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October 10, 2007

Jellyfish is just what microsoft wanted.

Analysis of: Microsoft Acquires Jellyfish.com | blogs.msdn.com
This analysis is solely the work of the author. It has not been edited or endorsed by GLG.
Analysis By:
Rafael Chemtob
President & CEO, Blue Cherry Media
Implications: Microsoft is very eager to make noise in the online marketing space.  With the recent acquisition of aQuantive and now Jellyfish, it seems that they'll stop at nothing to (over)pay for companies with a solid future.  The only problem lies in making their money back.  Jellyfish is on fire now since they are in the comparison shopping space and are offering a "Cost per Acquisition" (CPA) deal to all their merchants (with a twist).  Merchants are able to bid against each other for the CPA amount and Jellyfish splits the commission (or CPA amount) with the end consumer.  The only issue that they'll have to tackle is making Jellyfish profitable.  Rumors have it that Microsoft paid about $50M for Jellyfish. Jellyfish has VERY loyal users (i'm one of them) that return for a deal.  Only time will tell what Microsoft will do with them.

Analysis: see above.

Other Analyses of the Same Source Article:
Jellyfish acquisition not a response to Google CPA
October 10, 2007, Author: Greg Sterling, Principal, Sterling Market Intelligence
Microsoft Smacks Jellyfish
October 4, 2007, Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Microsoft Reels in a Jellyfish
October 4, 2007, Author: Michael Schiff, Founder and Principal Analyst, MAS Strategies
MSFT's Jellyfish.com Acquisition Locks Up Social Shopping IP
October 3, 2007, Author: Jeffrey Molander, CEO, Molander & Associates Inc.

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