Interesting...... LinkedIn makes money from paying members. And Whirlpool.net.au must make a fortune from it's 30 million post forum. There's also dating sites that charge for membership and they don't seem to be going anywhere.. RSVP comes to mind.
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Joshua Partogi <jpart...@fanstago.com>wrote: > Hi, > > One of the criteria for submitting application to Startmate is that it > must be a business that does not depend its revenue from advertising. > From what I can see, social networking is one type of business where > it gets its revenue from advertising. Looking at that criteria, does > that mean businesses like social networking is not a viable business > or won't succeed in Australia? Is there any example of social > networking that come from Australia that did not succeed in tapping > the market? What are the pitfall if we want to start a social > networking in Australia? > > Thank you for the insights and assistance. > > > Kind regards, > Joshua. > > -- > @jpartogi > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion: > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
