Comments on: What Could Facebook Do to Increase Its Digital Goods Revenue? http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/10/what-could-facebook-do-to-increase-its-digital-goods-revenue/ Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:43:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Facebook, the future operating system of the Internet ? « Chez Serge http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/10/what-could-facebook-do-to-increase-its-digital-goods-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-129621 Facebook, the future operating system of the Internet ? « Chez Serge Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:59:36 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=5951#comment-129621 [...] platforms, represented, only in the US, a 3 billion US dollars market in 2009. Facebook started selling them in 2008, but the revenue was low, a few ten million dollars, almost nothing. Facebook therefore decided, [...] [...] platforms, represented, only in the US, a 3 billion US dollars market in 2009. Facebook started selling them in 2008, but the revenue was low, a few ten million dollars, almost nothing. Facebook therefore decided, [...]

]]> By: Facebook, vers l’operating system de l’Internet ? | La rupture Internet http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/10/what-could-facebook-do-to-increase-its-digital-goods-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-129106 Facebook, vers l’operating system de l’Internet ? | La rupture Internet Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:33:51 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=5951#comment-129106 [...] virtuels, que l’on trouve beaucoup dans les plateformes 3D comme second life, et que Facebook a commencé à commercialiser en 2008. Ces digital goods ont représenté, en 2009, un marché de 3 milliards de dollars aux US. [...] [...] virtuels, que l’on trouve beaucoup dans les plateformes 3D comme second life, et que Facebook a commencé à commercialiser en 2008. Ces digital goods ont représenté, en 2009, un marché de 3 milliards de dollars aux US. [...]

]]> By: Patrick Breitenbach http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/10/what-could-facebook-do-to-increase-its-digital-goods-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-17490 Patrick Breitenbach Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:56:15 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=5951#comment-17490 They need to experiment far more with "scarcity". Bring in some brands like "The Hundreds" or Kanye. Release quantities that really do sell out. Think Woot. Limited editions. One-of-a-kinds. Reward early adopters. Hot-or-not sold virtual flowers that wilted over time. They need to experiment far more with “scarcity”. Bring in some brands like “The Hundreds” or Kanye. Release quantities that really do sell out. Think Woot. Limited editions. One-of-a-kinds. Reward early adopters. Hot-or-not sold virtual flowers that wilted over time.

]]> By: Daniel Kremsa http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/10/what-could-facebook-do-to-increase-its-digital-goods-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-17486 Daniel Kremsa Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:29:46 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=5951#comment-17486 I think it is a nice article and FB has definitely a lot of opportunity to shine in this arena or kill the competition (depending on what side you stand). An interesting opportunity which is not mentioned above is to let other businesses on the opportunity to make money. Here is one app that does it well: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=60451771284 It lets anybody (organizations or individuals) to create their gifts and make money when users send or get them. I think it is genius idea. But again, i am biased as i am part of the team that built it. Dan I think it is a nice article and FB has definitely a lot of opportunity to shine in this arena or kill the competition (depending on what side you stand).

An interesting opportunity which is not mentioned above is to let other businesses on the opportunity to make money. Here is one app that does it well: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=60451771284

It lets anybody (organizations or individuals) to create their gifts and make money when users send or get them. I think it is genius idea.

But again, i am biased as i am part of the team that built it.

Dan

]]> By: Paul http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/10/what-could-facebook-do-to-increase-its-digital-goods-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-17479 Paul Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:01:00 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=5951#comment-17479 a lot of the ideas here are awful. it would be like gifts are spamming facebook. you go to a friends profile and see the 'give a gift' box at the top instead of being able to leave a wall post, then the feed would show all gifts given before you see the newest feed stories. plus the news feed would have 'give a gift' links all over it. this would annoy a lot of people and i think would stop some people using facebook. they need to be careful not to go overkill with promoting gifts. but doing thinks like letting people buy gifts with paypal, SMS etc would be of benefit to both FB and users. a lot of the ideas here are awful. it would be like gifts are spamming facebook. you go to a friends profile and see the ‘give a gift’ box at the top instead of being able to leave a wall post, then the feed would show all gifts given before you see the newest feed stories. plus the news feed would have ‘give a gift’ links all over it. this would annoy a lot of people and i think would stop some people using facebook. they need to be careful not to go overkill with promoting gifts.

but doing thinks like letting people buy gifts with paypal, SMS etc would be of benefit to both FB and users.

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