Tomi Ahonen
tnl.net · Personal blog · on HN since 2007
Tomi Ahonen writes about mobile industry analysis, startups, online video, and the economics of tech products and users.
What HN saysHN links it for user value and revenue-per-user data, streaming and piracy analysis, and the 100-year domain post; one submitter calls some data hard to believe.
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What HN people wrote when they linked it
emanuer · 2011-08-27
I submitted the article and must add that the data in it is rather unbelievable.
A different article has GroupOn's Average Revenue per User at 8.6 USD http://www.tnl.net/blog/2011/07/24/how-much-is-a-user-worth/.
One more article has the average revenue/subscriber at 9$ http://www.dmnews.com/groupons-q2-revenue-rises-but-net-income-free-fa…
This is still 4 times more than LinkedIn's average Revenue per User. Where as Linked in has a valuation 47 times the Revenue/User, GroupOn has "only" a valuation of 31 times the Revenue/User.
Assuming the data is correct, I really don't understand the "GroupOn bashing" in Hacker News comments. All of the last articles about GroupOn I read where predicting that this Ponzi-scheme has no future.
Is there some fundamental metrics I am missing? Or is GroupOn really a very profitable business once they get the expenses under control?
miles · 2019-11-28
Some thoughts on Network Solutions' 100 year offer:
The 100 year domain: legal or not? https://www.tnl.net/blog/2004/03/23/the-100-year-domain-legal-or-not/
100-Year Domain Renewals? https://yro.slashdot.org/story/04/03/23/0235244/100-year-domain-renewa…
tristan_louis · 2012-01-28
Here's an explanation of why you pay so much:
http://www.tnl.net/blog/2011/11/06/live-tv-streams-challenges/
javery · 2011-12-02