An oligopoly of 4 matrimonial sites is dominating this market and controlling probably 90% of it. Matrimonial sites tend to be of serious nature - and people and families that are less conservative are targetted by the service providers. The typical user of online local and dating services is not the right target user and […]
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This post is a response to something I just read on Techcrunch, and wanted to write about. Sometimes, I dont understand the rational behind some of the decisions by the people incharge of some companies. But, thats because I probably dont have access to past data and statistics and the in-depth research that they have.
Now, Amazon beleives it can make the […]
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A recent comment in response to my posting that spoke about substandard games on Games2Win, requested me to go to Games2Win and play some more games - in hope of re-evaluating my views on the quality of the content. The commenter excitedly listed 3 games that he/she thought were of stellar quality. I took up the offer and decided […]
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I still dont get it. While I admire Rajshri andPNC for being bold enough to offer entire bollywood movies as paid downloads from their websites, I still dont see the business sense in doing so at such a high price. While it does make some sense to simultaneously release in Theatres and Online - to satisfy immediate cravings […]
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This is a tough one to answer, specially because I am a “multiple revenue streams” believer. On the face of it, it looks like People Group (owners of Shaadi.com, Mauj and Fropper.com and backed by Sequoia Capital) are trying to cross-sell a new service and offering to a large database of their current users with […]
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The August 2007 issue of Business2.0 made me question the credibility of the sources from which Business2.0 got some of their data. I’ve always thought the data and articles presented in this magazine were highly credible, but a couple of things mentioned inthis article will now make me think twice. I’ll shoot off a letter […]
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They wont. Atleast not now, and not for the next 4 years.
Why?
Because, firstly Video Movie rental in India is not big business by itself. So you can forget about taking the model online and making big bucks. Mail order and postal rental systems are the way of life in America. People participate in “mail rebates” […]
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I still don’t understand CEOs and owners of companies who report inflated traffic and revenue figures to the media. It just isn’t good business and it will bounce back someday on their face.
Case # 1 - Khichdee.com
A recent article on Business2.0 reported Khichdee.com getting 4500 new classifieds posts per day. Khichdee is claiming to be […]
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While I sparingly use Burrp and almost never use Mouthshut, I dont really see how either of the models can be money spinners for the owners or any VCs looking to invest. My gutt feel tells me that Mouthshut is probably making revenues of about $3,000 per month and Burrp is yet to monetize significantly. […]
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I still cannot comprehend logically what Reliance is trying to do with ZapakMail. While the Zapak gaming site launch makes some sense - but not much business sense in terms of how they plan to recover the money they’ve spent on their media blitz - ZapakMail seems to be a complete failure. They’re probably signing […]
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