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2 years, 9 months ago

How profitable is Mahalo?

Mahalo has been around since 2007. How much has it grown since then? It seems like the site is somewhat generous with its contributors, particularly in funding a quarter for every question in town. I was wondering what the data is on its revenue since its beginning. A vague report would be satisfactory for me.

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qdietz | 2 years, 9 months ago
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According to Alexa it has grown a lot.
You can see the picture below which will show you the growth numbers. You can also check out more details here:
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mahalo.com
As for profitability, Mahalo has had 21 million dollars in funding so it is not yet profitable I believe. With 40 employees the costs are high, but revenue comes in in different ways:
Ads: Mahalo takes a bit over half the money made with ads, half goes to the user who created the page (but it is in mahalo dollars, so in reality if a guy gets 1 mahalo dollar from managing a page, he gets 75 cents).
People buying mahalo dollars for tips: This is not a major source of revenue, Mahalo seems to be betting on the long run with all the ads.
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dward | 2 years, 9 months ago
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Jason the owner if of Mahalo is often quoted on TWIT saying something to the effect that 1% of the search market is equal to a billion dollars. How much percent Mahalo controls I'm not really sure.

The real core of Mahalo's business is underground. And who can put a price on taking over the world. :)

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