Comments on: Craigslist: a $10 Billion Company? http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/10/11/craigslist-a-10-billion-company/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:39:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mathew Ingram http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/10/11/craigslist-a-10-billion-company/#comment-7104 Mathew Ingram Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:37:00 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/10/11/craigslist-a-10-billion-company/#comment-7104 Just one thing, Mark -- according to craigslist, the site gets about <a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet.html" rel="nofollow">eight billion page views</a> a month. Just one thing, Mark — according to craigslist, the site gets about eight billion page views a month.

]]> By: E Guy http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/10/11/craigslist-a-10-billion-company/#comment-7102 E Guy Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:50:55 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/10/11/craigslist-a-10-billion-company/#comment-7102 I know you are playing with numbers to have some fun but this is voodoo valuation stuff...with no semblance to reality... Assuming 2.5 billion page views a month is accurate what is the number after one starts to charge fees?...basic economics and elasticity of demand for their service is unknown. How many of the techno geeks that live off the service will be turned off by this suddenly profit driven mentality...I would think lots. Fewer page views, less monetization potential and the cycle begins. Investment bankers chasing fees would of course discount this logic as we all know how savvy business operators they are...right. Fees generated to date by CL are based on their most hotly demanded small set of services...not on the bulk of page views that make up the 2.5 billion number. This kind of fun analysis may actually be believed by some people. Disclaimers aside, a dangerous path to follow... I know you are playing with numbers to have some fun but this is voodoo valuation stuff…with no semblance to reality…

Assuming 2.5 billion page views a month is accurate what is the number after one starts to charge fees?…basic economics and elasticity of demand for their service is unknown. How many of the techno geeks that live off the service will be turned off by this suddenly profit driven mentality…I would think lots. Fewer page views, less monetization potential and the cycle begins. Investment bankers chasing fees would of course discount this logic as we all know how savvy business operators they are…right.

Fees generated to date by CL are based on their most hotly demanded small set of services…not on the bulk of page views that make up the 2.5 billion number. This kind of fun analysis may actually be believed by some people. Disclaimers aside, a dangerous path to follow…

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