posted on March 2, 2001 08:00:42 PM new
You Know, I really don't feel like helping Yahoo out at all, but I get the idea that they would do much better to stop listening to all the stock market analysts and just operate the business they know how to.
posted on March 2, 2001 09:44:56 PM new"Its auction service, Yahoo! Auction, was expected to generate between $18 million to $32 million in annual revenue. However, after the company introduced listing fees, Yahoo! was slapped in the face with a dramatic decrease in auction listings. Although the company wouldn't say how significantly listings dropped, Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Jamie Kiggen cut auction revenue expectations from $27 million to $5 million." By Betsy Schiffman, (Forbes.com)
Finally, someone who states a more realistic appraisal of the listings drop affect, on the projected revenue.
posted on March 2, 2001 10:44:56 PM new
Where is the article? I keep typing the address, and it claimes expired? Is yahoo deleting this article? What does it say?
posted on March 3, 2001 06:09:39 AM new
Instead of typing in the address, just copy and paste, if someone hasn't make it clickable. I just did, and it comes up fine, but beyond that, here are the links again so you can click on them.
posted on March 3, 2001 06:11:35 AM new
If you want to make your URL addresses clickable for these boards all you have to do is put [url] in front of the address and at the end of the address put the same with a forward slash infront of the U and they become a hyperlink.
I see some of those selling are stated as VP or officer. Maybe of Yahoo!? I don't recognize the names, but if they are Yahoo! management and/or staff, that is a very telling story.
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posted on March 3, 2001 08:20:14 PM new
It really burns me up, because Yahoo could have made way more than 5 million from their auctions if they had gone with a final value fee instead of a listing fee.
[ edited by jwpc on Mar 3, 2001 06:13 AM ]
