Buying a business or a website — we will check what exactly you are being sold
The seller shows revenue and traffic, but does not show the code, domain rights and sanction history. We look at the website from the buyer's side: what will break immediately after the deal, what will have to be completed at your own expense and how much. Express check €190, full audit €490.
before making a deposit
audit timeline
rights, money, risks, transfer
negotiate or walk away
What is most often discovered only after the deal
If you recognise your situation, send the website address. Some checks are done using public data, without the seller's access.
Domain is not registered to the seller
The whois record shows a former contractor or agency. The site has been bought, but the address where it lives remains with a third party.
Traffic depends on a single source
We check where people actually come from: search, ads, social media or paid traffic. If it is paid traffic, it will end after the deal along with the seller's budget.
The site has a history of sanctions
We check Google Safe Browsing flags, signs of hacking, third-party links and sharp drops in the indexing archive. This takes months to fix and is not visible from an analytics screenshot.
Content and photos belong to third parties
Texts are copied, images are from stock sources without a licence, reviews are fabricated. A claim will reach the new owner.
No source code or documentation
The site works, but it is built in such a way that only the author can develop it. We assess how much it costs to take over such code and how much to rebuild it.
Services are tied to the seller's accounts
The payment gateway, email, domain, advertising and analytics are registered in his name and to his card. We compile a list of what needs to be transferred before settlement.
Step-by-step audit: external data first, then code
We look from the outside, without access
Domain and its history, engine and versions, speed, indexing, security tags, traces of previous owners. At this step some risks the seller did not mention are already visible.
We request access and verify the numbers
Analytics, webmaster panel, advertising accounts, admin panel. We compare what was shown in the presentation with what is in the systems: traffic sources, seasonality, share of branded demand.
We review the code and rights
Who owns the domain and content, whether source files and licenses exist, what the site relies on and what will fall apart at the first update. We calculate the cost of putting it in order.
We deliver a report with a conclusion
What you are actually buying, which risks are critical, which can be closed with money, and how much closing costs. Plus a list of what should be transferred to you before settlement.
How much a website check before purchase costs
The price is fixed before work begins. If the seller does not provide access, the audit remains external — we inform you of this before invoicing, not after.
The pricing is the same for all platforms: WordPress, Bitrix, Shopify, Tilda, custom PHP. The estimate for fixing the findings is calculated separately and included in the report.
What you get, besides an opinion
Report with a conclusion
Not a list of observations, but a decision: take it as is, negotiate a specific amount, or walk away — with justification for each item.
Risk register
What will break immediately after the deal, what will break in six months, and what will never break. With notes on which risks can be covered by money and which cannot.
Remediation estimate
How much it costs to bring the site to the condition described by the seller. This document also works as a bargaining argument.
Handover checklist
What should be transferred to you before settlement: domain, hosting, repository, analytics, advertising accounts, email, payment accounts.
What the audit will not show
The audit checks the site and what surrounds it — but it does not replace a lawyer and does not read the seller's mind:
- Reliability of revenue — we will cross-check orders in the admin panel and traffic in analytics, but revenue is confirmed by accounting and bank statements. That is the work of a financial specialist, not ours.
- Contracts, taxes and deal structure — who owns the legal entity, how the transfer is formalised, which obligations remain with the seller — that is for a lawyer. We provide the technical part for their review.
- Future traffic — we will show where it came from and how stable the source is. Guaranteeing that it will remain the same after a change of ownership is impossible — and no one can.
- Hidden arrangements with contractors — if the site depends on a person who will leave together with the seller, this is not always visible in the code. That is why the handover checklist includes the question of who maintained the site for the last two years.
If the deal is large, a reasonable sequence is this: first an express check for €190, and only if it finds no stop factors — a full audit.
Frequently asked questions about checking a site before a deal
What can be checked if the seller does not provide access?
What access should I request from the seller?
How long does the check take?
Do you participate in negotiations?
I am buying a website on a website builder — what is special here?
What if the website still needs repairs after purchase?
Do you check websites on foreign engines and outside Cyprus?
What to do right after the deal?
Send the website address — we will come back with initial findings
We need the website address, the deal amount and the deadline by which it must be resolved. We reply within 60 minutes during business hours (GMT+3).
Request sent
Thank you! We will contact you within an hour. If you need a solution by tomorrow, write to us on Telegram and we will start with an express check.
It is cheaper to check a website before the deal than to fix it afterwards.
Send the address and the deal amount. We will come back with findings based on public data and tell you whether a full audit is needed.