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Book Shop Investment Opportunity in Vienna, Austria

Online bookstore for the Balkan diaspora, now raising funds to expand into 5 new markets.

Established 5-10 year(s)
Employees < 2
Legal Entity Limited Liability Company (LLC)
Reported Sales USD 233 thousand
Run Rate Sales USD 233 thousand
EBITDA Margin 10 %
Industries Book Shops + 1 more
Locations  Vienna
Local Time 12:22 PM Europe / Belgrade
Listed By Advisor / Business Broker
Status Active
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Partial Stake Sale
USD 116 thousand for 20.0% stake (Native Currency: EUR 100,000)
Reason: To scale operations and marketing to expand into 5 new countries with high concentrations of Balkan ... View More
Includes physical assets worth USD 11.6 thousand
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Business Overview
- Specialty online bookstore catering to the Balkan diaspora, primarily focusing on fiction, children's books, and cultural literature.
- Offers a diverse range of books in Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian languages, appealing to multicultural families and communities.
- Boasts over 1,000 loyal customers, ensuring a steady demand for its products and fostering community engagement.
- Generates revenue through direct-to-consumer online sales, with an average transaction value of EUR 60, contributing to monthly sales of EUR 16,667 and annual sales of EUR 200 thousand.
- Founded and promoted by an experienced entrepreneur with a background in e-commerce, enhancing operational efficiency and market reach.
- Strong supplier relationships with publishers and distributors in the Balkans are critical for product sourcing and ensuring a wide selection of titles.
- Actively pursuing expansion into five new countries, targeting over 1 million potential Balkan-speaking customers to amplify market presence and revenue growth.
- The business is listed by an advisor who lives in another country hence the ISD code of his number does not match the location where the business is located.
- The business owner is the only permanent employee and such high revenue can be generated because the business is online and does not need many employees to generate such revenue.
Products & Services Overview
Top-selling products: Books in Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian - the genre is generally fiction, children’s books, and cultural literature books also get sold a lot.
Main customers: Balkan diaspora families in the EU (European Union).
We even sell books to schools, approximately 1000 books per year or universities, approximately 100 to 300 books per year.
Assets Overview
The business has inventory of books worth EUR 10 thousand.
The business does not have any licenses or certificates at the moment.
Facilities Overview
Online platform with no physical retail space.
Capitalization Overview
The business is self-funded with no outstanding debts or loans, and is 100% owned by the founder.
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