How much money do these paid apps on smartphones such as iPhone and others bring? A study by eMarketers shows a terrific potential for growth over the next 3-4 years. Here are the revenues estimated to come from the American smartphone paid apps market. 2009 : $343 million 2013 : $4,200 million This is not [...]

Do Freemium models work on social networks? A good number of social media market leaders think so, and it also seems so looking at the revenues paid social network websites like Classmates.com and LinkedIn.com have made over the past few years and the revenue they are projected to make in the coming years. Freemium really [...]

Much like Skype, Paypal, the ecommerce platform from eBay too has been growing significantly through the downturn. This is despite a 29% drop in profits for eBay YoY for the third quarter Paypal revenues for Q3 2009 : $668.1 million (15% growth YoY) Paypal active registered users : 78 million (20% growth YoY) Volume of [...]

The third quarter earnings for Skype were announced recently. We now have the latest information on the number of registered users, revenue made,etc. Number of registered users : 521 million (40 million added in the latest quarter) Revenue : $185 million (29% growth YoY) Free Skype-to-Skype minutes : 27.7 billion (74% growth) SkypeOut minutes : [...]

More iPhones and Macs have been sold this year than same time last year. iPod sales have however seen a decline in the YoY comparison. Here is the latest sales numbers from Apple for their three major products iPhone : 7.4 million (7% YoY growth) Mac : 3.05 million (17% YoY growth) iPod : 10.2 [...]

NewEgg.com, the electronics ecommerce retailer recently filed for an IPO to raise $175 million. From the filing, here are some numbers that we know regarding their financial. Profitable every year since 2001 Sales for 2008 : $2.1 billion (up 13% yoy) Net income in 2008 : $28.4 million (up 55% yoy) Profit margin in 2008 [...]

Wall Street Journal needs to rethink about its monetization strategies. Clearly with free alternatives abound, not many are going to pay for their services. Here are the top ten most popular finance and investment related websites ranked by market share of unique visitors in USA 1. Yahoo Finance : 23.29% 2. MSN Money : 8.14% [...]

SurveyMonkey lets users create surveys and is highly popular among small businesses. And they are bigger than one would assume. Here are some details about SurveyMonkey: Revenue in 2008 : $30 million Revenue in 2009 : $45 million Number of monthly unique visitors : 20 million Number of employees : 32

eBay sold a majority stake from Skype to Silver Lake group. Here are the details of the transacation: Company on sale : Skype Communications Value of the company : $2.75 billion Stakes sold : 65% by eBay Stakes bought by investor group called Silver Lake (Includes Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Canada Pension Plan Investment [...]

Yahoo has acquired Maktoob, which is a popular portal from the Gulf region. Value of the deal (estimate) : $85 million Yahoo users from Gulf : 20 million Maktoob users : 16 million Unique visitors on Maktoob : 21.8 million (June 2009) Page views on Maktoob : 1.1 billion (June 2009)