Listing #94912
Amazon KDP — Romance
- Asking price
- $1,190,151
- Monthly profit
- $43,121
- Owner workload
- 10 hrs / week
- Implied profit / owner hour
- $995.10
Same monetization · Similar price and profit
Listing #97973
Live listingAmazon KDP — Romance
Independent analysis by Digital Deal Research · Listing data: Empire Flippers
- Amazon KDP
- Romance
Asking price
$872,977
Monthly profit
$25,086
Seller-reported monthly average
Owner workload
5 hrs / week
Seller-reported
Listing multiple
2.9× annual profit
Marketplace: 35× monthly SDE
- Monthly revenue
- $30,062
- Seller-reported monthly average
- Profit margin
- 83%
- Business age
- 2 years
- Days on marketplace
- 1
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Research snapshot
What the disclosed figures show
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Worth investigating
- Annual profit yield is below the median of comparable listings.
- Listing multiple is above the median of comparable listings.
Supporting signals
- All 12 disclosed months were profitable.
- Recent 3-month average profit is 90% above the preceding 3 months.
Marketplace disclosure
Seller-disclosed monthly history
12 months disclosed
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| Month | Gross revenue | Net profit |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | $3,913 | $1,248 |
| Nov 2025 | $5,205 | $1,043 |
| Dec 2025 | $8,703 | $4,479 |
| Jan 2026 | $10,112 | $6,784 |
| Feb 2026 | $9,091 | $6,482 |
| Mar 2026 | $13,870 | $10,505 |
| Apr 2026 | $21,142 | $17,770 |
| May 2026 | $33,067 | $28,645 |
| Jun 2026 | $51,177 | $46,906 |
| Jul 2026 | $66,734 | $57,182 |
| Aug 2026 | $67,090 | $58,305 |
| Sep 2026 | $70,645 | $61,679 |
- Disclosed history
- 12 months
- TTM profit
- $301,027
- TTM revenue
- $360,750
- Median monthly profit
- $14,137
- Profitable months
- 12 of 12
- Best month
- $61,679
- Weakest month
- $1,043
- Recent 3m vs prior 3m
- +90%
Digital Deal Research calculations
Return on the asking price
Annual profit yield
34.5%
Annual profit ÷ asking price
Simple payback
34.8 mo
At current monthly profit
Implied profit / owner hour
$1,157.82
Based on seller-reported workload · 22 owner hours / month
Downside scenarios
These scenarios show what happens to the calculated economics if the disclosed monthly profit falls by a fixed amount. The asking price stays unchanged in every scenario. This is a sensitivity check, not a forecast that profit will fall.
| Scenario | Monthly profit | Annual profit yield | Simple payback |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | $25,086 | 34.5% | 34.8 mo |
| -10% profit | $22,577 | 31.0% | 38.7 mo |
| -20% profit | $20,069 | 27.6% | 43.5 mo |
| -30% profit | $17,560 | 24.1% | 49.7 mo |
Digital Deal Research calculations
How this compares with current listings
Compared with 10 other Amazon KDP listings
| Metric | This listing | Peer median |
|---|---|---|
| Asking price | $872,977 | $323,120 |
| Monthly profit | $25,086 | $11,057 |
| Listing multiple (monthly) | 35.0× | 29.0× |
| Annual profit yield | 34.5% | 41.7% |
| Simple payback | 34.8 mo | 28.8 mo |
| Owner workload | 5 hrs | 7 hrs |
| Profit margin | 83% | 71% |
- Lower owner workload than 60% of comparable listingsn=10
- Lower annual yield than 70% of comparable listingsn=10
- Slower payback than 70% of comparable listingsn=10
- Higher asking multiple than 75% of comparable listingsn=10
The percentile shows where this listing sits within the current comparison group for each metric. It is a relative position, not a quality rating. A high or low percentile does not by itself mean that the business is better or worse, and it is not a recommendation.
Digital Deal Research observations
Points raised by the disclosed numbers
Worth investigating
- Annual profit yield is below the median of comparable listings.
- Listing multiple is above the median of comparable listings.
Supporting signals
- All 12 disclosed months were profitable.
- Recent 3-month average profit is 90% above the preceding 3 months.
- Business has been generating revenue for 2 years.
- Owner workload is below the median of comparable listings.
- Lower owner workload than 60% of comparable listings.
Marketplace disclosure
Owner workload reported by the seller
5hours per week reported by the seller — about 22 hours per month.
Recurring tasks disclosed by the seller
- Approving keyword opportunities, series concepts, and titles for the target readership
- Publishing books through outsourced keyword research, cover design, writing, formatting, uploading, and marketing workflows
Marketplace disclosure
Seller-provided information
Written by the seller / broker
Seller-provided summary
Launched in 2024, this Amazon KDP business operates in the romance and erotica niche, with 365 Kindle books published across 8 pen names. The business has developed a diversified catalog, with its top-performing book accounting for only approximately 4% of revenue. Key strengths include strong recent profitability, a fully outsourced content production process, minimal reliance on paid advertising, low owner involvement of approximately 5 hours per week and strong continued growth. Revenue is generated entirely through Amazon KDP, with new Kindle books published at a rate of approximately two per week. …Read full seller summaryShow less
Launched in 2024, this Amazon KDP business operates in the romance and erotica niche, with 365 Kindle books published across 8 pen names. The business has developed a diversified catalog, with its top-performing book accounting for only approximately 4% of revenue. Key strengths include strong recent profitability, a fully outsourced content production process, minimal reliance on paid advertising, low owner involvement of approximately 5 hours per week and strong continued growth. Revenue is generated entirely through Amazon KDP, with new Kindle books published at a rate of approximately two per week. The seller wrote the books through June 2025, while current content production is fully outsourced to a team of 13 freelancers in the Philippines, consisting of 12 writers and an operations specialist. The team handles keyword research, series and title development, writing, formatting, uploading, and book promotion, and is expected to continue with a new owner. Customer acquisition has primarily come through niche and keyword targeting, with less than $65 spent on Amazon Ads since inception and approximately $700 spent with Written Word Media in late 2025. The business also has a MailerLite list of 1,924 subscribers used to promote new releases. With the seller primarily reviewing keyword and series opportunities, a new owner could focus on identifying additional underserved niches, expanding paid advertising, and further developing email marketing while retaining the existing outsourced operating structure. Disclaimers: Buyers will have the option to either take over the full KDP account or merge the books into an existing account. If a merge is chosen, historical data (ads, analytics, account history, etc) will not transfer. Please note that KDP, ACX, Ingram Spark, and Draft2Digital payments are delayed for 30-90 days, so there will be residual revenue due to the Seller. This will be reconciled during the migration process.
Transition
Seller supportThe seller is willing to provide email and phone support for 60 days, with a maximum response time of 24 hours.
Reason for saleThe Seller would like to explore other opportunities.
What is included
- Primary Domains
- Secondary Domains
- Branded Emails
- KDP Account
- Author Central Account
- Google Ads
- Meta Ads
- TikTok Ads
- Other Ads
- Employees / Contractors
- Email Marketing Software
- Email List
- All Images & Copy Materials
- SOPs
- Software Tools
Marketplace disclosure
Seller-disclosed opportunities and risks
Not written or assessed by Digital Deal Research
Seller-disclosed opportunities
- Identifying underserved niches with growth potential
- Developing targeted offerings for underserved niches
- Expanding into additional underserved niches
Seller-disclosed risks
- Change in writers, writing styles, or the book creation process could impact sales
- Amazon algorithm changes could cause traffic to fluctuate
Business profile
Operating details
- Primary markets
- US, GB, CA
- Registered in
- US
- Customer type
- B2C
- Trademark
- None disclosed
- Private blog network
- Not used
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- Asking price
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- Monthly profit
- $32,144
- Owner workload
- 15 hrs / week
- Implied profit / owner hour
- $494.52
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- Asking price
- $396,274
- Monthly profit
- $14,677
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- Implied profit / owner hour
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