eCommerce Revenue Valuation Viral 
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 22, 2023
In recent years, eCommerce companies have begun to increase revenue by selling products directly via social media networks. When you connect your story to a viral event and piggyback on its coverage you can get attention. Every year, social media coverage expands. Social listening is becoming more important to derive sentiments.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners.
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thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year. The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. Sites such as OpenSky and Send the Trend utilize recommendations by celebrities and experts to sell products.
View from Seed
JUNE 30, 2015
Over a third of our investments happen pre-product (so by definition, before PMF), and two-thirds are pre-revenue. For a marketplace or ecommerce business, you need to be doing well north of $5M in annual revenue or GMV to get an A round done. FWIW, at NextView, we invest from inception to strong PMF.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
Your revenues are declining or you don’t have any revenue at all! Revenues don’t appear overnight; even the greatest success stories had to work hard to start getting traction and growth. Yet if revenues start to decline, or after a few months customers are still leaving you for other solutions, then you may have an issue.
Up and Running
JANUARY 14, 2022
Our major challenge was how do we compete with companies that have billion-dollar valuations, millions in investor funding, and millions in revenue? For example, an eCommerce brand selling clothes would immediately know that a keyword like ‘buy men’s blue jeans’ was relevant and could bring direct revenue.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion, which at the time seemed laughably high and now seems prescient.
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