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How does boards.ie make money

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  • 06-10-2008 8:11pm
    #1
    skymacfly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭


    How does boards.ie make money:rolleyes:
    and how much do they make and who owns it??
    any ideas ???


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    #2
    forbairt
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    adverts ... subscriptions ...

    They make whatever is left over after hosting / servers / licenses / software development / wages for I think the one ? coder .... are paid.


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    #3
    blackiebest
    Registered Users Posts: 650 ✭✭✭blackiebest


    I read that they were bought over by another media company whose name is melting my brains as I just can not remember. Definately worth money though as the traffic is huge, wish I owned it :)


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    #4
    jetski
    Registered Users Posts: 820 ✭✭✭jetski


    how much?

    10k maybe....


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    #5
    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    Make money from suckers like me subscribing and adverts.

    Visit the site logged out and i think between every forth post there is a big banner advert.


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    handbraker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭handbraker


    Damo9090 wrote: »
    Make money from suckers like me subscribing and adverts.

    I don't think they charge for either service do they?


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    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    handbraker wrote: »
    I don't think they charge for either service do they?


    I pay for my subscription, not much but if they where to get a good number of subscribers they would be laughing.

    You can be assured that every advert you see on this site would have come with a price.


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    forbairt
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    They also have the commercial interaction forums ? though I'm not sure if that was just due to popularity ? or if the businesses actually paid to have the forums there ?


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    andywozhere
    Registered Users Posts: 160 ✭✭andywozhere


    blackiebest wrote: »
    I read that they were bought over by another media company whose name is melting my brains as I just can not remember. Definitely worth money though as the traffic is huge, wish I owned it :)

    Daft.ie bought boards.ie recently and I imagine it was for considerably more than 10K.


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    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    andywozhere wrote: »
    Daft.ie bought boards.ie recently and I imagine it was for considerably more than 10K.


    That would explain all the Daft adverts.


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    #11
    Jimbo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭Jimbo


    They only bought a minority share.


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    #12
    Cork Local
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭Cork Local


    They'll also get money from the Google Ad's


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    handbraker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭handbraker


    Damo9090 wrote: »
    I pay for my subscription, not much but if they where to get a good number of subscribers they would be laughing.

    You can be assured that every advert you see on this site would have come with a price.


    Hi Damo Do you get anything extra for your subcription? or is it just giving back to the community or something?


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    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    handbraker wrote: »
    Hi Damo Do you get anything extra for your subcription? or is it just giving back to the community or something?


    There is a list of advantages here http://www.boards.ie/subscribers.php

    Its more giving back giving back to the community for me tbh.


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    handbraker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭handbraker


    seems reasonable enough any idea how many people have signed up


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    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    handbraker wrote: »
    seems reasonable enough any idea how many people have signed up


    Have no idea.

    They might be able to tell you over in feedback.


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    #17
    Guvnor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 448 ✭✭Guvnor


    andywozhere wrote: »
    Daft.ie bought boards.ie recently and I imagine it was for considerably more than 10K.

    Good news for Breslin. I think my brother would have been into quake when boards was being set up. It's a great resource and the founder(s) deserve to make a few quid out of it even if that's not why they set it up!

    Are all the posts still archived on the servers?


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    eVeNtInE
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭eVeNtInE


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    #19
    stepbar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,123 ✭✭✭stepbar


    Boards was recently valued at 3mil and made a profit of 12k last year. So Daft's recent investment was significantly more than 10k :)


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    asdasd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,185 ✭✭✭asdasd


    I don't think they actually make much money out of the site at all!

    they could. This site is numer 21 in Ireland and in the top 6,000 worldwide. Any site with those kind of ratings can easily monetize ( and there are better ways than google ads)

    it is not just the number of people on it - page views per user is about 6 ( way higher than the average).

    So in terms of advertising this place is as good as an RTE ad. They could make more money with bigger more directed ads.


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    #21
    BenjAii
    Closed Accounts Posts: 545 ✭✭✭BenjAii


    From reading some stuff dating from 2006 (and to do with the whole MCD and legal proceedings thing) it was mentioned several times that boards.ie is operated on a not-for-profit basis.


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    #22
    gezas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭gezas


    The all money you can make from internet it’s to selling something, I mean e-shop, or you could sell an advertising space, but you need to have very good traffic for that or to have very popular web site. So it’s very simple – because boards.ie is not an e-shop, they probably selling an advertising space. ;)


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    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    gezas wrote: »
    The all money you can make from internet it’s to selling something, I mean e-shop, or you could sell an advertising space, but you need to have very good traffic for that or to have very popular web site. So it’s very simple – because boards.ie is not an e-shop, they probably selling an advertising space. ;)


    Whats with the big writing?


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    #24
    gezas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭gezas


    Damo9090 wrote: »
    Whats with the big writing?

    Sorry :D


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    #25
    KatCookie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,635 ✭✭✭KatCookie


    Supposedly, They try to operate on a not-for-profit basis, they are a company but its supposed to be because Ireland has messed up laws about registering domain names (boards.ie), and it need to be an actual company so they can recieve money from subscribers. The idea of it being a company give the impression that they are in this to make money, but i dont think they are milking us out of our cash are they? :)


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    #26
    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    KatCookie wrote: »
    but i dont think they are milking us out of our cash are they? :)


    Well I give €5 a month and that is optional, I can stop paying now if I want so doubt anyone is being milked.


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    #27
    KatCookie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,635 ✭✭✭KatCookie


    :)
    thats my point... if i get a regular wage (im a student) i'd subscribe, its not in your face kinda advertising so that really appeals to me, they dont appear to be extremely desperate for my money :cool:


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