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I agree, I'm looking into this now.

That's the thought that's on the back of my mind throughout all of this. I do think talking to a lawyer could be a good idea, but I'm not sure how to go about doing this. My Uncle runs a small business, so I'll see if he has any suggestions - is there anywhere I can look for a lawyer? I'd be willing to spend some money to make sure I'm doing this right, I'm just not sure where to look.

A value of $0 to the employment probably makes sense, but it is a little more complicated, as:

I'm not sure that they'd buy my website without hiring me (that's the impression I've received). They said it would be more difficult, but they would consider hiring me without buying my site if it came to that.

I was trying to place what they'd be willing to offer, and I gave them a ballpark figure of "> 100k", which in hindsight was a bad idea. I'm a little worried that they are going to offer me exactly that now...

Note: Hacker News seems to be rate limiting my replies now, so I'm going to put some of my other replies here too.

Thanks for all of the great comments - I'm still going through and replying to them.

Another thing to keep in mind:

I've spoken vaguely about the site, and how it works, but nothing specific. They'd like me to come down, and discuss what I'd be doing, and go through some of the code behind the site. Is there any way to protect myself from them just copying my idea, and stopping talking to me? I signed an NDA, but that just protects each of us from discussing how the other's business works with people outside their business. Is there any way to protect myself from this?

I pretty much asked them this exact question, and they basically said 'they talk with a lot of companies, and if they did so, word would get out, and no-one would talk to them', which is true.

I have the site pretty well automated, so I can maintain it with a few hours a month. Any work I spend on it is to grow revenue. How do I come up with a value multiplier? I'm not strapped for cash, so $200k now vs. earned in the future isn't a huge difference to me.

That's true that I probably need to factor in the income from selling the site, and the base income separately. Factoring in the raise is a little difficult, as I'd be moving, and expect a higher salary in the city I'd be moving to.

I've actually been wondering this. I've seen higher profile acqui-hires in the news, but never an explanation on how they work. Should I expect the bonus to vest over some amount of time? Should I expect anything to protect me from (a)?

To be clear, they are offering to hire me, and give me a sizeable (at least I think, no clue what would be 'standard') starting bonus for the side project. Basically, they would own the side project after I start.

Are you describing them hiring me, and not acquiring the side project?