Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

4. Intangible Assets

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4. Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Intangible Assets

The Company’s intangible assets consist of licenses for the use of Internet domain names, Universal Resource Locators, or URLs, capitalized website development costs, other information technology licenses, software, a covenant not to compete, and marketing and technology related intangibles acquired through the acquisition of LiveDeal, Inc. As a result of the acquisition of Modern Everyday Inc., the Company recorded goodwill of $1,169,904. In addition as a result of the acquisition of Marquis Industries, Inc., the Company recorded goodwill of $800,000. All such assets are capitalized at their original cost and amortized over their estimated useful lives as follows: domain name and marketing - 3 to 20 years; website and technology - 3 to 5 years; software - 5 years, and covenant not to compete – 4 years. Goodwill is not amortized, but evaluated for impairment on at least an annual basis.

 

During the year ended September 30, 2015, the Company purchased software for $1,500,000. The Company has the option to pay for the software in cash or in 800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company has until June 30, 2016 to pay for the software either in cash or common stock. At September 30, 2015, the Company had not made any payments towards the purchase of this software and has reflected the $1,500,000 purchase price for the software in accrued liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.

 

During the year ended September 30, 2015, the Company determined that certain its long-lived intangible assets and goodwill were impaired and took a charge to earnings of $2,543,568 and $1,169,904, respectively.

 

The following summarizes estimated future amortization expense related to intangible assets that have net balances as of September 30, 2015:

 

  2016     $ 230,471  
  2017       216,721  
  2018       214,286  
  2019       214,286  
  2020       214,286  
  Thereafter       426,880  
        $ 1,516,930  

 

Total amortization expense related to intangible assets was $575,532 and $441,978 for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.