Delicious for sale at a minimal price.

If you have a million US dollars, then you can become a happy owner of the social bookmarking service Delicious. In any case, just such information is provided by "sources close to the leadership of Yahoo." Yes, Yahoo is seeking to get rid of this social bookmarking service, and is ready to sell it for $ 1-2 million (the exact amount is not yet known). It is worth noting that the corporation itself bought this service for $ 15 million.

The buyer, by the way, may be another service, StumbleUpon. This service has just received $ 17 million, so it can easily buy Delicious from Yahoo. So far, everything is in a state of negotiation, so it is impossible to say for sure whether one service will buy another or not.
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Let me remind you that Yahoo was going to close Delicious at all (the reason for this was never explained). Surprise is Yahoo's insistent desire to get rid of Delicious, since the content of such a service costs a couple of tens of thousands of US dollars. Despite the fact that Yahoo is not having the best of times, it’s still to give up a popular service to save a relatively small amount, while losing hundreds of thousands of visitors — strangely enough. But, as they say, the master is the master.

Yes, Delicious is still not a profitable service, since it is not monetized in any way - there is no advertising on Delicious. Generally speaking, no one wanted to monetize Delicious, so it was and is unprofitable for the owner.

In general, the owner of the world famous social bookmarking service can become just a couple of millions. Earlier, by the way, Yahoo announced its intention to sell Delicious for 5 million, and gradually the bar went down until it stopped at the current amount.

Via businessinsider