Comments on: WAYN said to be close to sale. The price? $200m. The buyer? AOL

By: Clare

Clare — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:23:59 +0000

We like this site but feel it does limit its market for the future. Not taking anything away from them at all, they are doing extremely well.

Our site will launch over the comming months and believe it will show the future of social networking to a vast more broader audience. We are start up funded and hope to be an up and comming leader in many social enviroments.

More information can be obtained by reply.

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Anonymous — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:16:12 +0000

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By: TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Is WAYN on the block again?

TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Is WAYN on the block again? — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:43:51 +0000

[...] in January I had several very good leads telling me that WAYN, the social network for travelers was in talks with AOL about a $200m sale. A term sheet was said to be imminent. I called WAYN but they denied the whole [...]

By: Holiday and Travel Blog » Blog Archive » Forest

Holiday and Travel Blog » Blog Archive » Forest — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:00:51 +0000

[...] TechCrunch UK has reported yesterday that WAYN was in talks with AOL for a possible sale of the travel social networking for an estimated £200M. [...]

By: Holiday and Travel Blog » Blog Archive » Forest - Dirty Practises in some hotels

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:09:49 +0000

[...] TechCrunch UK has reported yesterday that WAYN was in talks with AOL for a possible sale of the travel social networking for an estimated £200M. [...]

By: Travel-Hotel » WAYN What?

Travel-Hotel » WAYN What? — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:33:49 +0000

[...] Annika Erskine – PR Manager for WAYN – has made a response here. [...]

By: TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » WAYN pimps credit card to users

TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » WAYN pimps credit card to users — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:26:13 +0000

[...] Meanwhile it looks like I was may have gone for the wrong startup when I wrote in January that AOL was about to buy WAYN. WAYN is backed by VCs DFJ Espirit, who also just sold buy.at to AOL. So it looks like either the [...]

By: Holiday and Travel Blog » WAYN What?

Holiday and Travel Blog » WAYN What? — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:00:27 +0000

[...] Annika Erskine – PR Manager for WAYN – has made a response here. [...]

By: Holiday and Travel Blog » WAYN What?

Holiday and Travel Blog » WAYN What? — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:00:27 +0000

[...] TechCrunch UK has reported yesterday that WAYN was in talks with AOL for a possible sale of the travel social networking for an estimated £200M. [...]

By: La recommandation de voyageur : Petit tour des pratiques existantes « Few post

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:22:45 +0000

[...] acquisition ou une nouvelle levée de fond est annoncée dans le secteur (la dernière est assez vertigineuse ) [...]

By: Travel-Hotel » WAYN What?

Travel-Hotel » WAYN What? — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:53:04 +0000

[...] TechCrunch UK has reported yesterday that WAYN was in talks with AOL for a possible sale of the travel social networking for an estimated £200M. [...]

By: WAYN What?

WAYN What? — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:45:54 +0000

[...] TechCrunch UK has reported yesterday that WAYN was in talks with AOL for a possible sale of the travel social networking for an estimated £200M. [...]

By: WAYN, AOL and the smell of cooking | TowerOne.com

WAYN, AOL and the smell of cooking | TowerOne.com — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:37:01 +0000

[...] have arrived just in the nick of time in the form of AOL, the ‘portal’ people. They are reportedly in negotiations to buy WAYN for $200million. OK so I am being totally unfair to call the AOL [...]

By: WAYN - Will AOL Yes No? (Musings on travel ecommerce)

WAYN - Will AOL Yes No? (Musings on travel ecommerce) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:44:20 +0000

[...] read last night about how WAYN (Where Are You Now) may be (may be) close to being sold to AOL for $USD 200 million [...]

By: jamescoops

jamescoops — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:26:50 +0000

im afraid not – personal view – anything with good traffic in travel, financial services, recruitment, electronics is a great business

By: alan p

alan p — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:02:49 +0000

@jamescoops – you advising the sell side then

By: GeorgeHopkin.com » Blog Archive » WAYN said to be close to $200m sale?

GeorgeHopkin.com » Blog Archive » WAYN said to be close to $200m sale? — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:50:47 +0000

[...] More: http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/16/wayn-said-to-be-close-to-sale-the-price-200m-the-buyer-aol/ [...]

By: jamescoops

jamescoops — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:13:44 +0000

I dont think the valuation is crazy – last.fm had no real business model – WAYN is right in the middle of the travel vertical = big £££

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:54:06 +0000

@John – That’s why a sale makes sense. No buyer is going to pick up something with no growth left in it. That really would be dumb, price aside.

By: John

John — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:41:39 +0000

I don’t think that this is true. I work closely in the social networking environment and don’t believe this story. WAYN is in a too good position to sell at this stage – this site is growing no point selling now.

By: Marta

Marta — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:31:02 +0000

WAYN is not selling anything. This is just a silly rumour created by someone who had no idea about the company. LOL

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:16:09 +0000

Thanks for your help on this Annika. You’ll note I carried WAYN’s position on the story, as you described it. My sources continue to tell me that sale talks are happening. As usual, stories like this may or may not come to fruition. I’m just here to report.

By: Annika Erskine - WAYN.com

Annika Erskine - WAYN.com — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:44:55 +0000

Further to the comments referred to in this article we would like to confirm that WAYN has at no point had discussions with AOL and are not currently looking for a strategic sale.

WAYN is unique in that it is focused on the travel vertical which represents by far the largest and most lucrative sector online and we are excited about the new products we are introducing to our members and the prospect of developing into the mobile space with location based data and services being one of our core strengths. We benefit from a broad demographic with over 50% of our UK users over the age of 35. We are also one of the only social networks which is 18+ to improve the safety for our users.

Our present focus is to create long term value and build a truly successful business. The WAYN vision is to become the world’s largest and most successful travel and lifestyle community portal and our management team is solely focused on achieving that goal.

If there are any questions regarding this article in particular, the WAYN travel/lifestyle services or to receive information about future announcements from WAYN please contact +44 (0) 20 7336 8088 or annika.erskine@wayn.com.

By: Lawrence Bradley

Lawrence Bradley — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:30:02 +0000

WAYN is an interesting site and quite large from what I have seen – they have something like 6m visitors I think but what may make them an interesting proposition is their focus on travel which they are on they by far dominating compared to the likes of realtravel or other “metoo” travel social media propositions – good luck to them should this be true

By: TechCrunch en français » AOL serait sur le point de racheter pour $200 millions WAYN, le réseau social anglais des voyages

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:19:57 +0000

[...] UK nous révèle le scoop: “Le site social de voyage WAYN est en pourparlers avec AOL pour une possible vente de $200 [...]