What Is SpursTalk Worth?

[1369]

$6322 according to these guys (http://www.dnscoop.com/)

[midgetonadonkey]

The estimated value of http://w ww.beastforum.com is: $63,500.

A beastiality forum is worth more. That's amazing.

[NorCal510]

$1

[SrA Husker]

Kori should sell. ;)

[jaffies]

Spurstalk.com users come from these countries:

United States 47.4%
Philippines 32.1%
Singapore 7.7%
United Kingdom 3.8%
Canada 3.8%
Crazybastardville 3.6%
Bangladesh 1.3%
Palestinian Territory 1.3%
Israel 1.3%
India 1.3%

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

It's worth everything to all of us, I say.

It is difficult to value. How do you put in monetary terms the value of the community and the links that have been formed through here?

I hate the way everything is reduced to monetary value in todays world. Some things, like the environment, and social networks, cannot be valued in $$$, and when they inevitably are, they are massively undervalued. :wtf

Carry on.

[Melmart1]

I call bullshit. Weren't Kori and LJ offered pretty substantial money for it last year? I am sure it was more than $6,000.

[Kori Ellis]

There's 100's of those "website appraisal" sites that supposedly give free appraisals. I've seen them rate the same site anywhere between $7 and $200,000 depending on which appraisal site you use.

It's a weird concept. They need a lot more info than is available to them to actual appraise a site - which is probably why people who really want to sell use an appraisal site that you pay for.

[Oscar DeLa]

I don't know what it is but Kori said they were foolish to turn down the lavish riches they were offered!


I don't know what it is but my site fozlur.com is only worth 266 bones!

[Kori Ellis]

This site says 12K
http://leapfish.com/

This site says 60-70K
http://www.swiftappraisal.com/

But like I said, they are just guessing. They don't really know anything about your traffic, marketability, or anything. I think they are just sites that evaluate keywords on your front page or something.

Yes, we were offered six figures.

[kingsfan]

Why didn't you sell?

[tlongII]

It's worth everything to all of us, I say.

It is difficult to value. How do you put in monetary terms the value of the community and the links that have been formed through here?

I hate the way everything is reduced to monetary value in todays world. Some things, like the environment, and social networks, cannot be valued in $$$, and when they inevitably are, they are massively undervalued. :wtf

Carry on.

This is clearly a one dollar post.

[Fillmoe]

cuz shes not a sellout......

[Marklar MM]

According to the site in the first post,

Spurstalk.com= $6,322.00
Kingsfans.com= $38,528.00

[tlongII]

They'll sell within the next 2-3 years.

[Kori Ellis]

They'll sell within the next 2-3 years.

I say five years :reading

[tlongII]

When SpursTalk is sold it will be converted into an internet dating site.

[tlongII]

Five years is too long. The value will peak within 3 years. Get maximum value.

[Kori Ellis]

Five years is too long. The value will peak within 3 years. Get maximum value.

:lol I was just joking about the five years.

I'm not sure if we will ever sell. Maybe one morning we'll just wake up and shut it down. :drunk

[kingsfan]

That would suck, this site is cool and most of the people here are pretty nice.

[tlongII]

:lol I was just joking about the five years.

I'm not sure if we will ever sell. Maybe one morning we'll just wake up and shut it down. :drunk

I doubt you'll ever be that drunk. I say 2-3 years. Maybe even sooner.

[u2sarajevo]

I don't know what it is but my site fozlur.com is only worth 266 bones!Freemos!!!!!

:tu

[midgetonadonkey]

If Spurstalk is ever sold, the Midge will be no more.

[midgetonadonkey]

I'll be banned and never allowed back.

[T Park]

its wort easy over 500 grand.

The traffic during the playoffs, NBA Draft, and preseason are unreal.

[midgetonadonkey]

It is unreal.

[ChumpDumper]

I'm totally bringing down the value of this site.

It's nice to have that kind of influence.

[AFE7FATMAN]

I'm totally bringing down the value of this site.

....

:lol
a man that knows his "true value"
:toast

[DarkReign]

Two words...

Troll. Forum.

Money cannot accuarately gauge the value of that subforum alone.

[spurschick]

This is an interesting article I read yesterday. I think it truly shows the worth of SpursTalk.

Blazers first with social networking site
By JOHN LOMBARDO

The Portland Trail Blazers are the first NBA franchise to create their own social networking site, the latest experiment as teams increasingly market to users of blogs, message boards and other community fan sites.

Last month, the Blazers launched iamatrailblazersfan.com, their first team-run social networking site. Since the mid-February launch, more than 3,000 people have registered to participate on the site, and team officials hope it will assist their grassroots marketing efforts while increasing fan communication.

“If you are pushing information via e-mail and only 20 percent of fans open up the e-mail, then you want to find a way to spread news about the team in a fast and effective way,” said Dan Harbison, Internet marketing manager for the Blazers. “Others can leverage sites such as MySpace, but we are not able to sell tickets or sponsors through it so we are looking at what we see as benefits of our own [social network].”

This move is the latest in a series of the Blazers’ online initiatives, as the franchise was one of the first to create a “team evangelist” position to maximize its use of the Internet and technology to present the Blazers’ point of view.

While no other NBA franchise has a team-run social networking site, one industry analyst predicts the rest of the league will eventually follow the Blazers.

“What is unfolding in the market is that a lot of the [social networking] activity is happening outside of the team’s borders,” said Tom Richardson, president of Convergence Sports & Media. “[Social networking] is happening in the movie business, in television, and in politics, and you will see an increase in the efforts of sports teams to get in the game. These sites can be a living, breathing focus group for your agenda. Whether it is a new marketing effort or some new ticket arrangement, teams can follow the chatter if they empower the user.”

Once a user registers with their personal information at iamatrailblazersfan.com, they continue to a site that is heavy on ticket promotions and message boards featuring mostly praise of the team, though last week there was some mild criticism and arguments for player trades. The site also offers links to other users sharing the same hometown and team interests.

The team monitors user behavior and said it will allow criticism but not profanity.

“We let people have their own opinions,” Harbison said. “We are seeing the amount of people coming to the site increase and we just sold a high-end group ticket package to users.”

The NBA and other teams are looking closely at how well the Blazers’ site translates into new business.

“Portland is doing it as an experiment, and we are interested in seeing if it is something the fans want,” said Steve Grimes, senior director of interactive services for the NBA. “We have our own league social networking site, but we are taking a multipronged approach in the way the Web is going. The one question is whether it leads into something meaningful for the team’s business.”

The NBA is now making it easier for teams to set up their own social networking sites by changing its policy to allow teams to promote other sites on their official team sites. In the past, the NBA prohibited teams from referring to other URLs on team sites, but the Blazers now prominently market their social networking site on Blazers.com.

http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.main&articleId=54036&requestTimeout=900

[ChumpDumper]

I think the Blazer's social network will be limited until a new hoof-friendly user interface is introduced.
http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc030121/images/1sheep_pic.jpg

[T Park]

Ya know.

That would be usefull, if they once in a while, took a SERIOUS, FA suggestion, like we do here, under consideration.

That would be great.

[ShoogarBear]

A censored team-run forum <<<<<<<<<<<<< SpursTalk.

[midgetonadonkey]

Censored team run forums suck. I'm no longer welcome on several other forums.

[Fillmoe]

ill offer you guys a half eaten snickers, some pocket lint and 2 mint condition david robinson rookie cards

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Ya know.

That would be usefull, if they once in a while, took a SERIOUS, FA suggestion, like we do here, under consideration.

That would be great.

Wait, so Pop knows infinitely more than anyone on this site when it comes to coaching, but you think he should listen to our ideas for free agency?

:lmao

[mookie2001]

its wort easy over 500 grand.

The traffic during the playoffs, NBA Draft, and preseason are unreal.really? 500 gs sounds like a lot to me



kingstalk couldnt have helped

[Kori Ellis]

really? 500 gs sounds like a lot to me



kingstalk couldnt have helped

If I was offered 500K I would have sold out :lol

[ShoogarBear]

Censored team run forums suck. I'm no longer welcome on several other forums.What makes you think you're welcome here?

[midgetonadonkey]

I'm beloved by every single Spurstalk member. Of course I'm welcome.

[Borosai]

All that articles shows is how special Spurstalk truly is. Like others have mentioned, a team-run, censored forum blows.

[T Park]

Fuck you, I didn't apreciate your comments. Fuck off.






























:lol

[whottt]

:lol I was just joking about the five years.

I'm not sure if we will ever sell. Maybe one morning we'll just wake up and shut it down. :drunk



Six freaking figures?

Why not just sell it and then start a new board after they slap a bunch of lame rules on us?

[Kori Ellis]

Six freaking figures?

Why not just sell it and then start a new board after they slap a bunch of lame rules on us?

Three-year non-compete agreement.

[tlongII]

I could hang low for 3 years.

[whottt]

Three-year non-compete agreement.

Transfer ownership to me...I'll sell it, give ya'll all the money, then you can open new site :smokin

[whottt]

Six figures...for a messageboard...damn.

[Kori Ellis]

Six figures...for a messageboard...damn.

There's an enormous amount of traffic here and people know they could make a lot of money off this site if they put banner, pop-ads everywhere. There were two major offers in the last year. One guy was interested in buying it to make it part of a network of sports sites and he was trying to buy existing sites of a bunch of successful teams. The other was a group (corporation?) trying to buy it.

We get offers all the time in the $10-25K range. But those two offers were more substantial.

[whottt]

Better idea...

Get SPAM to pay you for the advertising...

[whottt]

There's an enormous amount of traffic here and people know they could make a lot of money off this site if they put banner, pop-ads everywhere. There were two major offers in the last year. One guy was interested in buying it to make it part of a network of sports sites and he was trying to buy existing sites of a bunch of successful teams. The other was a group (corporation?) trying to buy it.

We get offers all the time in the $10-25K range. But those two offers were more substantial.


Well I agree that no sports forum I have seen competes with this forum for traffic...maybe ESPN or RealGM...that's it. It's an awesome forum. But I'd be afraid to pay that kind of money for one for the very reason that it could lose traffic easily with just a few rule changes.


I remember when ya'll were approached...didn't they even offer to let ya'll stay on and admin it?


The truth is that if someone is offering that kind of money for this site that means the moneymaking potential is huge...I wonder what those guys know.

[SequSpur]

Dude, if I was offered 5 bucks for tpark and a bunch of got damn foreigners, I would've been on my way to the bank.

Besides, I am responsible for most of this traffic anyway. :D

[Kori Ellis]

I remember when ya'll were approached...didn't they even offer to let ya'll stay on and admin it?


Yes and take a small share of the ad revenue on top.




The truth is that if someone is offering that kind of money for this site that means the moneymaking potential is huge...I wonder what those guys know.

Oh I'm fully aware that we could make a lot of money off the site - LJ is in the internet advertising business.

It's just that SpursTalk is not really a business for us. It's a fun side thing that we take part in everyday as we do our "regular" work.

One day I'll get tired of it I guess, and at that point, we'll have MidgetonaDonkey and Mouse take over the administration and retire from it. They can put ads everywhere and become millionaires :)

[midgetonadonkey]

Hurry up and sale then. I want admin powers.

[T Park]

One day I'll get tired of it I guess, and at that point, we'll have MidgetonaDonkey and Mouse take over the administration and retire from it

The apocolypse would then set in on us.

[2Blonde]

I typed in my first name since it's not incredibly common and checked it's domain name. it's been in existence for 11 years so it's worth $22,259. Damn I wish I registered that one. All that money and it doesn't even get much traffic. In fact the link probably doesn't even work. I'll have to check it.

[2Blonde]

just checked it... I'm a porn site.... KEWL :smokin

[Shelly]

just checked it... I'm a porn site.... KEWL :smokin

:lmao

[spurschick]

I'm worth $29,689. I'll take it. Cut me the check.

[Clandestino]

whoever buys this site will be pissed off i think.. i think the reason many like this place is because you can say almost anything you want and there are no ads and other shit like that.. i think the day that pop ups and banner ads and censorship come into play, people would start leaving