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They have lots of options. Check this list for some ideas: http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/ ht

by nickb 18y ago

They have lots of options. Check this list for some ideas: http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/ http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-th...

aneesh 18y ago
Where "lots of options" means advertising in different forms. Sure they can make some money from subscriptions, but Twitter is not a $50/month or even $50/year service in my opinion.
- josefresco 18y ago
  It is to some people, the 'Internet celebrity' (Calacanis etc.) crowd would gladly throw thousands/year at Twitter as it allows them to grow their image/social circle.
  - mattmaroon 18y ago
    Those people are far too few to become a reliable source of revenue for Twitter.
- wyclif 18y ago
  In order for Twitter to start a subscription model, they'd need international SMS (something they seem to have given up on, as third parties now provide paid SMS bundling) AND IM. Today, I opened my T-Mo statement, and there was a Twitter ad inside. Still no IM and SMS, though. No matter how big their user base gets, that looks like a show stopper to me.
run4yourlives 18y ago
Those options don't strike me as particularly strong. The assumption is that people won't mind ads in their updates, but that's something that has yet to be proven and could end up being a huge risk.
- axod 18y ago
  People will just move to whatever twitter like service there is that doesn't have ads.
  - callmeed 18y ago
    I disagree ... once the user-base reaches a certain level, people will stay simply because everyone else is there. Nobody moved to an ad-free social network once Facebook started placing ads.
    - mattmaroon 18y ago
      Nobody is clicking on the ads either. When Facebook finally did do something that might make money and forced people to pay attention (Beacon) it was so odious that they had to quit immediately or people would have started moving.
    - axod 18y ago
      I think placing ads in the content (Messages) crosses a line of irritation. Imagine if gmail started inserting adverts inside your emails when you view them. How quickly do you think people would stop using gmail?
      - whatusername 18y ago
        hotmail inserts adds into my messages when I send them! Hasn't stopped people using it.
      - deleted 18y ago
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by nickb 18y ago

aneesh 18y ago

Where "lots of options" means advertising in different forms. Sure they can make some money from subscriptions, but Twitter is not a $50/month or even $50/year service in my opinion.

josefresco 18y ago
It is to some people, the 'Internet celebrity' (Calacanis etc.) crowd would gladly throw thousands/year at Twitter as it allows them to grow their image/social circle.
- mattmaroon 18y ago
  Those people are far too few to become a reliable source of revenue for Twitter.
wyclif 18y ago
In order for Twitter to start a subscription model, they'd need international SMS (something they seem to have given up on, as third parties now provide paid SMS bundling) AND IM. Today, I opened my T-Mo statement, and there was a Twitter ad inside. Still no IM and SMS, though. No matter how big their user base gets, that looks like a show stopper to me.

run4yourlives 18y ago

Those options don't strike me as particularly strong. The assumption is that people won't mind ads in their updates, but that's something that has yet to be proven and could end up being a huge risk.

axod 18y ago
People will just move to whatever twitter like service there is that doesn't have ads.
- callmeed 18y ago
  I disagree ... once the user-base reaches a certain level, people will stay simply because everyone else is there. Nobody moved to an ad-free social network once Facebook started placing ads.
  - mattmaroon 18y ago
    Nobody is clicking on the ads either. When Facebook finally did do something that might make money and forced people to pay attention (Beacon) it was so odious that they had to quit immediately or people would have started moving.
  - axod 18y ago
    I think placing ads in the content (Messages) crosses a line of irritation. Imagine if gmail started inserting adverts inside your emails when you view them. How quickly do you think people would stop using gmail?
    - whatusername 18y ago
      hotmail inserts adds into my messages when I send them! Hasn't stopped people using it.
    - deleted 18y ago
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