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How much is NS worth?

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e.m.*
Posts: 21 - Karma: 34
With the popularity of NS growing as a website, how much is it worth? How much do the owners make? Just curious as to how this site compares to ones such as facebook or google (I know they are way bigger..) where the owners make LOTS. Anyone have any clue?
Oct 7 2010 2:21PM
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WVskiing
Posts: 3007 - Karma: 1,949
i say its woth a oakley suit
Oct 7 2010 2:22PM
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GreenStezz
Posts: 3570 - Karma: 717
This thread is so fucking Red Bull...................
Oct 7 2010 2:28PM
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Jeff_Thomas
Posts: 3144 - Karma: 184
Doug Bishop is an oil tycoon, and Jeff Schmuck is a prince.
Oct 7 2010 2:48PM
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Quinn69
Posts: 293 - Karma: 141
i bet they make bank off the donations...
Oct 7 2010 2:49PM
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GayWolf420
Posts: 37393 - Karma: 120,184
Well, the mods make an extra 8g's when they ban someone. So I do not know.
Oct 7 2010 2:50PM
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adrian.bee
Posts: 1602 - Karma: 258
I can guarantee the owners don't make a lot. The site as an entity, with the amount of members and activity as advertisement opportunities is worth a good amount, but a number I do not know.
Oct 7 2010 2:57PM
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George.
Posts: 239 - Karma: 11
Doood thats so wrong, the site is worth over 9000$ for sure.
Oct 7 2010 3:08PM
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COskier
Posts: 1066 - Karma: 131
According to this: http://www.mywebsiteworth.com/site/newschoolers.com

Not much. Though I think it is worth a bit more than that.
Oct 7 2010 3:08PM
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SteveStepp
Posts: 9529 - Karma: 20,647
Asking how much its "worth" is completely different than asking how much the owners make. "Worth" i generally a term applied to publicly traded company, which NS is not.
But I'm sure the owners make sufficient money through advertising... and a probably small amount through donations.

Side Note: If NS were traded, I'd buy their stocks
Oct 7 2010 3:11PM
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clark.
Posts: 308 - Karma: 14
It's weird that the graph spiked in July...you'd think it would be worth more during winter.
Oct 7 2010 3:12PM
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BdoubleU
Posts: 880 - Karma: 291
im with Steve...NS stocks anyone?
Oct 7 2010 3:13PM
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JPFortier
Posts: 278 - Karma: 527
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Oct 7 2010 3:23PM
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chicken
Posts: 6843 - Karma: 2,123
haha I would buy NS for 20g
Oct 7 2010 3:25PM
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J-Evs
Posts: 6387 - Karma: 1,615
about as much as google
Oct 7 2010 3:28PM
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Milksteak
Posts: 9948 - Karma: 833
11 dollars.
Oct 7 2010 3:33PM
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willy_baller
Posts: 1622 - Karma: 693
NS needs to go public!!
Oct 7 2010 3:34PM
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Morginsfreeski
Posts: 129 - Karma: 10
http://bizinformation.org/us/www.newschoolers.com

$655,000 apparently... seems quite high.

Oct 7 2010 3:45PM
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3-6-steeze
Posts: 1135 - Karma: 147
According to "siteworth.org" $52 506
Oct 7 2010 3:57PM
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JoshBishop
Posts: 464 - Karma: 748
When is Steve Stepp, Inc. going public?

...Just trying to strategically manage my theoretical portfolio


Oct 7 2010 4:01PM
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Ehh...
Posts: 1897 - Karma: 1,423
According to your information... pokemon is worth more than NS

http://www.mywebsiteworth.com/site/pokemon.com
Oct 7 2010 4:39PM
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Mr.Gaga
Posts: 2021 - Karma: 542

billionssss

Oct 7 2010 4:49PM
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throwin_steeze
Posts: 364 - Karma: 885
PRICELESS!!!
Oct 7 2010 4:50PM
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Mstchief
Posts: 751 - Karma: 524
.
Oct 7 2010 5:31PM
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SkinTrack
Posts: 360 - Karma: 41
two in the bush
Oct 7 2010 5:45PM
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howlongcanausern
Posts: 4982 - Karma: 1,737

as a former web developer (if you guys wanna hate check out www.hardrow.com ) i can tell you that this site is EXPENSIVE to run, and really not worth all that much.

Why? A massive amount of content with seemingly no limit. This all has to be hosted and paid for (along with domain name, upkeep, etc) Also, it lacks basic web design. I mean, the (any) page is SO fucking cluttered(where are you supposed to look?). and the interface is straight shit...dear god. anyway,

point is, the domain name is worth more than the site itself. I would say $50,000 to buy the whole damn thing

Oct 7 2010 5:45PM
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Nooschoolers
Posts: 577 - Karma: 32
0$
Oct 7 2010 5:49PM
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tacobellslayer
Posts: 1493 - Karma: 214
Oct 7 2010 5:50PM
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ButteredToast.
Posts: 6459 - Karma: 2,570
U mad.


Jokes aside - ouch.
Oct 7 2010 5:51PM
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grambo
Posts: 1125 - Karma: 93

Those valuations are for the actual domain name newschoolers.com and are based on traffic metrics, they have nothing to do with the underlying business, and are probably overinflated (domain names are not as relevant now anyway).

Any business entity can have a valuation, not just public companies (which you can use market cap as a valuation proxy).

The value of newschoolers is partly the ad revenue, but moreso the value of the community demographics and any data collected on users. Who knows how well they do this (not as well as Facebook obviously), but it's out there in forum posts, comments etc. This could be valuable to advertisers if used properly. Anyone buying would probably do a valuation based on those intangibles, but yeah, I doubt very much.

Oct 7 2010 6:15PM
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J_BISCHOF
Posts: 2082 - Karma: 1,449
the fact that this confuses you is mind bottling. pokemon is at least 10 times larger and more popular then newschool freestyle skiing.

sorry if your just finding this out.
Oct 7 2010 6:23PM
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1337
Posts: 31054 - Karma: 29,243
-ess


;)
Oct 7 2010 6:48PM
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Yung_Gnarley
Posts: 9092 - Karma: 3,022
i'm down. it's an air raid suit. condition is 7/10. a few tears and a big scuff on the left cuff or the pants
Oct 7 2010 6:53PM
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MatRich
Posts: 4789 - Karma: 1,813
1 dollar bob!
Oct 7 2010 6:59PM
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207
Posts: 8969 - Karma: 3,846
Steve Stepp, can i hire you to manage my stocks?
Oct 7 2010 7:01PM
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danderson.
Posts: 6560 - Karma: 5,252

This is true. I would probably buy about 100 shares. NYSE, meet NS.

Another side note:

How many shares would you need to buy to recieve a red name?

Oct 7 2010 7:08PM
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.frenchy
Posts: 18221 - Karma: 12,323
NS must make a fortune off the donators alone.
Oct 7 2010 7:10PM
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Aaaron.
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Oct 7 2010 7:12PM
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nickfallon
Posts: 60 - Karma: 15
bout a 7
Oct 7 2010 7:41PM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,085
If you're talking about the content online, I'd say NS is worth a few good laughs and a facepalm.

If we're talking about the people you can meet because of NS, the friendships that develop, and the good times that result, I'd say it's priceless.
Oct 7 2010 7:45PM
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kristie
Posts: 1667 - Karma: 214
nah, in the winter everyone is busy skiing and going to school.  it's just the injured people online 24/7.  in the summer, though...
Oct 7 2010 7:46PM
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skia4life89
Posts: 2400 - Karma: 172
damn good post.
Oct 7 2010 7:48PM
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Dntel.
Posts: 1026 - Karma: 21
brought a tear to my eye
Oct 7 2010 8:00PM
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Mr.Gaga
Posts: 2021 - Karma: 542
Amen.
Oct 7 2010 8:07PM
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Dainsey
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Oct 7 2010 8:09PM
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SteveStepp
Posts: 9529 - Karma: 20,647
It's more based on on the networth of the actual user.

I assume they gave it to me because they felt bad. I'm worth little to nothing.
Oct 7 2010 9:09PM
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BDWYE
Posts: 571 - Karma: 12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdfeW2h8Qo4
Oct 7 2010 9:35PM
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skichicky3
Posts: 2593 - Karma: 64
I'd totally buy shares
Oct 7 2010 9:47PM
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Triple_Strum
Posts: 6384 - Karma: 953
Anyone else on here remember years ago before they really had any advertising at all when the NS guys would get on and make a post about donating and make a push because they had a budget to meet?  That's how I got my gold coin.  Now, contrary to what a few posts on here have mentioned, I highly doubt that donaters make up an even slighly significant portion of revenue/gross income.  Though I must say I am awfully glad they made it through the mandatory donation days to make NS what it is.  Good job guys.  I hope that you turn it into a very profitable business.
Oct 7 2010 10:05PM
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LIL-WAT
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 146
One billion shillion shabadabadingdongdillion yen.
Oct 8 2010 1:16AM
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