$6 BILLION DEAL: Microsoft To Buy aQuantive - WickedFire - Affiliate Marketing Forum

roadies · 05-18-2007, 02:19 PM

This deal makes the Google / DoubleClick acquisition look like chump change.

Breaking - Microsoft to Acquire aQauntive for $6 billion | Marketing Pilgrim

aQuantive is the parent company of Avenue A | Razorfish, Atlas, and DRIVEpm. Some of you may have worked with DRIVEpm (a network), and the other two are very well known companies too.

ChickenHole · 05-18-2007, 05:08 PM

Woo Hoo - I'm RICH BITCH!

I bought a handful of AQNT and VCLK a couple weeks ago. AQNT at $30 something and VCLK at $27 - kaching!

AQNT doubled!! this morning to $63 and VCLK is at $30 now - was at almost $32 earlier. I'm holding out for $40, but will sell my AQNT.

Unfortunately - i put 80% of my eggs in the VCLK basket - i thought they were they better target.

But long story short - Online advertising and affiliate marketing is HOT and the big boys are noticing. Millnic media is for sale too - first 100MM takes it.

Andrew · 05-18-2007, 05:11 PM

fuck, this market is hot. And people were laughing over Myspace's aquisition price (granted that was a different type of company.) But shit.. makes all of the super affiliate marketers look pretty lame with these types of numbers

Andrew · 05-18-2007, 05:13 PM

You might want to rethink that valueclick position - http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articl...mktNews&rpc=44

ChickenHole · 05-18-2007, 05:34 PM

That story is a bunch of recycled rumors. Old news. I push fuck loads of that traffic for them in our network. I see the trends, i hear the complaints. I'm far from worried.

lv826nv · 05-19-2007, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ChickenHole

Woo Hoo - I'm RICH BITCH!

I bought a handful of AQNT and VCLK a couple weeks ago. AQNT at $30 something and VCLK at $27 - kaching!

AQNT doubled!! this morning to $63 and VCLK is at $30 now - was at almost $32 earlier. I'm holding out for $40, but will sell my AQNT.

Unfortunately - i put 80% of my eggs in the VCLK basket - i thought they were they better target.

But long story short - Online advertising and affiliate marketing is HOT and the big boys are noticing. Millnic media is for sale too - first 100MM takes it.

Nice one! I got valuclick at $14 a share in late 2006 and gt anq for around $20 share at the same time.

Now the game is when to sell, we only invested under 50k this time because we didn't want to do anything high risk because you never know with these companies.

But nothing beats the google stock increase a few years ago.. talk about turning a $25k investment into a nice little egg.

And those rumors do not seem to be hurting the stock yet...

CPAPIMP · 05-31-2007, 10:37 PM

some day I'll invest in one of these companies, but I still have the firm stance that most companies bought in our industry is pure luck, and they really don't hold many assets.

I could think of quite a few that have to go on the "dumbest acquistion" list.

05-18-2007, 02:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
roadies Trippin' Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vegas Posts: 147 iTrader: (1)	$6 BILLION DEAL: Microsoft To Buy aQuantive This deal makes the Google / DoubleClick acquisition look like chump change. Breaking - Microsoft to Acquire aQauntive for $6 billion \| Marketing Pilgrim aQuantive is the parent company of Avenue A \| Razorfish, Atlas, and DRIVEpm. Some of you may have worked with DRIVEpm (a network), and the other two are very well known companies too. __________________

05-18-2007, 05:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
ChickenHole 'asshat' Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 98 iTrader: (0)	Woo Hoo - I'm RICH BITCH! I bought a handful of AQNT and VCLK a couple weeks ago. AQNT at $30 something and VCLK at $27 - kaching! AQNT doubled!! this morning to $63 and VCLK is at $30 now - was at almost $32 earlier. I'm holding out for $40, but will sell my AQNT. Unfortunately - i put 80% of my eggs in the VCLK basket - i thought they were they better target. But long story short - Online advertising and affiliate marketing is HOT and the big boys are noticing. Millnic media is for sale too - first 100MM takes it. __________________ Monetize your Facebook Application with $uper Rewards

05-18-2007, 05:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
ChickenHole 'asshat' Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 98 iTrader: (0)	That story is a bunch of recycled rumors. Old news. I push fuck loads of that traffic for them in our network. I see the trends, i hear the complaints. I'm far from worried. __________________ Monetize your Facebook Application with $uper Rewards

05-31-2007, 10:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
CPAPIMP Traffic Searcher Join Date: May 2007 Location: Windy City Posts: 112 iTrader: (0)	some day I'll invest in one of these companies, but I still have the firm stance that most companies bought in our industry is pure luck, and they really don't hold many assets. I could think of quite a few that have to go on the "dumbest acquistion" list. __________________ Pimping one Deal at a Time

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05-18-2007, 05:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Andrew Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,009 iTrader: (0)	fuck, this market is hot. And people were laughing over Myspace's aquisition price (granted that was a different type of company.) But shit.. makes all of the super affiliate marketers look pretty lame with these types of numbers

05-18-2007, 05:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Andrew Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,009 iTrader: (0)	You might want to rethink that valueclick position - http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articl...mktNews&rpc=44