Internet Business Share Discussion Threads

[bonio10000] 04/9/2007 09:00

Seems like it's the US still messing about - growing pains?

any invoicing numbers available for August?

[andnmand] 03/9/2007 21:11

Merchant numbers updated to the end of August.   UK USA EURO Total OUT IN CHANGE Jun-06 540 102 15 657 28 38 10 Jul-06 543 116 16 675 26 44 18 Aug-06 556 124 16 696 26 47 21 Sep-06 555 129 17 701 24 29 5 Oct-06 571 142 18 731 25 55 30 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  

[hirschnathan] 03/9/2007 18:32

Hi King

I am not sure what you want but if you are looking for an oled related domain name, I have plenty. (starting at about £500)

[bonio10000] 03/9/2007 11:50

Anyone got the month on month figures for merchants?

Would be interesting in light of last month's apparent decline.

[muffinhead] 02/9/2007 10:58

interesting similarities between the charts...sector weakness

alexa ranking for ibg also pointing down again

like waiting for paint to dry

[jaka] 01/9/2007 01:34

Nice thread Aleman. Good idea, cheers.

[the blackster] 30/8/2007 16:50

what research note - can someone post it? Perhaps it will shed some interesting light on both dgm and ibg?

[hirschnathan] 30/8/2007 13:19

research note

[the blackster] 30/8/2007 11:22

Almosr - where is dgm predicting a loss for 08? ta

[almosr] 28/8/2007 18:20

You are right Aleman. DGM had been predicting £700k loss for 2008, so this looks like a real turnaround this time!

[hirschnathan] 28/8/2007 18:16

Aleman

Interesting to see they are leaving the uk market and going abroad, might not be such a bad idea.

[aleman] 28/8/2007 13:44

Isn't profit in 2008 ahead of expectations?

Deal Group Media PLC
28 August 2007


Press Release 28 August 2007


Deal Group Media plc
('DGM' or 'the Group')

Trading update and Placing


Deal Group Media plc (AIM: DGM), an independent online marketing group, today
releases a trading update ahead of its Interims Results which are expected to be
announced in September 2007.


Overseas trading in the current year has been encouraging, while the investment
made in the Asia Pacific business has started as planned. The Group is already
seeing exciting opportunities for the provision of complete digital solutions to
clients in Asia Pacific from its recently launched regional base in Singapore.


Trading in the UK has been profitable, however below DGM's potential. Whilst
the Group is expecting to report a full year loss for the year ending 31
December 2007, it expects that this will be reduced from the loss reported in
2006. We are confident that the Group will return to profitability in 2008.


DGM is also pleased to announce that it has raised £850,000 via a placing of
34,000,000 new Ordinary Shares at 2.5 pence per share. The proceeds of the
Placing will be used to provide working capital and enable the Group to execute
the continued expansion strategy in the Group's Asia Pacific operations.


Adrian Moss, CEO of DGM, said: 'We are delighted with the support demonstrated
by new and existing shareholders and we are excited about building on the new
strategy outlined In the Preliminary Results in April 2007.'


Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the new Ordinary
Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing to be admitted to trading on AIM
('Admission'). It is expected that Admission will become effective and that
dealings will commence at 8.00 a.m. on Monday, 3 September 2007 in respect of
the 32,000,000 Placing shares.


The new Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Placing will, when issued
and fully paid, rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary
Shares of DGM and will be issued subject to the memorandum and articles of
association of DGM.


-Ends-

[bonio10000] 28/8/2007 09:22

It's hardly the sort of business though that lends itself to weekly announcments like contract wins.

I see last month's internet sales in the UK were a record. That is the sort of general information people should be looking at.

[kluk069] 28/8/2007 06:18

No positive news from ibg in the next three weeks and Maz will find out who his most loyal followers really are - as those with sb interests will be seen outside his office flogging The Big Issue!

[kenatbabken] 24/8/2007 17:33

tonyr

"Time + Results. All the business has to do is deliver the goods :)"

Could,nt agree more,With just over 2 months to year end we should hopefully
have a trading update and further information on where the reinvested money has been spent.

[tonyr] 24/8/2007 09:30

"The question is after the dampened spirits how is the share price going to climb?"

Time + Results are great healers! Given both, new investors will arrive, and the Strategic Review will be seen by them as creating a fortunate opportunity, not the debacle for existing holders as currently perceived.

Time + Results. All the business has to do is deliver the goods :)

[hirschnathan] 24/8/2007 01:06

The question is after the dampened spirits how is the share price going to climb?

[aleman] 23/8/2007 20:26

Hi, Ken. Maybe not such a bad thing.

[kenatbabken] 23/8/2007 20:10

I,m back after a few weeks away,Just catching up and see the directors have bought a few shares,It looks as though its been very quiet on here of late

[hirschnathan] 22/8/2007 11:51

cheapholidaydeals.co.uk is doing great guns on alexa

[baheid101] 22/8/2007 11:35

interesting positive bit of You Gov market research on online travel properties showing Henoo making a dent.

Marketing push paying off for TravelSupermarket

(21 August 2007)



A branding survey of meta search and listing websites has placed Travelsupermarket as the clear market leader in the UK.

The Cheshire-based company, part of the Moneysupermarket empire, doubled its brand awareness from 30% in July 2006 to 63% in July 2007 in a YouGov poll with 2,000 consumers.

The only other site to see a significant increase is Henoo.com, growing from 1% to 8% during the same period.

The other sites included in the survey – carried out on four occasions: July 2007, November 2006, March 2007 and July 2007 – were TravelJungle, Kayak, Sidestep, Skyscanner and Travelzoo.

The massive growth in recognition among consumers for the TravelSupermarket brand will come as a huge relief to bosses following the site's huge investment in offline advertising in the past 12 months.

The company has spent £11 million in a high profile TV and billboard advertising campaign over the past year and has committed to continue the strategy.

Figures obtained by Travolution reveal little or no increase for the two new US players on the UK meta search market during the 12-month period.

In July 2007 Kayak scored an awareness rating of 4% (up from 1% in July 2006) while Sidestep remained static at 1%.

Travelzoo was found to have lost three percentage points – down to 19% – over the reporting period.

Chris Nixon, managing director of Travelsupermarket.com, said: "We increased our marketing spend significantly for 2007 and are delighted with the results of the survey.

"We have seen a fantastic level of growth in 2007 so far attracting a record number of hits in July, with unique visitor numbers peaking at 180,000 on our busiest day."

However, reacting to the figures, European managing director Chris Loughlin said the results did not reflect the massive growth in terms of website traffic and the number of subscribers to its weekly Top 20 deals electronic bulletin.

In early-July 2007, Travelzoo had 767,000 subscribers to its weekly bulletin in the UK, up from 520,000 in July 2006. The company also entered the Hitwise top 15 online travel agencies for the first time in May 2007.

[stemis] 21/8/2007 07:52

I guess the next news should be the trading update just before the end of the year (25 October last year).

Shame I couldn't make the meeting in London with IBG. Carmensfella rang me before it but I was away in Spain on holiday on the day. Sounds like it was a useful meeting.

Good to see the directors wade in for a fair wad of shares. No-one can accuse them of not putting their personal finances on the line. Hopefully its back upwards from here!