Asking Price: $215,000
**Annual Revenue in 2025:** $110,000
Profit Margin: 70% +
Seller Discretionary Earnings (SDE): Available upon signed NDA
Overview
This is a profitable, owner-operated e-commerce store specializing in high fidelity audio accessories (vacuum tubes). The business can be operated fully home-based, requires no extra inventory storage beyond standard residential space, and carries zero retail overhead—no lease, no utilities beyond normal household use, no warehouse staff.
The current owner operates the business 15–20 hours per week with flexible hours such as in the evening. New owner can operate it as a side business after a full-time day job. Order fulfillment can be done in the evenings and drop off to courier locations, or have on-site courier pickup. Customer service is all done via emails. Inventory management are handled from a home office no larger than 200 sf.
The business has been successfully operated from Canada by original owner for 20 years, and owner is ready to retire to pursue other interests.
- Inventory is included in asking price
Seller will pay for the actual shipping cost to transfer all existing inventory (about 64 cubic feet in total size, ship-ready packed in cartons, to be itemized, counted at sale closing - US$35,000 in total current value) to new buyer's location in lower 48 states in the USA.
Key Highlights:
This is a high value, low volume, high profit margin online store. Average per-order sale is around $300 to $500.
No Overhead Business Model: No warehouse, no storefront, no employees. All shipping supplies are purchased on demand; inventory turns via direct-to-consumer fulfillment.
Part-Time Workload: 15–20 hours per week, can be all done during evening hours. Excellent for a buyer who wishes to retain current employment and run this as a secondary income stream.
Portable Operations: Entire business runs on a laptop, fulfillment labels created on shipping platform. You can move states without disrupting sales at all.
Established Supplier Relationships: The primary wholesale vendor is keen to expanding sales. Buyer can also add other brands/vendors, plus continue growing the 'in-house private label' products to enhance profit and hedge supply risks.
Clean Financials: Revenue has been stable for 24 months, with consistent gross margins above 70%.
Realistic Growth Potential:
The business currently mostly relies on organic search from its successful 20 years of operation online, with 90% by organic search and 20% repeat customers. The owner has not invested in paid acquisition or modern AI-driven tools. Specific, low-risk opportunities include:
AI-Powered Customer Support: Implement conversational AI for after-sales queries and troubleshooting guides, reducing the owner’s weekly time commitment further.
AI-Driven Product Recommendations: Deploy recommendation engines on the storefront to increase average order value.
Automated Email Sequences: Use AI copywriting and segmentation to activate dormant buyers—currently no email marketing is in place.
Expanded SKU Line: Add private-label or exclusive accessories using the same supplier network.
New buyer can also expand to sell on platform such as Amazon etc to further increase customer base.
These initiatives require no new infrastructure and can be implemented within 30–60 days.
What’s Included in Sale:
Fully functional website with WooCommerce store and mobile optimization.
Inventory on hand (approx. $35,000 plus free shipping) – included in asking price.
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for order processing, returns, and vendor reordering.
Owner transition support: 4 weeks of remote training (evening hours) and 2 additional weeks of email/phone support.
Buyer Qualifications:
US-based buyer located in any of the lower 48 states.
Comfortable with basic e-commerce platforms and shipping software (training provided).
Able to dedicate 15–20 evening hours per week consistently.
No prior audio industry experience required—product knowledge is easily learned by reading on trade related online media, AI contents search etc.
