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Q&A site doing $100M/year in subscriptions

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$100M/yrAnswers.com annual subscription salesEP 102 · 12:38 · SAM · Answers.com$900MAnswers.com acquisition price (2014)EP 102 · 13:22 · SAM · Answers.com · Apax Partners

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Answers.com quietly did $100M/year selling the right to answer questions

Sam describes Answers.com, a Quora-like Q&A site, as having a subscription where paying users get to answer questions and rank at the top, generating $100M a year in subscription sales.

$100M
Answers.com annual subscription sales · USD/year
“you could ask questions, but somehow they have a subscription service. And I believe the subscription is based off of who can answer. Like, if you pay money, you're able to answer a lot of questions and you rank up top, right? They do $100 million a year in subscription sales from this.”
EP 102 · 12:38 · SAM
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Answers.com sold for $900M to private equity in 2014

Sam notes that Answers.com, the friendly-looking Q&A site, was acquired in 2014 for $900 million by Apax Partners.

$900M
Answers.com acquisition price (2014) · USD
“It was sold in 2014 for $900 million.”
EP 102 · 13:22 · SAM
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