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Social Network Monetization: The Four Dominant Business Models
- jerf 17y agoI suggest adding the prefix back in to the title. Without "Monetizing Social Networks:" in the front, the title is wrong, as the classic "make stuff, then sell it for a profit" doesn't appear in the list. This article is far more limited than the HN title suggested.
- trjordan 17y agoI'm not sure this outlines the 4 dominant models. It strikes me more as the dominant business model (per-click ads) and 3 ideas that are novel and popular. The latter 3 haven't proven themselves as "Business Models". There is no particular indication that they won't go the way of (e.g.) Google's custom search: a good idea at the time, but unfortunately not particulary relevant to the market in the long term.
- jfarmer 17y agoFreemium should be on there, too, which is how LinkedIn makes some (most?) of its money. Many dating sites fall into this category, too.
- javanix 17y agoAn interesting overview. I'm not sure of the validity of taking all of your statistics from TechCrunch, however.