Whats GFY worth? - GoFuckYourself.com

WWC · 12-07-2008, 01:42 AM

Social Networking is probably one of the biggest and fastest growing businesses in todays internet era....

Isnt GFY a " Social Networking " site????

Too bad, this site has so much potential but yet someone from Playboy is not seeing it....

GFY could be like the Facebook of the adult industry and have all sort of products and services.....i noticed recently everyone has a personal page now with albums and private pages, etc....but i dont think anyone knows or uses it....

Here are some examples of success....whats GFY worth? Who owns it or runs it or who is the CEO? Whats gonna happen to GFY?

* Mark Zuckerberg, 23, founder of Facebook...$1.5 billion
* Andrew Gower, 29, founder of Runescape...$216 million
* Chad Hurley, 30, cofounder of You Tube...$300 million
* Andrew Michael, 29, founder of FastHosts...$87 million

JamesK · 12-07-2008, 01:48 AM

4.5 million USD

WWC · 12-07-2008, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by JamesK

4.5 million USD

,,,,that was some quick calculations

..... just guessing?

What you do is also interesting ( sig ) .... how long has WebmasterLabor been doing all those services? Have you met before?

cemtex · 12-07-2008, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JamesK

4.5 million USD

Higher ..

SomeCreep · 12-07-2008, 02:03 AM

1 billion dollars

WWC · 12-07-2008, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by cemtex

Higher ..

You dont know....could be a shocker what the true value would be in todays market.

thaifan99 · 12-07-2008, 02:12 AM

2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps.

BusterBunny · 12-07-2008, 02:20 AM

correct answer...whatever someone will pay for it

technical answer...whatever playboy payed for it minus a mil

personal answer....priceless

2012 · 12-07-2008, 02:21 AM

a quick jerk

grumpy · 12-07-2008, 03:07 AM

depends on the loyalty of the users.

JD · 12-07-2008, 03:11 AM

2 shits and a giggle

Bird · 12-07-2008, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by WWC-Raffi

* Mark Zuckerberg, 23, founder of Facebook...$1.5 billion
* Andrew Gower, 29, founder of Runescape...$216 million
* Chad Hurley, 30, cofounder of You Tube...$300 million
* Andrew Michael, 29, founder of FastHosts...$87 million

HAHA, you got those stats from a cosmo article on yahoo about how to date wealthy men.

GFY is not a SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE it promotes SOCIAL CAPITAL

HouseHead · 12-07-2008, 03:37 AM

prob a couple millies

JamesK · 12-07-2008, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by WWC-Raffi

,,,,that was some quick calculations

..... just guessing?

What you do is also interesting ( sig ) .... how long has WebmasterLabor been doing all those services? Have you met before?

Yeah I just did some simple calculations based on the banner spots & skins. It'd probably go for more though.

And about WebmasterLabor, I've been using them for years and they do a great job. Gene (the owner) has been around here on GFY for ages. Do a quick search for yourself and you'll see that everyone has nothing but positive things to say about him

Kristian · 12-07-2008, 04:02 AM

I agree. It could be an awful lot more than just a board.

I remember lens saying something about exciting changes. This was a year or two ago. Maybe he was referring to the buyout...

I'd still keep the forum the focus of the site but would expand outward. You could have a virtual mall for buying all your webmaster goodies (scripts, design services, etc). A social community like facebook but for gfyers. Reviews of all the different sponsors. A gfy magazine that reports on the industry (I can imagine us all talking about the latest interview in Gfy Mag).

gooddomains · 12-07-2008, 04:08 AM

200 billion at least ;-)

SomeCreep · 12-07-2008, 04:21 AM

If you apply mark to market, then Playboy Enterprises Inc. is worth approximately $58,320,000 USD, based on it's current market cap. Take into account all of Playboy's assets (i.e. ICS Entertainment, Inc. a.k.a realitycash.com, sex.com, Spice TV, playboy magazine and merchandising, etc) and divide appropriately to assign a value to GFY.

Mutt · 12-07-2008, 04:34 AM

you're vastly overrating the demand for an adult webmaster social networking site - GFY's success is as a forum.

there are various forms of everything mentioned in this thread out there already and none of them are that successful.

Playboy would be smart to sell now if there was a buyer willing to pay a couple of million for GFY. my prediction is that GFY will be sold within 2 years. GFY's traffic/viewership is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down since Lensman sold it.

EscortBiz · 12-07-2008, 04:36 AM

Why is facebook worth what its worth? because microsoft invested 240 million in exchange for 1.6% stake, the same reason pla is worth what its worth because someone purchased a share(s) at 1.75 so you times that the number of outstanding shares (its obvious you know this just trying to make a point).

So in other words if say the parent company who owns GFY spins it off and gets a person to buy 10% of it for 10million you got yourself a 100 million dollar company.

Thats facebooks problem right now, they cannot sell sahres based on the MS valuation thats why he asked his employees to hold off, because should they have sold some of their shares at a lower price it would of screwed up the entire companies valuation that MS gave them with their 240mil investment.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/facebooks-employee-stock-sale-delay-creates-valuation/story.aspx?guid={C991C809-CE6C-4303-BD25-F566AC819E20}&dist=msr_2

d-null · 12-07-2008, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mutt

you're vastly overrating the demand for an adult webmaster social networking site - GFY's success is as a forum.

there are various forms of everything mentioned in this thread out there already and none of them are that successful.

Playboy would be smart to sell now if there was a buyer willing to pay a couple of million for GFY. my prediction is that GFY will be sold within 2 years. GFY's traffic/viewership is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down since Lensman sold it.

finally a voice of reality in this thread

BusterBunny · 12-07-2008, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by d-null

finally a voice of reality in this thread

i said that u just weren't paying attention

slapass · 12-07-2008, 10:10 AM

It is likely that GFY is worth more sold of seperately then combined in Playboy. GFY is a cash flow positive entitiy so it should be easy to predict its worth to some extent.

Matyko · 12-07-2008, 02:13 PM

Blazed · 12-07-2008, 02:17 PM

$44084.7 it says so here http://www.websiteoutlook.com/www.gfy.com

borked · 12-07-2008, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Blazed

$44084.7 it says so here http://www.websiteoutlook.com/www.gfy.com

http://www.websiteoutlook.com/www.microsoft.com

leek · 12-07-2008, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by WWC-Raffi

What is GFY worth?

Over 9000!!

Trixie · 12-07-2008, 03:14 PM

Seems like a giant liability and a bunch of lawsuits waiting to happen, but then again any site with user contributed content seems like playing with fire.

seeandsee · 12-07-2008, 03:17 PM

4534534663$

PXN · 12-07-2008, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by seeandsee

4534534663$

Nice figure!

Darkcrni · 12-07-2008, 03:52 PM

From 10$ to 1000000$,choose!!!

$5 submissions · 12-07-2008, 04:15 PM

While there's some worthy business analogies to mainstream, adult generally has it's own internal rules that renders mainstream valuation problematic.

mrkris · 12-07-2008, 04:26 PM

It depends. When you strip out all the bots and fake nicks, you're not left with as big of a user base as you would think. I'd say a decent amount, but not even a blip to what Facebook/Myspace/etc is worth.

Violetta · 12-07-2008, 04:33 PM

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Nicky · 12-07-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesK

4.5 million USD

That's way too much IMO. But of course It's worth whatever someone is willing to pay so....

chupachups · 12-07-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Blazed

$44084.7 it says so here http://www.websiteoutlook.com/www.gfy.com

"Unable To Precess Yet Please Try Later" lol

Jman · 12-07-2008, 04:49 PM

Depends.... does it come with or without Ice?

Quagmire · 12-07-2008, 04:51 PM

It's worth the paper it's printed on.

MaDalton · 12-07-2008, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockatansky

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i could be mistaken, but i vaguely remember 4 years ago the alexa rank was somewhat at 2000-3000 ?

Nicky · 12-07-2008, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Jean-Francois

Depends.... does it come with or without Ice?

you get to choose, add $1mil if without Ice

woj · 12-07-2008, 05:17 PM

It's not really worth much at all, other than the fact it's a nice cash cow, what else does it offer?

Ron Bennett · 12-07-2008, 05:31 PM

$500K ... and that's being generous.

GFY has lots of traffic, but it's mostly the same people. Lot less new people coming in compared to several years ago when the on-line adult business was all the rage; GFY is stagnating.

What makes it far worse is GFY lacks depth - it's basically nothing more than a message forum.

GFY should move the forums to a sub-domain, such as forums.gfy.com, and put up a homepage on gfy.com along with about a dozen or so content pages to start - that would revigorate GFY, and give it a solid future.

Ron

chupachups · 12-07-2008, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MaDalton

i could be mistaken, but i vaguely remember 4 years ago the alexa rank was somewhat at 2000-3000 ?

The rank now is 52k - he is checking gofuckyourself and not GFY. And yes, its been a lot lower.

polish_aristocrat · 12-07-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett

$500K ... and that's being generous.

there's a good chance that GFY earns that in less than 6 months.,...

Drake · 12-07-2008, 07:41 PM

A couple years ago when you could count the number of advertisers in the drop-down menu it used to have, GFY was grossing a million and change per year.

candyflip · 12-07-2008, 07:43 PM

Less than what it was worth a few years ago, that's for damn sure.

tiger · 12-07-2008, 10:50 PM

A few million but only if they removed all the surfers.

The Duck · 12-07-2008, 10:53 PM

I like the 'run-from-a-garage' style of GFY where everyone can just post whatever they fucking like (just about).

andy83 · 12-07-2008, 11:30 PM

this thread is wrong from the beginning. It should be changed to

"What amount are you willing to pay for Gofuckyourself.com if it comes up for sale, highest bidder gets it style?"

JamesK · 12-08-2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

there's a good chance that GFY earns that in less than 6 months.,...

Yep. And also, look how long this board can stay alive without ANY kind of promotion. GFY hasn't done any in-house contests, or anything at all to make people post more and attract new people, and the board is still going pretty strong.

raven1083 · 12-08-2008, 01:19 AM

GFY simply rocks everyone's world

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12-07-2008, 04:02 AM	#15
Kristian Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,733	I agree. It could be an awful lot more than just a board. I remember lens saying something about exciting changes. This was a year or two ago. Maybe he was referring to the buyout... I'd still keep the forum the focus of the site but would expand outward. You could have a virtual mall for buying all your webmaster goodies (scripts, design services, etc). A social community like facebook but for gfyers. Reviews of all the different sponsors. A gfy magazine that reports on the industry (I can imagine us all talking about the latest interview in Gfy Mag).

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SomeCreep :glugglug Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 26,118	If you apply mark to market, then Playboy Enterprises Inc. is worth approximately $58,320,000 USD, based on it's current market cap. Take into account all of Playboy's assets (i.e. ICS Entertainment, Inc. a.k.a realitycash.com, sex.com, Spice TV, playboy magazine and merchandising, etc) and divide appropriately to assign a value to GFY. __________________ Webair Hosting I use and recommend Webair for hosting.

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Ron Bennett Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,653	$500K ... and that's being generous. GFY has lots of traffic, but it's mostly the same people. Lot less new people coming in compared to several years ago when the on-line adult business was all the rage; GFY is stagnating. What makes it far worse is GFY lacks depth - it's basically nothing more than a message forum. GFY should move the forums to a sub-domain, such as forums.gfy.com, and put up a homepage on gfy.com along with about a dozen or so content pages to start - that would revigorate GFY, and give it a solid future. Ron __________________ Domagon - Website Management and Domain Name Sales

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