Internet Business Share Discussion Threads

[coffeelito] 11/2/2008 10:33

As an investor in ibg, I have waited 3 years for this "fastest growing UK affiliate network company" (or some such often repeated guff in their RNS's) to take the value of my shares from 12.5p to 8.75p - in fact less if I want to sell in size.

So, yes, I'm just oozing respect for Maz's performance.

[hirschnathan] 11/2/2008 05:55

coffee

As much as I agree Maz isnt capable of taking ibg to the next level, alone, he sould get some respect, bringing ibg to where it is now.

[coffeelito] 10/2/2008 21:08

And good riddance to it ! Let's hope the new company marks a new start. I hope Maz will never attempt to be top dog at a company again, just stick to what he can do behind the scenes.

PS - Isn't it Thursday, Feb 14th?

[hirschnathan] 10/2/2008 17:08

Well ibg is history on Tuesday

[andnmand] 10/2/2008 15:40

Can't help thinking that their affiliate business has been treading water since last summer, too busy selling up then deciding not to and then doing it anyway once the share price had dropped. I expect turnover has grown due to the continuing increase in online spending, but personally I think they should have been trying to attract more and bigger merchants (maybe offer an enhanced service for a higher fee, recruit account managers from rivals etc...)

Hopefully once the takeover is complete they will have the time (and the direction from new management) to move things on again.

[coffeelito] 10/2/2008 13:39

thanks andnmand. What do you make of these latest figures?

[andnmand] 10/2/2008 13:00

Increase in AF Affiliate invoice numbers updated to end of Jan 08 :- Date Increase in Invoice No.   31/01/2008 115160 31/12/2007 112177 30/11/2007 108791 31/10/2007 105594 30/09/2007 102070 31/08/2007 98586 31/07/2007 95987 30/06/2007 93665 31/05/2007 91558 30/04/2007 89224 31/03/2007 86404 28/02/2007 84182 31/01/2007 81814 31/12/2006 80062 30/11/2006 76698 31/10/2006 68459 30/09/2006 65667 31/08/2006 61558 31/07/2006 59445 30/06/2006 57358 31/05/2006 55665 30/04/2006 54586  

[andnmand] 10/2/2008 12:53

Sorry guys, been neglecting the stats lately. Hirsch (post 3604), no I don't work for ibg, if I did I think I would have been sacked for telling the management what I think of the way they have knackered up my investment!! Don't get me wrong I think in the end I will get a reasonable price for the TMN shares but not in the timescales I was originally hoping for with IBG and the chain of events that got us to this position are just inexcusable.   UK USA EURO Total OUT IN CHANGE Nov-06 590 149 19 758 33 60 27 Dec-06 602 151 20 773 10 25 15 Jan-07 611 155 22 788 26 41 15 Feb-07 620 161 24 805 22 39 17 Mar-07 623 158 24 805 50 50 0 Apr-07 635 158 28 821 28 44 16 May-07 642 168 31 841 32 52 20 Jun-07 662 173 35 870 20 49 29 Jul-07 665 168 36 869 43 42 -1 Aug-07 667 157 41 865 52 48 -4 Sep-07 661 166 45 872 43 50 7 Oct-07 659 169 48 876 52 56 4 Nov-07 639 170 55 864 74 62 -12 Dec-07 651 168 55 874 24 34 10 Jan-08 651 165 58 874 38 38 0  

[hirschnathan] 08/2/2008 13:17

Since there is alot of whitelabel data being used by third parties, its impossible to know who is/isnt using it

[the analyst] 08/2/2008 10:19

Cheers Hirsch

Maybe the holidaywatchdog team could persuade tripadvisor to use AF!

[hirschnathan] 08/2/2008 08:55

holidaywatchdog (the biggest holiday review site) has been bought by tripadvisor, holidaywatchdog have all their links with afuture. Tripadvisor, say they are not going to change things

[valustar1] 07/2/2008 17:00

well hopefully everyone at IBG was busy in Jan looking after the travel merchants

[the analyst] 07/2/2008 16:48

yeah

Still, some Dixons and Comet merchants coming on board recently - so still signs of life.

[hirschnathan] 07/2/2008 16:24

ta

I am sure andmand works for ibg, feeling low, or given up

[the analyst] 07/2/2008 12:16

Was there an update from andnmand last month?

[the analyst] 06/2/2008 16:37

buy.at certainly have some big merchants, which must have appealed to AOL

"buy.at's clients include leading UK brands such as 3 mobile, AA, Barclays, Butlins, Carphone Warehouse, Capital One, Egg, John Lewis, Lloyds TSB, Lombard Direct, LX Direct, M&S, ntl, Portland, Powergen, Scottish Power, Sky, T-mobile and Virgin."

[hirschnathan] 06/2/2008 16:12

undisclosed means undislosed. The private equity company that bought it and sol it are happy with a quick turn around, no shareholders to please, even if they got a 10% return, it would be a good move.

[baheid101] 06/2/2008 13:07

Buy.at was takenover by AOL (advertising.com) yesterday for an undisclosed sum. Shows that there is an appetite for affiliate marketing.

[kenatbabken] 06/2/2008 11:13

Sad to see this share ending its life on such a low note,With the woes at IPH
and the general market conditions its only to be expected I suppose.Its nearly
hit the level where I bought over 1% over 3 years ago so I aint selling at this
level

[aleman] 04/2/2008 19:30

Just looking back in to see how things have developed. Sorry to see things have drifted further for those left in. I thought a few of you might be interested that BLNX look set to launch their transaction hijacker (displays optional cheaper supplier just before execution of a sale) in April-June ahead of schedule. It is very speculative. Could be big but enormous competition and riddled with potential for software glitches, I would imagine. Good luck with TMN.

[kenatbabken] 29/1/2008 17:45

Valustar

Valentines day is the date the lights go out!! The free float in TMN shares
will be 37.5m, Obviously more when the lock in agreements run out

[valustar1] 29/1/2008 14:51

Just the spread has widened a little nothing to get excited about.

When does IBG cease to be quoted and we have TMN shares instead

[niggle] 29/1/2008 14:49

Whay has the offer gone up?