Facebook selling digital gifts at a $35m run rate

Facebook selling digital gifts at a $35m run rate(lsvp.wordpress.com)

4 points by brasmusen 17 years ago | 3 comments

jeremyliew 17 years ago |

Bodes well for facebook apps with digital goods business models

unalone 17 years ago | |

I see where you're coming from, but I'll play devil's advocate and say that your line of thinking is flawed.

The advantage of gifts is that they're Facebook-sponsored. Everybody has them. They get displayed in a special manner that other apps can't take, because Facebook still controls the user's Home page completely.

So while it's POSSIBLE that other apps gain SOME sales, if it's not native it'll take a hit.

aston 17 years ago |

Whatever they're paying Susan Kare, it's not enough...