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2007/4/26

Can Yobanbe Survive?

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@ 02:14 AM (16 months, 21 days ago)
The leading Vietnamese game operator Vinagame launched a Yahoo360 clone yesterday. Yobanbe is planned to open beta April 23rd but delay to 25th due to fixing technical backend. Still some problems with forgot password and sign-up as account management shared with gamers data warehouse. Yobanbe even lures Yahoo360 users with import instructions as hot news. The reasons that Yobanbe could face hard future:
  • The brand name is not cool.
  • Launch date: just before long Holiday, Vietnamese people will take 6 days off until May 2nd and traveling is the top choice. Cyworld Vietnam was opened 10 days earlier.
  • Associate with hardcore gamers: Yahoo360 users are female dominated while Vinagame gamers are almost males.
  • Revenue model: what is revenue source for Yobanbe while Vinagame is used to collecting gamers' subscription fees.

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  1. How about www.yeunhatky.com ?

    Comment by rongxanhnet— 2007/05/03 @ 10:12 AM — (Reply)

  2. YNK is even far from YBB. Unless your team wants to keep it as your hobby (life-style business). Long way to go young men:wink:

    Comment by jasonvu— 2007/05/03 @ 02:14 PM — (Reply)

  3. Cyworld is very polished compare to yobanbe. they are in a very different league. There are many new web 2 startup similar like vinafriend.com.

    Comment by Vy— 2007/09/12 @ 02:44 PM — (Reply)

  4. I could see the Web 2.0 website industry is going to explode out in the Asian countires.

    Comment by Fred333— 2007/10/17 @ 09:23 PM — (Reply)

  5. The aforementioned are not a big factor for a site to survive or not... It will always be about how the system works and would be a necessity for the users to use this...

    Comment by Buick Regal Head Gasket— 2008/01/23 @ 08:23 AM — (Reply)

  6. well, the name is not that bad though if you know what yobanbe means :]]

    Comment by coldsunlight— 2008/04/13 @ 06:57 AM — (Reply)

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