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Siddhartha Sharma (09BM8048)Varun Wadhwani (09BM8060)
VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur
Ecommerce – Social Networking
Introduction
•Websites focused on building online communities of people having shared interests. •Social networks have common themes of information sharing, person-to-person interaction and creation of shared & collaborative content.•The industry has been successful in getting a large number of people at one place, but not very successful in monetization.•Two-thirds of the world’s Internet population visit a social network or blogging site and the sector now accounts for almost 20% of all internet time.
Some Statistics(2010)• According to a study by Nielson Company, 89 per cent of 15-
20 year olds in India access a social networking site everyday and 60 per cent of them spend at least half an hour on social networking each day
• The world now spends around 22 percent of all time online on social networks and blog sites
• The average visitor spends 66% more time on these sites than a year ago
• 9 out of every 10 U.S. Internet user now visiting a social network in a month
• CNN's international readership found that 43% of online news sharing occurs via social media networks and tools
• The number of users registered for virtual world sites broke the 1 billion mark during 2010
Some Statistics (2010)
• BlackPlanet users spent 3.6 minutes more on the site than the average Facebook visitor
• MyYearbook and Tagged users spent around 3 minutes more than the average MySpace visitor
• Facebook witnesses more than 65 billion page views par month• More than 14 million photos* are uploaded on Facebook and 8
million photos on myspace daily .
*source: www.facebook.com
Key Players
FacebookFounded: 2004No. of users: 600 millionRevenue: US$800 millionAlexa Rank: 2Revenue from: Banner ads, referral marketing,
partnerships, branding elements, virtual currency
Key Players
TwitterFounded: 2006No. of users: 190 millionRevenue: US $150 million (projected 2010)Alexa Rank: 9Revenue from: verified accounts,
advertisements (promoted trends)
Key Players
MyspaceFounded: 2003No. of users: 100+ millionRevenue: US$385 million (2009 est.) Alexa Rank: 68Revenue from: advertisements, Google AdSense
Key Players
LinkedInFounded: 2002No. of users: 100+ millionRevenue: US$161.4 million (Jan. – Sep. 2010)Alexa Rank: 18Revenue from: premium accounts, hiring
services, advertisements, partnerships, Google AdSense
Key Players
OrkutFounded: 2004No. of users: 120 millionAlexa Rank: 106Revenue from: advertisements
LifeCycle
Top 10 in India(no. of users)Total Unique Visitors (000)
Site July 2009 July 2010 % change
Facebook 7,472 20,873 179
Orkut 17,069 19,871 16
Bharatstudent.com 4,292 4,432 3
Yahoo! Pulse N/A 3,507 N/A
Twitter 984 3,341 239
LinkedIn N/A 3,267 N/A
Zedge 1,767 3,206 81
Ibibo 1,562 2,960 89
Yahoo! Buzz 542 1,807 233
Shtyle.fm 407 1,550 281
Total 23,255 33,158 43
Top 10 Social Networking Markets
Total Unique Visitors (000)
Market July 2009 July 2010 % change
United States 131,088 174,429 33%
China N/A 97,151 N/A
Germany 25,743 37,938 47%
Russian Federation 20,245 35,306 74%
Brazil 23,966 35,221 47%
United Kingdom 30,587 35,153 15%
India 23,255 33,158 43%
France 25,121 32,744 30%
Japan 23,691 31,957 35%
South Korea 15,910 24,962 57%
Total 770,092 945,040 23%
Top Social Networking Sites (monthly visits)
Top SN sites in India(avg. time spent/visit)
Social Networking sites for India
Social Networking sites for India
Social Networking sites for India
Social Networking Activities
Revenue Models• Premium Services: example- LinkedIn• Advertisements
– Cost per click (CPC)– Cost per action (CPA)– Cost per thousand viewers (CPM)
• Micropayments: small payments for upgrades• Partnerships: create profiles for partners. example-twilight, Apple iTunes with
Facebook, Simply Hired on LinkedIn• Branding elements with applications: example- Living Social application on Facebook• Virtual Currency: online applications(games). Real money for virtual goods. Annual
revenue of two year old firm Zynga estimated $100 million in 2009• Virtual Gifts: more than $1 billion for US users in 2009• Surveys: pay members to participate and profit from selling access to its successful
audience. Example: LinkedIn
External Environment Analysis
Threat of New Entrants (Medium)Capital requirement for the new player is lowBrand loyalty is missing-Specialty networks (eg. Last.fm) are still entering the online space-No Sales force
Buyer Power (High)
- Switching costs are minimal-Users maintain more than 1 accounts on social networking sites and check both accounts in transition periods-Little difference in the service providedThreat of Substitutes (Medium)
- Internet sites with large user bases may create a social networking component (blockbuster, amazon)-Physical data storage
Supplier Power (Low)
- Widgets and Apps providers are usually small developers with little bargaining power
Industry Rivalry (High)
- Intense competition between competing sites fueled by venture capital and speculative valuations
Porter’s Five Forces
•Design – Ease of use, Attractiveness etc.
•Target Market – Some sites target niches, some target
goegraphies
•Activity Focus – Target market can be connecting people
over relationships, or over shared interests
•User Engagement – Site needs to retain user minutes
•Transactions– Innovative features like applications
•Privacy –privacy filters and controls
•Entry Barriers – Easy sign ups
•Trust – Different outlooks to Trust.
•Localization– Local content, languages etc.
Possible Success Factors for the industry
SOCIAL MEDIA-Analyzing the competitiveness
T-Factor Question to be asked Function of
Transactions Do the transactions on your site, make a difference to the users life? Are they repeated?
Repeat transactions
Targeting Can the site distinguish between the preferences, likes/dislikes of two users?
Targeted Advertisements
and Content
Time Do your users spend time on your site? Are you an industry leader in user enagements?
User Engagement &
Content
Facebook - SWOT Analysis
Facebook - SWOT Analysis
Long Term Objectives
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