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How much does boards.ie make?

  • 25-08-2011 02:56AM
    #1
    LighterGuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭


    Just curious.
    Its a free to join and use message boards. Lot of ads. Not cluttered with ads. But still none the less present.

    How much does boards.ie make say ... every year?


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  • #2
    DjFlin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭DjFlin


    Ten dorra


  • #3
    Killer Pigeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭Killer Pigeon


    tree fiddy an hour.


  • #4
    Spread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    Transparency and all that :). Fess up Lads!


  • #5
    marty1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 788 ✭✭✭marty1985


    When they do their accounts at the end of the year, they blow all the profits on coke and hookers, and are broke by mid Jan. Too much year left at the end of the money.


  • #6
    Sid_Justice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,720 ✭✭✭Sid_Justice


    well they seem to employ a staff of at least 6 people


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  • #7
    jumpguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    Five.


  • #8
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,366 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    Hopefully a fortune. I use this site a ton so I'd like to see it do well.


  • #9
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭Degag


    All the information you require is right here.


  • #10
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    I reckon about 60k a month.

    I think if you look at the ad servers sites, they advertise boards for potential buyers of advertising quite well, as having so many unique viewers each month which is alot and that advertising wouldn't come cheap.


  • #11
    cson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,543 ✭✭✭✭cson


    Just waiting for DeV or Cloud to post this with a link to the subs page...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6oYX1D-0w


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  • #12
    cson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,543 ✭✭✭✭cson


    Samich wrote: »
    I reckon about 60k a month.

    I think if you look at the ad servers sites, they advertise boards for potential buyers of advertising quite well, as having so many unique viewers each month which is alot and that advertising wouldn't come cheap.

    No way, thats only €720,000 pa.

    Boards.ie is turning way more than that and is worth a multiple of it. I would reckon the site is easily pulling somewhere in the region of €5k per day which translates to €150k per month and €1.8m per year. I still think thats slightly conservative considering you've pretty much offering a tailored advertising product [watch how the ads change per forums you visit] with a consistent user base. Given the market Boards is in, I'm gonna guess a multiplier of 3 off the top the top of my head and value it @ €5.4m.

    Note that I have relatively no experience in valuing a business much less that of a social media one so I may be way off with those guesstimates but they would sound to the accountant in me to be broadly within that realm.

    If you really want to find out hit up the CRO for the accounts and you can see what the situation was like 18months or so ago which would give you a starting point.


  • #13
    Rothmans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Rothmans


    Degag wrote: »
    All the information you require is right here.

    €2.50 to download the Annual Return!
    No thanks :P


  • #14
    LighterGuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭LighterGuy


    hey cson,
    i've heard (and clicked the link above) of that cro site.
    You saying that site gives annual earnings of companies? ... isnt that private info tho?


  • #15
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭Degag


    Rothmans wrote: »
    €2.50 to download the Annual Return!
    No thanks :P
    For shíts and giggles, i did. I downloaded the wrong file though i'd say. Only juicy bit is how much they have in the bank as at 2009. Prize for whoever gets closest!


  • #16
    later12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,298 ✭✭✭✭later12


    http://www.cro.ie/search/CompanyDetails.aspx?id=319114&type=C
    Next AR Date
    30/09/2011


  • #17
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭Degag


    LighterGuy wrote: »
    hey cson,
    i've heard (and clicked the link above) of that cro site.
    You saying that site gives annual earnings of companies? ... isnt that private info tho?
    Completely open to the public. Al records can be viewed at Dublin Castle.


  • #18
    later12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,298 ✭✭✭✭later12


    LighterGuy wrote: »
    hey cson,
    i've heard (and clicked the link above) of that cro site.
    You saying that site gives annual earnings of companies? ... isnt that private info tho?
    No, it's part of the give-and-take of being a limited company.


  • #19
    Rothmans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Rothmans


    LighterGuy wrote: »
    hey cson,
    i've heard (and clicked the link above) of that cro site.
    You saying that site gives annual earnings of companies? ... isnt that private info tho?

    If its a plc, anyone is entitled to look at the files (for a small fee), but boards is a private limited comp.

    td;dr - I don't know


  • #20
    Rothmans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Rothmans


    Degag wrote: »
    Completely open to the public. Al records can be viewed at Dublin Castle.
    later10 wrote: »
    No, it's part of the give-and-take of being a limited company.

    Am I mistaken, or is it not only public limted companies (plcs) which this applies to???


  • #21
    LighterGuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭LighterGuy


    Degag wrote: »
    Completely open to the public. Al records can be viewed at Dublin Castle.
    Shouldnt it be private tho?
    Off the top of my head I could see why a company would need to report earnings. I dunno, so no foul play is at hand etc. But to the public? .. I mean you or i dont tell everyone how much we make... Why should a company be forced to let all know?


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  • #22
    Rothmans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Rothmans


    Degag wrote:
    For shíts and giggles, i did. I downloaded the wrong file though i'd say. Only juicy bit is how much they have in the bank as at 2009. Prize for whoever gets closest!

    Hmm, I'm gonna take a wild guess and say €3.67 million.
    Am I close???


  • #23
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭Degag


    Rothmans wrote: »
    Hmm, I'm gonna take a wild guess and say €3.67 million.
    Am I close???
    No Guess Again!!


  • #24
    Rothmans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Rothmans


    Degag wrote: »
    No Guess Again!!

    Higher or lower?


  • #25
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭Degag


    Rothmans wrote: »
    Higher or lower?
    That'd be too easy.:cool:


  • #26
    later12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,298 ✭✭✭✭later12


    Rothmans wrote: »
    Am I mistaken, or is it not only public limted companies (plcs) which this applies to???
    No you can indeed buy their account details onine, a 10 page document, as well as other documents.


  • #27
    Rothmans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Rothmans


    later10 wrote: »
    No you can indeed buy their account details onine, a 10 page document, as well as other documents.

    Oh yeah I saw that on thecso site, but AFAIK they're not legally obliged to make those documents public.
    Lord, don't tell me I'm already starting to forget what I learned in company law last year :P


  • #28
    Rothmans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Rothmans


    Degag wrote: »
    That'd be too easy.:cool:

    Feck sake.
    Ok, I'd estimate anything between €500 and €20,000,000.
    Am I close?


  • #29
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,367 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Few Bob OP, few Bob.


  • #30
    Cameron Poe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 217 ✭✭Cameron Poe


    58008


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  • #31
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭Degag


    Rothmans wrote: »
    Feck sake.
    Ok, I'd estimate anything between €500 and €20,000,000.
    Am I close?
    Very Close.


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