Mock Draft Central Up for Sale
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Eight years after creating Mock Draft Central, Jason Pliml says he’s ready for new challenges.
“Having achieved what I set out to do when I started Mock Draft Central back in 2001, my roles and responsibilities have diminished and I want to take my life and career in a different direction,” Pliml told FSB.com. “With my energy focused on sales, brand awareness, and managing software consultants, we grew revenue to the point of profitability. MDC has reached the point of having reliable, award-winning technology, a well-known and respected brand, and a large, loyal audience.”
Pliml says that audience includes a user base of 128,000, with unique-visitor traffic averaging about 30,000 a month over the past year. (That number, of course, varies wildly throughout the year, peaking at 109,770 in August — just before football season — according to Compete.com.)
As for revenue, a feature in The Detroit News to which we recently linked said that MDC is bringing in $250,000 this year.
The company won Fantasy Sports Trade Association awards in both 2007 and 2008 for its technology and has held licensing partnerships with various companies around the fantasy sports industry.
Pliml says that MDC has received some direct purchase offers, which will be reviewed by the board of directors. No deadline has been set for the sale, but the site continues to operate throughout this process. (Visitors can already get a jump on the 2010 baseball season, for example.)
Interested parties can contact Pliml, whose e-mail address is also available on the MDC website.
FSB.com will have more information once a sale is made.

