Comments on: CPA Shopping Search Jellyfish Closes $5 Million Round http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:24:59 -0800 hourly 1 By: » Microsoft acquires discount shopping search Jellyfish Web 2.0 Money: The Money & Business Behind the Web 2.0 Innovations http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-1823911 » Microsoft acquires discount shopping search Jellyfish Web 2.0 Money: The Money & Business Behind the Web 2.0 Innovations Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:07:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-1823911 [...] ] [ http://www.jeffmolander.com/ ] [ http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/ ] [ http://www.jellyfish.com/blog ] [ http://www.jellyfish.com/howToUseJellyfish ] [ [...] [...] ] [ http://www.jeffmolander.com/ ] [ http://www.tech...-million-round/ ] [ http://www.jellyfish.com/blog ] [ http://www.jell...wToUseJellyfish ] [ [...]

]]> By: Microsoft Acquires Discount Shopping Site Jellyfish.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-1655059 Microsoft Acquires Discount Shopping Site Jellyfish.com Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:14:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-1655059 [...] Jellyfish.com previously took $5 million in funding from Kegonsa Capital Partners and Clyde Street in October 2006. [...] [...] Jellyfish.com previously took $5 million in funding from Kegonsa Capital Partners and Clyde Street in October 2006. [...]

]]> By: Gina http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-456953 Gina Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:07:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-456953 Yikes! $5M? I ditto Comment #8. What the heck are they gonna spend $5M on? Insane. Although not a comparison site, my coincidently named "_ _ _ _ _ _ fish.com" site was immediately profitable from affiliate revenue for less than $20 bucks/month. If $5 million is primarily spent on hype, quite a gamble on any ROI when you are giving a chunk of your earnings away. Yikes! $5M? I ditto Comment #8. What the heck are they gonna spend $5M on? Insane. Although not a comparison site, my coincidently named “_ _ _ _ _ _ fish.com” site was immediately profitable from affiliate revenue for less than $20 bucks/month.
If $5 million is primarily spent on hype, quite a gamble on any ROI when you are giving a chunk of your earnings away.

]]> By: Jellyfish Smack: How Low Can You Watch Prices Fall? » JenIT http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-422537 Jellyfish Smack: How Low Can You Watch Prices Fall? » JenIT Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:49:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-422537 [...] Though I find it a little bit frightening and bizarre, I’m watching right now a new reverse auction at Jellyfish.com. The company’s standard practice is that it returns part of its revenues from sales performed through CPA advertising on its site. We reported on $5 million in funding for the company late last month. Now they have launched a feature they call the Jellyfish Smack of the Day. Here’s how it works: an undisclosed quantity of a particular item (today it’s an 80 gigabyte Video iPod) will be put up for auction, starting at its regular price and falling in price every few seconds. Users watch the price fall, torn between letting it fall lower and buying the item at the current price before the mystery quantity is sold out. There’s a forum for real time communication and the psychology sounds just nuts. [...] [...] Though I find it a little bit frightening and bizarre, I’m watching right now a new reverse auction at Jellyfish.com. The company’s standard practice is that it returns part of its revenues from sales performed through CPA advertising on its site. We reported on $5 million in funding for the company late last month. Now they have launched a feature they call the Jellyfish Smack of the Day. Here’s how it works: an undisclosed quantity of a particular item (today it’s an 80 gigabyte Video iPod) will be put up for auction, starting at its regular price and falling in price every few seconds. Users watch the price fall, torn between letting it fall lower and buying the item at the current price before the mystery quantity is sold out. There’s a forum for real time communication and the psychology sounds just nuts. [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-353147 Ryan Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:16:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-353147 i like your site i like your site

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Jellyfish Smack: Hold Low Can You Watch Prices Fall? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-346037 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Jellyfish Smack: Hold Low Can You Watch Prices Fall? Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:16:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-346037 [...] Though I find it a little bit frightening and bizarre, I’m watching right now a new reverse auction at Jellyfish.com. The company’s standard practice is that it returns part of its revenues from sales performed through CPA advertising on its site. We reported on $5 million in funding for the company late last month. Now they have launched a feature they call the Jellyfish Smack of the Day. Here’s how it works: an undisclosed quantity of a particular item (today it’s an 80 gigabyte Video iPod) will be put up for auction, starting at it’s regular price and falling in price every few seconds. Users watch the price fall, torn between letting it fall lower and buying the item at the current price before the mystery quantity is sold out. There’s a forum for real time communication and the psychology sounds just nuts. [...] [...] Though I find it a little bit frightening and bizarre, I’m watching right now a new reverse auction at Jellyfish.com. The company’s standard practice is that it returns part of its revenues from sales performed through CPA advertising on its site. We reported on $5 million in funding for the company late last month. Now they have launched a feature they call the Jellyfish Smack of the Day. Here’s how it works: an undisclosed quantity of a particular item (today it’s an 80 gigabyte Video iPod) will be put up for auction, starting at it’s regular price and falling in price every few seconds. Users watch the price fall, torn between letting it fall lower and buying the item at the current price before the mystery quantity is sold out. There’s a forum for real time communication and the psychology sounds just nuts. [...]

]]> By: Jellyfish - Shopping to fit the name « Startup in San Diego http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-318891 Jellyfish - Shopping to fit the name « Startup in San Diego Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:54:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-318891 [...] Jellyfish recently announced a $5 funding round, as reported by TechCrunch and others. [...] [...] Jellyfish recently announced a $5 funding round, as reported by TechCrunch and others. [...]

]]> By: Jake Shuttleworth http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-315597 Jake Shuttleworth Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:37:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-315597 What a pile of pants! This is nothing new and somehow they have managed to convince mashable and techcrunch to talk about them in a positive light. Just goes to show that when it comes to the online shopping market - Arrington does not have a clue! What a pile of pants! This is nothing new and somehow they have managed to convince mashable and techcrunch to talk about them in a positive light. Just goes to show that when it comes to the online shopping market – Arrington does not have a clue!

]]> By: reedcat http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-310952 reedcat Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:50:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-310952 Here is a nice roundup of Web 2.0 comparison shopping web sites: http://probargainhunter.com/2006/10/20/not-your-typical-comparison-engine/ Here is a nice roundup of Web 2.0 comparison shopping web sites:
http://probarga...parison-engine/

]]> By: AC http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-309249 AC Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:08:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-309249 5 million dollars is nothing for these guys. They probably want to see if with just a little bit of funding how big, and fast it could get eclipsing all the ones around and not making it worth it for any others to enter the fray. The money will probably be spent on advertising to get their name out. The old dotcom adage "get big fast" I never heard of them before today. Now look at them being written up on Techcrunch. 5 million dollars is nothing for these guys. They probably want to see if with just a little bit of funding how big, and fast it could get eclipsing all the ones around and not making it worth it for any others to enter the fray. The money will probably be spent on advertising to get their name out. The old dotcom adage “get big fast” I never heard of them before today. Now look at them being written up on Techcrunch.

]]> By: cg http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-309128 cg Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:26:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-309128 can someone come up with a new idea? Or is everyone in the biz of refabbing an old idea and raising 3-5 million? can someone come up with a new idea? Or is everyone in the biz of refabbing an old idea and raising 3-5 million?

]]> By: Hahaha http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-308716 Hahaha Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:56:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-308716 It's amusing to me that all this money is spent on a website that is easily cloneable within a few weeks. I have been working on a spider technology that crawls the internet and detects items that are on sale or heavily discounted. So far it only cost me $1,000 for two clustered Dell servers. I don't understand how can these guys spend so much money on a website. My monthly budget is $20. So far I'm profitable. Currently my technology is only a proof of concept and crawls less then 100 websites. No data feed, just pattern recognition(its' hard!) and AI. Everything on the site is 100% automated. So, I don't understand how much money they are expecting to make. Maybe I'm just don't know what I'm talking about or missing something. It’s amusing to me that all this money is spent on a website that is easily cloneable within a few weeks.

I have been working on a spider technology that crawls the internet and detects items that are on sale or heavily discounted. So far it only cost me $1,000 for two clustered Dell servers. I don’t understand how can these guys spend so much money on a website. My monthly budget is $20. So far I’m profitable.

Currently my technology is only a proof of concept and crawls less then 100 websites. No data feed, just pattern recognition(its’ hard!) and AI. Everything on the site is 100% automated. So, I don’t understand how much money they are expecting to make.

Maybe I’m just don’t know what I’m talking about or missing something.

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » CPAショッピング検索のJellyfishが$5M(500万ドル)調達 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-308222 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » CPAショッピング検索のJellyfishが$5M(500万ドル)調達 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:17:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-308222 [...] [原文へ] Jellyfish [...] [...] [原文へ] Jellyfish [...]

]]> By: AC http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-308205 AC Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:09:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-308205 I have been working on something recently that is similar to the Fat Wallets and Jellyfish's but nowhere on such a grandscale. The site is www.invisiblecitizen.org and we have filed to be a non- for profit. The money we raise is focused on microfinance which was pioneered by Muhammad Yunus of Grameen Bank. We put a little twist on capitalism - getting a piece of money earned by global conglomerates and than loaning it to someone for an opportunity at a better life. Thought it was a good way at having the ipod and knowing that I helped contribute to something bigger than me. I have been working on something recently that is similar to the Fat Wallets and Jellyfish’s but nowhere on such a grandscale. The site is http://www.invi...iblecitizen.org and we have filed to be a non- for profit. The money we raise is focused on microfinance which was pioneered by Muhammad Yunus of Grameen Bank. We put a little twist on capitalism – getting a piece of money earned by global conglomerates and than loaning it to someone for an opportunity at a better life. Thought it was a good way at having the ipod and knowing that I helped contribute to something bigger than me.

]]> By: Vik http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-308191 Vik Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:02:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-308191 I searched for the book "Constitutional Law- Principles & Policies" by Chemerinsky on JellyFish and came out with this: http://www.jellyfish.com/products/offerings/2035/1285017 I searched for the same book on Fetchbook.info and this is what I found: http://www.fetchbook.info/compare.do?search=0735524289 I doubt I'll ever use JellyFish to shop for books until they improve their search results. I don't care if they promise to give me $0.50 or something. I searched for the book “Constitutional Law- Principles & Policies” by Chemerinsky on JellyFish and came out with this:

http://www.jell...gs/2035/1285017

I searched for the same book on Fetchbook.info and this is what I found:

http://www.fetc...arch=0735524289

I doubt I’ll ever use JellyFish to shop for books until they improve their search results. I don’t care if they promise to give me $0.50 or something.

]]> By: Mik http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-308181 Mik Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:54:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-308181 If only the results were accurate ... a search for a "Nikon d80" returns a store that lists the price at $984, but go to the store to buy it and they want $1299 If only the results were accurate … a search for a “Nikon d80″ returns a store that lists the price at $984, but go to the store to buy it and they want $1299

]]> By: Tech Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-308172 Tech Blog Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:49:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-308172 Hmm, A little research - These (2) founders tell us; that they have college degrees (good). Then they go on to tell us that they started a business together (name protect) .. that also got 5 Mill in funding. - The point, These guys are professional capitol finders! - There is absolutley no reason these company would need 5 mill, Didn't Google start with 100k ? - Even if it turns out to work (giving away half your profit is never good) This company will prove to be "over Funded". - Also the page that stops you to sign up before you can shop is terrible! Hmm, A little research –

These (2) founders tell us; that they have college degrees (good). Then they go on to tell us that they started a business together (name protect) .. that also got 5 Mill in funding.

– The point, These guys are professional capitol finders! – There is absolutley no reason these company would need 5 mill, Didn’t Google start with 100k ?

– Even if it turns out to work (giving away half your profit is never good) This company will prove to be “over Funded”.

– Also the page that stops you to sign up before you can shop is terrible!

]]> By: Yawn http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-308163 Yawn Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:42:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-308163 Yup.. Another money loosing affiliate site. Nothing special about this. Do they crawl for data? or is this strictly data feed from the merchant? Only over 1,000 merchant isn't impressive. I know other sites have over 50,000 merchants. Anyone can go to shopping.com and request for the data feed and they even pay you for the traffic you send them. So anyone interested in setting up a shopping comparison site can do it in an hour. Just focus on your branding. No tech department or employees to feed. So I don't get this one. I'm thinking about getting into this game. It’s good money for extra beer, but I don’t see it needing $5 million. Yup.. Another money loosing affiliate site. Nothing special about this. Do they crawl for data? or is this strictly data feed from the merchant?

Only over 1,000 merchant isn’t impressive. I know other sites have over 50,000 merchants. Anyone can go to shopping.com and request for the data feed and they even pay you for the traffic you send them. So anyone interested in setting up a shopping comparison site can do it in an hour. Just focus on your branding.

No tech department or employees to feed.

So I don’t get this one.

I’m thinking about getting into this game. It’s good money for extra beer, but I don’t see it needing $5 million.

]]> By: tad mcn http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-308149 tad mcn Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:35:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-308149 sounds like a super great idea. it would prolly be cool if the funds could be sent to your PayPal account, but that is just an idea as I did not look much into how they actually do it. sounds like a super great idea. it would prolly be cool if the funds could be sent to your PayPal account, but that is just an idea as I did not look much into how they actually do it.

]]> By: John McCrea http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/comment-page-1/#comment-308075 John McCrea Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:08:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/cpa-shopping-search-jellyfishcom-closes-5-million-round/#comment-308075 Another re-make of a Web 1.0 concept. Back then (1998 to 2000), it was a company called Affinia... Another re-make of a Web 1.0 concept. Back then (1998 to 2000), it was a company called Affinia…

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