Comments on: Edgeio — not an eBay killer after all http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/25/edgeio-not-an-ebay-killer-after-all/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Fraser http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/25/edgeio-not-an-ebay-killer-after-all/#comment-71948 Fraser Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:22:14 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/25/edgeio-not-an-ebay-killer-after-all/#comment-71948 I was thinking the other week that a true edge aggregator - capitalizing on what Edgeio initially attempted to do - may eventually come from a company like Rapleaf (if they're able to achieve network effects). I like that Edgeio is changing course - business plans need an iterative approach and I think it was clear that Edgeio's business model was overly ambitious in the sense that main-stream consumers weren't ready for it (and the commercialization challenges were very real and very large). I don't think the change precludes a return to their initial strategy, as I said a while ago, such a strategy is a crucial component for <a href="http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/06/6-steps-to-commercialize-edge-aggregators/" rel="nofollow">how I believe edge aggregators will need to be commercialized</a>. (admittedly those <a href="http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/13/housecleaning/" rel="nofollow">thoughts were scattered</a>). I was thinking the other week that a true edge aggregator - capitalizing on what Edgeio initially attempted to do - may eventually come from a company like Rapleaf (if they’re able to achieve network effects).

I like that Edgeio is changing course - business plans need an iterative approach and I think it was clear that Edgeio’s business model was overly ambitious in the sense that main-stream consumers weren’t ready for it (and the commercialization challenges were very real and very large).

I don’t think the change precludes a return to their initial strategy, as I said a while ago, such a strategy is a crucial component for how I believe edge aggregators will need to be commercialized. (admittedly those thoughts were scattered).

]]> By: Starked SF, Unforgiving News from the Bay » Blog Archive » Late Breaking Hump Day Humpage http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/25/edgeio-not-an-ebay-killer-after-all/#comment-71944 Starked SF, Unforgiving News from the Bay » Blog Archive » Late Breaking Hump Day Humpage Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:12:26 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/25/edgeio-not-an-ebay-killer-after-all/#comment-71944 [...] Ingram: Edgeio not all that great? [...] [...] Ingram: Edgeio not all that great? [...]

]]> By: Keith Teare http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/25/edgeio-not-an-ebay-killer-after-all/#comment-71899 Keith Teare Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:48:43 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/25/edgeio-not-an-ebay-killer-after-all/#comment-71899 The main difference with Oodle is that we only accept submitted listings. No crawling or scraping. What this means is that as our marketplace grows we have a right to distribute the data outside of edgeio to support marketplaces on othe peoples content (a bit like adsense puts ads on other peoples content). And secondly the relationship with the original publisher means we can introduce paid programs for them. Oodle has data but few relationships that can be monetized. Crawling gives rise to those limits. The main difference with Oodle is that we only accept submitted listings. No crawling or scraping. What this means is that as our marketplace grows we have a right to distribute the data outside of edgeio to support marketplaces on othe peoples content (a bit like adsense puts ads on other peoples content). And secondly the relationship with the original publisher means we can introduce paid programs for them. Oodle has data but few relationships that can be monetized. Crawling gives rise to those limits.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/25/edgeio-not-an-ebay-killer-after-all/#comment-71866 Mathew Ingram Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:47:16 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/25/edgeio-not-an-ebay-killer-after-all/#comment-71866 Thanks for the comment, Keith -- and the explanation. It still seems like quite a different model than the one Edgeio started with, but then I suppose sticking with a model that doesn't work (or doesn't scale) wouldn't be very smart either. Good luck with it. Thanks for the comment, Keith — and the explanation. It still seems like quite a different model than the one Edgeio started with, but then I suppose sticking with a model that doesn’t work (or doesn’t scale) wouldn’t be very smart either. Good luck with it.

]]> By: Anuvinder Singh http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/25/edgeio-not-an-ebay-killer-after-all/#comment-71582 Anuvinder Singh Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:50:55 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/10/25/edgeio-not-an-ebay-killer-after-all/#comment-71582 May be it's a dumb question-How are these guys different from Oodle if they are doing aggregation of listings only? May be it’s a dumb question-How are these guys different from Oodle if they are doing aggregation of listings only?

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