WTF is YouSendIt's Business Model?

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alright, perhaps tangentially related to the music world, but not ILM. Look at all the YSI threads here and the way html based file sending/sharing is changing the way "exclusive" singles are disseminated to the public.

So what is YouSendIt's business model? Bandwith and storage space are dirt cheap these days, but a couple piddling Google ads aren't paying their rent. Any thoughts? Maybe just a push to be #1 so they can get bought out?

― eBay Item number: 7358717916 (mookie wilson), Thursday, 27 October 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

It's owned by the RIAA. They're going to collect data and email addresses for two years, and then arrest 35 million people.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 27 October 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

they're owned by the RIAA (it's true, check with ICANN)

― Donald Morgle, Thursday, 27 October 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

It's all about bulk man!!!

― Pablo (Pablo A), Thursday, 27 October 2005 22:43 (twenty years ago)

Registrant:
YouSendIt Inc
500 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, California 94301-1607
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com
Domain Name: YOUSENDIT.COM
Created on: 07-Jul-03
Expires on: 07-Jul-14
Last Updated on: 12-Apr-05

Administrative Contact:
Shaikh, Khalid [email protected]
YouSendIt Inc
500 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, California 94301-1607
United States
4087123580 Fax --
Technical Contact:
Shaikh, Khalid [email protected]
YouSendIt Inc
500 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, California 94301-1607
United States
4087123580 Fax --

― jdubz (ex machina), Thursday, 27 October 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/crime/terrorists/mohammed-shaikh-khalid/

― jdubz (ex machina), Thursday, 27 October 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1570-2004Oct1_3.html

― jdubz (ex machina), Thursday, 27 October 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/02/news/fortune500/superbowl_ads/godaddy_superbowl.03.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 27 October 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

Created on: 07-Jul-03
Expires on: 07-Jul-14

to pay for a domain name for 11 years is a very far-sighted move

― nique (nique), Thursday, 27 October 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

I think there's some sort of "premium" yousendit service you can buy that allows you to stop a download and resume it later. I guess they make money off of that?

― 31g (31g), Thursday, 27 October 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

They don't run Google ads, they sell their own ads. The ads look expensive and bandwidth and storage are cheap, so they probably make good money on the 8 million unique visitors they say they get every month.

Right now it looks like they auction off ad space, but if you check the job listings, they're hiring an advertising director, so they're probably going to step up the ad sales.

― save the robot (save the robot), Friday, 28 October 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

And surprisingly, they also know what the DCMA is.

― save the robot (save the robot), Friday, 28 October 2005 01:09 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

I just got this e-mail:

Your Lite account is great, but you deserve more. That's why we are giving you a free upgrade to our most powerful service, YouSendIt Business Plus, to experience the many benefits it provides. This is a $29.99 value and you get it absolutely free - no strings attached.

Compared to your current account, some key advantages include the ability to:

Track file downloads
Send multiple files at once
Customize file deliveries with your logo
Password protect your uploaded files
Plus, there are no ads on your pages or your recipient's download pages.

Hurry, this promotion ends soon.

I can't see what the catch is, but I also can't see why they would give me something for free. Should I go for it, or is the 'no strings attached' promise a lie?

― Sir Tehrance HoBB (the pirate king), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 09:32 (nineteen years ago)

OK, ignore this. I've found the catch. Upgrade only valid for 30 days, blah, blah, blah...

― Sir Tehrance HoBB (the pirate king), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 09:44 (nineteen years ago)

five years pass...

http://www.inc.com/magazine/201203/burt-helm/a-silicon-valley-tale-of-humiliation-and-revenge.html

― iatee, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 15:21 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://www4.pcmag.com/media/images/391991-hightail-logo.jpg?thumb=y

― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 23 August 2013 14:38 (twelve years ago)

Now, the rebranded Hightail does just that, carrying a name "that strides like a giant" and a look "that contrasts the endless dreary blues of the cloud space," Garlinghouse boasted.

"We made people go to so many meetings about this," an inside source added on condition of anonymity. "By the end they were screaming. 'Just call it whatever the fuck you want, you're going to do it anyway.' By the time they got back to their desks there'd be a new Meeting Wizard invite in their inbox. It was awesome."

― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 23 August 2013 14:42 (twelve years ago)

Worst wizard ever.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 August 2013 14:56 (twelve years ago)

when do you need it by. five. okay. what is your inbox limit. huh. mmmm. okay cool hey lemme AwesomeWizardTail it to you, gimme five mins.

― szarkasm (schlump), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:22 (twelve years ago)

God I hate working in marketing. Everything associated with this industry is so embarrassing and stupid.

― Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:23 (twelve years ago)

that name says retreat to me. I'm gonna hightail it outta here.

― dmr, Friday, 23 August 2013 18:28 (twelve years ago)

yeah that is terrible

― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 August 2013 18:29 (twelve years ago)

they need a logo feat a cat with its ass in the air

― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 August 2013 18:32 (twelve years ago)

It makes me think of sex. Put your ass (tail) in the air.

fuck xp!

― doom & gloom from the boys allowed in the room (how's life), Friday, 23 August 2013 18:32 (twelve years ago)

Rumpshaker
formerly Hightail

― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 August 2013 18:34 (twelve years ago)

CHECK BABY CHECK

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 August 2013 18:50 (twelve years ago)

High Fail.

― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 23 August 2013 18:56 (twelve years ago)

http://www.sanfords.net/Spots_free_graphics/Wizards/wizard14.gif

― markers, Friday, 23 August 2013 18:56 (twelve years ago)

their slogan, "smoke weed, share files, and push your ass in the air" is also kind of limiting

― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 23 August 2013 19:10 (twelve years ago)

rip ysi: greatest internet acronym.

― move! vamose! scram! (cajunsunday), Friday, 23 August 2013 21:21 (twelve years ago)

hti?

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 August 2013 21:33 (twelve years ago)

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