Comments on: Let's Justify Facebook's $300-Per-User Valuation http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Danny Shapiro http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-598094 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:37:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-598094 Skype user base 2005: 75mm users. 2005 Revenue: 70mm. 2005 purchase price:$2.6b
Skype user base 2009: 521mm users 2009 Revenue: 740mm 2009 Purchase price: …?
(SP, Web 2.0)

Since Microsoft deal- Facebook user metric has increased from 50mm to 500mm (to date).

What people should be focusing on:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=164752430243044&comments

]]> By: Jim@ flowering tea http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-549949 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:39:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-549949 Facebook is definitely a huge platform for advertisements. It’s now getting more PPC than Google these days and the users are increasingly rapidly.

]]> By: Matt http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-283159 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:57:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-283159 You say Facebook had 50 million users at the time of the Microsoft deal. They are now at 10x that amount. So whatever method Microsoft used to put a value on the stake they bought, surely they have got a better deal in the long run. Investing is not always about current value but also about speculation. At the present time, I would prefer to have paid $300 per user for Facebook at the time than $21.25 for Bebo because we all know what has happened to that now!! You can’t put a per user value on an investment when the user base is growing so rapidly. In a few months their per user value would have halved. Plus, buying a rock for £10 and a diamond for £100 can hardly be compared.

]]> By: George http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196058 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:31:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196058 I think the rapid current and future projected growth along with the fact that it is a good platform for advertising revenues is why it is valued differently.

]]> By: Yahoo Cam Girl http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196057 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:40:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196057 I would say that $300 per user for any media company is an impossible value to achieve historically.

]]> By: No Free Lunch « Life and other thoughts http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196056 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:46:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196056 [...] $300/user, but realistic figures show $21 for Bebo and $27 for Myspace or a rough $24/user average (reference).  The money is coming purchases made from the fastest growing product of the web: advertisements. [...]

]]> By: Facebook CFO goes to Dubai looking for cash? | Tea Break http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196055 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:22:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196055 [...] too much even for virtual gifts and lucrative online advertising all in the same package. So what is Facebook’s real valuation? Less than 15 billion USD that Microsoft though it would be, I [...]

]]> By: Facebook CFO goes to Dubai looking for cash? | Mohtashims IT Tazee http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196054 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:37:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196054 [...] too much even for virtual gifts and lucrative online advertising all in the same package. So what is Facebook’s real valuation? Less than 15 billion USD that Microsoft though it would be, I [...]

]]> By: Blown to Bits » Blog Archive » Social Networks, Obama’s, McCain’s, and Yours http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196053 Fri, 23 May 2008 18:06:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196053 [...] Some estimates of the value of Facebook run as high as $15 billion. How can that be? It’s just some software and some people, right? [...]

]]> By: L’Observatoire des médias par Gilles BRUNO: » Vente de Newsday: Le lecteur ne vaut plus grand-chose http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196052 Mon, 12 May 2008 19:19:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196052 [...] le potentiel des boîtes rachetées. Mais même Facebook, dans son évaluation la plus délirante, estimait chaque utilisateur à $300. Trois fois moins que les lecteurs de journaux, même lors de ventes au [...]

]]> By: March 14, 2008 | TechTV Update http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196051 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:26:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196051 [...] that made just $5MM last year – but cheap when you consider that’s $21 per member – not the $300 that Microsoft paid with its investment in Facebook. Perhaps the amazing thing is that Time-Warner is letting AOL spend [...]

]]> By: Facebook Soon to Appear in 3G? - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196050 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:06:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196050 [...] similar to Microsoft’s reason for investing in Facebook. And who wouldn’t put a $15 billion valuation on sex appeal? Share/Send Sphere Print Previous [...]

]]> By: Sean McManus http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196049 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:06:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196049 One way to justify it is to look at the lifetime value of the users. Facebook users tend to be more affluent than MySpace users, with more spending power. It’s also a site that users are less likely to grow out of, although neither site has been around long enough to demonstrate they can keep users throughout all their life changes. With Facebook, Microsoft has plans to actually realise the value of users with advertising, and can do so much more by building collaborative hosted software applications around trusted communities. When MySpace was acquired, there was no clear idea on how to realise the value of the community. The exclusive right to advertise to the Facebook community is a valuable asset for Microsoft, particularly since Microsoft is behind Google in the advertising market. It’s a smart strategic investment for a company with more cash than it knows how to spend.

]]> By: Cuál es ahora el valor de mercado del usuario de una red social http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196048 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:06:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196048 [...] Algunos analistas dicen que Microsoft pagó por meter un pie en la gran tarta publicitaria de Facebook, más que por ese 1,6% del capital que le dieron en el trato. Es decir, la extrapolación del valor de ese 1,6% a los 15.000 del 100% no tendría ningún sentido. ¿O realmente si Facebook ahora saliera a bolsa valdría 15.000 millones? Hay analistas que no ven esta valoración del todo descabellada. [...]

]]> By: Mia http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196047 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:33:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196047 I think the number-crunchers are missing the point, this was NOT a $15 billion deal, so comparing it with AOL-Bebo deal is plain wrong. For a fraction of the valuation, Microsoft got exclusive rights to serve ads on the popular social site and it essentially shut out the competition because which idiot would be willing to pay that kind of money for a site that hasn’t even begun monetizing? Very smart move by MS for sure.

]]> By: epc http://gigaom.com/2008/03/13/lets-justify-facebooks-300-per-user-valuation/#comment-196046 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:28:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11797#comment-196046 That’s Silicon ALLEY Insider. Different coast, better food.

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