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VentureBeat: MySpace on target to do $1B in sales this year, defies downturn

  • william · 1 year ago
    This is great. Myspace makes 1 billion in sales on the backs of members actions and content.....And in return we are give "Free" use of their technology.

    Maybe it is time that members realize that being a part of the myspace community is very much like being a share cropper. You grow the food, but you cant own the land that you cultivate. You are only allowed a few crumbs to survive until your hard labor produces the next crop.

    It is time for the community to take back their content and to receive a benefit for the fruits of their content an actions.

    At adelph.us we believe that members that are selling products and members that build a strong community following can work hand in hand. We belive that giving all members of the community the ability to earn revenue and build intrest is a key to having a community where there always exist an opportunity to create and share.

    All products that are added to a members adelph.us store are automatically available for resell by any other members of the community. The default affiliate rate for all products in adelph.us stores is 5% of the product sale price. Sellers can opt to change this to a higher rate.

    All members have the option of sharing the revenue from product sells with; friends, or groups.

    In addition to this adelph.us will donate a portion of its revenue to the adelph.us community bank each time a product is sold.

    When a member sees a product on adelph.us that the would like to sell; all they need to do to is click the “Resell This” link that is at the bottom of all product details pages. Once this is done the product is added to the members store where it is available for purchase by other members.
  • Jd Webb · 1 year ago
    And this is all with relatively poor ad targeting - think what they could do with an ad targeting system as sophisticated as Google's!
  • eric · 1 year ago
    "MySpace also says that 40 percent of all mothers online in the U.S are using MySpace every month." - how did they come up with this again? what a bunch of BS. You guys writing about MySpace are drinking the same Kool-Aid as in the News Corp HQ.
  • Techsoomer · 1 year ago
    Money or Power...Myspace or Facebook. It's the classic debate over who holds the power in social networks.

    http://www.techsoomer.com/2008/10/is-money-powe...
  • Jonas · 1 year ago
    Regardless of revenues- where is the innovation with these guys. What about a mobile strategy, what about a real-time mobile strategy and what about listening to the members and giving them what they want for a change.

    Smaller real time mobile networks such as Qik, Kyte and Next2Friends are becoming more and more popular as they allow users to interact in real time from their mobile device, inc streaming video.
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