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First off, please let me say hello! As I haven’t been here in quite a while. The reason for this is that I sold my site back in November. I do miss coming here and taking part- there are some great folks here.
That being said, my question is this- When I sold my site I signed a non-compete agreement, it was for 3 years. Since I sold the site, I have had nothing but bad luck. My husband was in a car accident, he broke his back and pelvic bone. He lost his jobs a few months before the accident and so we no longer have health insurance. We have to pay his medical expenses (physical therapy, etc.) out of our own pockets and slowly we are almost completely flat broke! I don’t know what we did to get this bad luck, but we truly got hit hard. So… I am now trying to find a way to make money again and fast. I was wondering what the consequences of competing in the industry is since I did sign that contract when I sold the site. I would have NEVER even thought of rescineding on this agreement- but I am down to my last nickels and don’t know what else to do. Any advice on my question is very much appreciated. Thanks guys
I’m sorry to hear about all of the bad luck. You sound like a sincere and honest individual, so I would say that you should listen to your conscience.
You can hide from a lot of things, but trying to outrun yourself is a sure path to disaster. (as opposed to seemingly random happenings.)
Have you spoken with the person who bought your site(s)? If you haven’t, maybe they aren’t so rigid. You might be able to keep your conscience clear and also get back in. I personally don’t think I would hold someone to a non-compete under the circumstances you’re describing.
What you could do is offer consulting for your husband, and then your husband could pay you to do the dirty work. Or someting similar to this scenario at least.
Or else he could register a corporation and this corporation could do the work and have the checks made out to it. There would be no way to know who the corporation hires and there would be no reason to check out the corporation. Have the whois info in the corporation name or that of your husband.
I’m really sorry to hear about all of this. I like the USA a lot, but this is one aspect of it that I disagree with. With all that you are going through you should not have to worry about money.
Hate to say this… But, if you are in the United States and this is your livelihood, then there is not a non-compete clause in the world that would be upheld in a court of law.
So, sign them all you want, but they aren’t worth much to the judge if it is your chosen trade.
Besides, did your site cover ALL casinos on the web? Did it cover ALL games? If you feel ‘wrong’ about emerging again, then take a different approach. Promote sportsbooks instead of slots or poker instead of craps. There are ways for you to feel free from guilt and still make money
You should really talk to the people that purchased your site.
3 years is a bit long for a non compete. I would think that doing work for others such as casino reviews, link exchanges, etc might be acceptable by the people who bought your site or may not fall under the non compete clause.
I would not start up another site against the non compete without advise from a attorney first.
Thank you very much for your replies. I will contact the new owner of my site first and see what he says, as it didn’t occur to me to do this! Thank you! Hopefully his answer will be favorable.
what a strike of misfortune and badluck. Remain positive, things will turn around because they have too!!
Get the site back I am sure you will get some great help. greek39
