L-1284 6-mo min
Home services · HVAC
Commercial-leaning, service-area
MONTHLY LEASE $1,400/mo
Inquire about leasing → Rentals & leases
Rent a working content business.
Monthly fee. Hosted EmDash included. No purchase price, no escrow, no asset purchase agreement. Operate the site, keep the revenue. Convert to ownership anytime — past lease payments credit toward the purchase.
Available now
Sites available for lease.
Same inventory as for-sale listings, available on monthly lease terms. Rate reflects ~3–5% of the comparable asking price per month, depending on minimum term.
L-1271 12-mo min
Personal finance · Credit cards
Reward-card comparison, evergreen
MONTHLY LEASE $2,800/mo
Inquire about leasing → L-1265 3-mo min
Education · Certifications
IT certification reviews
MONTHLY LEASE $650/mo
Inquire about leasing → L-1258 6-mo min
Insurance · Auto
State-specific quote landing
MONTHLY LEASE $1,650/mo
Inquire about leasing → L-1247 3-mo min
Home services · Solar
California-focused, residential
MONTHLY LEASE $950/mo
Inquire about leasing → L-1239 6-mo min
Personal finance · Personal loans
FICO-band-filterable lender match
MONTHLY LEASE $2,000/mo
Inquire about leasing → Why rent instead of buy
Five reasons rentals work.
- 01
Lower commitment, faster start
Operating a working content business for a fixed monthly fee — no purchase price, no asset purchase agreement, no escrow. First lease can be live within 48 hours of qualifying.
- 02
Try a vertical before buying it
Test whether you can monetize a vertical before committing to a $40k+ purchase. Run your campaigns, measure your ROI, convert to ownership later if it works.
- 03
We handle the infrastructure
All rentals run on hosted EmDash, included in the lease fee. We handle hosting, edge delivery, SSL, backups, security monitoring, EmDash version updates. You operate; we run the boring stuff.
- 04
Convert to ownership anytime
Lease can convert to rent-to-own (payments accrue toward purchase price) or outright purchase at any point during the lease. Lease payments to date credit toward the purchase price at agreed multipliers.
- 05
Predictable AUP-governed terms
Standard acceptable-use policy applies: no malware, no copyrighted content, no aggressive black-hat SEO, no spam. 7-day cure period on violations. Predictable, fair, documented.
Buy or rent?
Quick decision matrix.
| YOUR SITUATION | RECOMMENDATION | WHY |
|---|---|---|
| You have $25k+ ready to deploy on a single asset | Buy | Best if you're confident in your operating ability and the vertical fit |
| You want to test a vertical before committing | Rent | Take a 3–6 month lease; convert to buy if it works |
| You're an agency wanting traffic for a client campaign | Rent | Lease for the campaign duration; release when done |
| You want SaaS-style recurring cost vs. asset on balance sheet | Rent | Operating expense, not capex; predictable monthly cost |
| You have proven content-ops capability and want long-term equity | Buy | Owning compounds; renting doesn't |
| You can't qualify for or don't want financing | Rent | No credit check, no carry agreement, no down payment |
| You want full control over CMS, infra, and post-sale strategy | Buy | Rentals always run on hosted EmDash; ownership lets you migrate anywhere |
Lease terms
What you're agreeing to.
- Minimum lease term
- 3, 6, or 12 months depending on the listing. Longer minimums get better monthly rates.
- Auto-renew
- Leases auto-renew monthly after minimum term completes. Cancel with 30-day notice at any point post-minimum.
- Monthly billing
- Credit card or ACH. Invoiced on the 1st, due net-7. Late payment > 14 days triggers AUP review + 7-day cure period.
- What's included
- Domain (we retain ownership). Content. Traffic. Hosted EmDash CMS access. Edge delivery on Linode 3-edge cluster. Auto-snapshot before any change. Audit log of admin actions.
- What you operate
- Content editing, new page creation, monetization (affiliate links, ad placements, lead forms), analytics. Your name on the site (or ours — your choice). All revenue is yours.
- Convert to buy
- Anytime during lease. Lease payments to date credit toward purchase price at 50% of the rate paid (industry standard). Purchase pricing is the current asking price.
- AUP enforcement
- Standard acceptable-use policy. 7-day cure period on violations. Continued violations terminate the lease with 30-day handoff back to us. No refund of paid lease fees.
- End-of-lease handoff
- On termination (your choice or AUP), site returns to us within 30 days. We re-optimize and re-list (typically as sale or relisted as rental for the next operator).
Ready to lease?
Start a lease inquiry → Pick a site, sign the lease, start operating within 48 hours.
Qualifying takes ~24 hours (basic identity check, no credit pull). Lease execution + admin handover takes another 24 hours. Most operators are live by day 3.