Comments on: Yahoo sells Kelkoo to private equity firm Jamplant

By: Philip Wilkinson

Philip Wilkinson — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:47:40 +0000

It does seem that way – hardly a day goes by without someone launching a cashback or voucher code site..

By: Gard Jenssen

Gard Jenssen — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:46:39 +0000

As one of the Kelkoonians who was part of the adventure from 2000 to 2006 today is a day of mixed emotions. On the one hand being bought by Yahoo made us feel proud, on the other hand the missing match between the two cultures (could be summed-up as CPM meets PPC I guess) wasn’t really taking Kelkoo further. It’ll be really exciting to watch Laila and Glen taking it on the road again – searching for that next big thing in comparison shopping, and maybe this time finding a US partner that can give it real scale.

By: James Penman

James Penman — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:08:44 +0000

Is a turn-around possible? Microsoft bought into a reward shopping engine years back (Jellyfish) and they have the deepest pockets of all. In the UK, media groups have been moving into this reward shopping space for over a year (see Trinity Mirror/Sky). Then there are the existing niche sites and new players like your own company. It’s going to be very, very difficult.