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FaceBook buying Pinterest and payment system...

by rambo9600
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An analyst this morning on CNBC said FB will buy Pinterest and a Payment Processor like PayPal.

He said now that FB is a public company there will be pressure to create more revenue. FB is not generating enough revenue today to support the stock price of $38.00 share, IPO suggested opening.

He said expect FB to make a lot more acquisitions in the next 2 years. FB is trying to keep users visiting their site by creating a better user experience.

The PayPal like processor will only be for FB advertisers.
#buying #facebook #paypal #pinterest
  • Profile picture of the author rambo9600
    Originally Posted by brunom View Post

    Title is a bit misleading... I don't think anything was said about buying Paypal, but buying/creating a similar payment processor.
    The analyst said he didn't rule out buying PayPal but most likely FB would buys a similar type processor.

    As far as I'm concerned, the more competition for PayPal the better.
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  • Profile picture of the author Eduard Stinga
    Catchy title, made me click

    Although a payment processor from Facebook might sound interested, I'm a bit disappointed because it's going to be just for FB Advertisers.
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    • Profile picture of the author rambo9600
      I can't believe a moderator changed my title.

      I simply repeated what the analyst on CNBC said. He stated FB would buy Pinterest, make an attempt at PayPal, but most likely buy a smaller type payment processor that would for now ONLY process FB advertisers.

      As far as I know there has been no formal offer to buy Pinterest so why not delete that also?

      It's just an opinion from an analyst!
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    • Profile picture of the author rambo9600
      Originally Posted by Eduard Stinga View Post

      Catchy title, made me click

      Although a payment processor from Facebook might sound interested, I'm a bit disappointed because it's going to be just for FB Advertisers.
      As far as I'm concerned, FB and Google control the internet. They are both buying up all the best internet real estate.

      All I can say is goodbye SEO and start to adapt to this new world.
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      • Profile picture of the author cashp0wer
        It was a catchy title and it also made me click. Facebook buying PayPal caught my attention real fast - I didn't think it was true though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    Originally Posted by rambo9600 View Post

    He said now that FB is a public company there will be pressure to create more revenue. FB is not generating enough revenue today to support the stock price of $38.00 share, IPO suggested opening.
    Don't have the source at hand, but FB is expected to be the biggest online advertisement earner by 2016.
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  • Profile picture of the author rambo9600
    Originally Posted by Chris Kent View Post

    I am not looking forward to FB having yet more power.
    CNBC also showed how much money FB is now spending on Lobbyist in Washington. Spending was up over 200% in campaign contributions.

    Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, etc...
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  • Profile picture of the author moonzombie
    I don't see that happening. Why would ebay sell Paypal? Perhaps a different payment processor.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Pinterest just got $100million from Rakuten, the Japanese ecommerce giant...
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  • Profile picture of the author kindsvater
    Buying Pinterest make sense. It is bleeding FB customers over to its service. But I think it and FB are both significantly overvalued.

    There is no way eBay is selling PayPal. But FB could start an eBay/ Amazon competitor. It would probably start out being called something like garage sales.

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    • Profile picture of the author rambo9600
      Originally Posted by kindsvater View Post

      Buying Pinterest make sense. It is bleeding FB customers over to its service. But I think it and FB are both significantly overvalued.

      There is no way eBay is selling PayPal. But FB could start an eBay/ Amazon competitor. It would probably start out being called something like garage sales.

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      I don't have a FB account and have only visited Pinterest one time, lol.

      I'm just sick and tired of these monopolistic type companies. Yes, someone new could get involved but let's be realistic.

      All I know is that FB has a market value higher than McDonalds and GM.

      Tommorrow Mark Zuckerberg will one of the Richest men on the planet worth 24 Billion dollars. In 2 years before he is 30 most likely he will be the richest man on the planet. :rolleyes:

      Facebook valued at $104bn on stock market debut - Telegraph
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