tech291083
October 18th, 2016, 01:05 PM
Hi friends,
I just came across this popular site, which is an online forum/community for mobile app developers, particularly Android OS based apps.
http://www.xda-developers.com/
Then, I happened to read this Wiki page, which says
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XDA_Developers
XDA Developers (also known simply as XDA; often stylized as xda-developers) is a mobile software development community of over 6.6 million members worldwide, started in January 2003.
XDA-Developers.com (XDA Developers) was created by NAH6 Crypto Products BV (Netherlands). On 10 January 2010, XDA-Developers was bought by JB Online Media, LLC (USA).
Joshua Solan manages and owns XDA Developers via his company JB Online Media, LLC.
I first thought why would anybody buy or invest in an online forum, but then I guessed the reason JB Online bought it might the sheer number of its members, which is over 6.6 million members worldwide. Plus, it develops custom images for a variety of mobiles brands, if I am correct, also allows users to download and install the same on their mobiles free of cost. This forum must have attained a great fan following among mobile app developers. So it can be a great digial asset for an investor. Am I right in thinking so?
The only other website, which was sold for millions was Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/?country=US
On February 7, 2011, AOL acquired the mass market Huffington Post for US$315 million, making Arianna Huffington editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post
Its really interesting to see that even websites or online forums can be sold as regular producs, provided they have a huge and long-standing user base.
Please feel free to share more such examples.
this is one of the very few sites, which is actually an online forum, that has been bought by someone. But then I think this is a rare thing to happen as this site as over 6.6 million members worldwide.
Thanks a lot.
I just came across this popular site, which is an online forum/community for mobile app developers, particularly Android OS based apps.
http://www.xda-developers.com/
Then, I happened to read this Wiki page, which says
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XDA_Developers
XDA Developers (also known simply as XDA; often stylized as xda-developers) is a mobile software development community of over 6.6 million members worldwide, started in January 2003.
XDA-Developers.com (XDA Developers) was created by NAH6 Crypto Products BV (Netherlands). On 10 January 2010, XDA-Developers was bought by JB Online Media, LLC (USA).
Joshua Solan manages and owns XDA Developers via his company JB Online Media, LLC.
I first thought why would anybody buy or invest in an online forum, but then I guessed the reason JB Online bought it might the sheer number of its members, which is over 6.6 million members worldwide. Plus, it develops custom images for a variety of mobiles brands, if I am correct, also allows users to download and install the same on their mobiles free of cost. This forum must have attained a great fan following among mobile app developers. So it can be a great digial asset for an investor. Am I right in thinking so?
The only other website, which was sold for millions was Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/?country=US
On February 7, 2011, AOL acquired the mass market Huffington Post for US$315 million, making Arianna Huffington editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post
Its really interesting to see that even websites or online forums can be sold as regular producs, provided they have a huge and long-standing user base.
Please feel free to share more such examples.
this is one of the very few sites, which is actually an online forum, that has been bought by someone. But then I think this is a rare thing to happen as this site as over 6.6 million members worldwide.
Thanks a lot.