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Why Almost Free May Be Better Than Free In Consumer Reviews
http://seekingalpha.com/article/1867041-why-almost-free-may-be-better-than-free-in-consumer-reviews ^ | Scott Ryan

Posted on 11/29/2013 9:16:19 AM PST by publius321

"Having been early to the party of Angie's List (ANGI) short sellers, I would be remiss not to update readers to the fact that I changed my outlook for the company.

In my columns spanning over the course of a year, my issues with Angie's List were not so much with its business model but with the valuation. I did not believe their subscription model would justify the market cap. Most consumers prefer FREE and the number of those who would pay an ongoing annual subscription of $50 is naturally far less than the 80 million visitors a month who visit Yelp for example.

As I elucidated in my prior columns on Angie's therefore, I did not feel the market cap of $1.6 billion reflected the prospects of a company with a couple million subscribers. I did however maintain that I thought Angie's would continue to remain a viable niche business (with a much lower market cap).

What has changed enough to make me go long?" (continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at seekingalpha.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: angies; list; stock; upgrade

1 posted on 11/29/2013 9:16:19 AM PST by publius321
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To: publius321

Interesting...interesting.


2 posted on 11/29/2013 9:22:32 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: TBP

Thank you. What is also interesting is your tag line. “Obama lies... granny dies.”

So true. That’s his agenda for sure. 50 million butchered babies is just a start for this guy. Like Lucifer, his emissary obama is here to ill and destroy.


3 posted on 11/29/2013 9:26:21 AM PST by publius321
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To: publius321

I gave Angie’s List a try. There were so many hurdles to actually getting the review accepted, I gave up. They SURE wanted me to re-up. No thanks.


4 posted on 11/29/2013 9:30:22 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
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To: publius321; humblegunner

Question:

Are you Scott Ryan?
Or are you Scott Ryan Anderson?

Insider Selling At Yelp Is A Non-Issue
http://seekingalpha.com/article/1715372-insider-selling-at-yelp-is-a-non-issue?source=cnbc ^ | Scott Ryan Anderson

Did you get married to someone named Anderson and then divorce him?

One other thing:

Does it hurt as much to hyphenate yourself as it does to “elucidate?”


5 posted on 11/29/2013 10:02:05 AM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: publius321

If access is free, it will be easy for the employees of a restaurant (for example) to pretend to be customers and rave about it in reviews, and just as easy for competitors to pretend the same and bad-mouth it.


6 posted on 11/29/2013 10:18:44 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: publius321

Care to summarize the second half of the article since reading that part requires a subscription?


7 posted on 11/29/2013 10:41:23 AM PST by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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