Business Model

You could explain the operations
in a sentence or two

Sustainable Profitability

We want to see proof that your business has a sustainable model with a path to profitability

Tried And True Operations

You’ve been successfully operating the business for 3+ years

Ethical Practices

We don’t get involved in media companies
that are acting sketchy

We offer two different options to prospective buyers

Acquisition

We offer a 100% buyout of the existing ownership group of the business.

Or

Investment

We offer to make an investment into the organization for a majority share of ownership with the goal of buying the remaining shares of the business over a period of time. Some ownership groups would prefer to enjoy the upside of partnering with us.

Our Experience

3 Offices

USA, Canada, & Israel

4+ Years of Operation

80+ Staff

30 Sites

5 Languages

English, French, German, Japanese, & Portuguese

Pageviews Monthly

Our Past Acquisitions

Testimonials

The process felt fair and respectful. I didn’t feel like Hive was ever looking for leverage over me or anything like that.

ManMadeDIY

They were 100% transparent about each step of the acquisition process and from start to finish made the entire experience professional, pleasant, and super-efficient.

CoupleThing

Years after selling my site to Hive, I’m happy to see how much it’s grown and developed since I handed over the reins.

Give it Love

I had confidence that they would continue running the business with competence and integrity.

ManMadeDIY

The whole time I worked with them, I kept thinking, this is too good to be true, but lucky for me that was not the case.

CoupleThing

After selling, our team stayed on and was able to focus on creating the content we are passionate about while Hive managed the rest of the operations.

Give it Love

When we were approached by Hive it quickly became clear that this was a serious, professional outfit that were keen to close a deal. From initial sharing of data we moved rapidly to a letter of intent. The due diligence process was methodical but not cumbersome. At every step, we had the understanding that Hive was a trustworthy and responsible partner who were looking to achieve an honest and fair deal for all parties as efficiently as possible. Even with setbacks on our side, Hive were agile and flexible to come up with a solution that both parties could get behind. I have no hesitation in recommending Hive, and would definitely seek them out should I be in a similar position in the future.

Timera Media

Contact us to see if you’re a fit

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