Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter

Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by recuter on Monday November 11, 2013 @05:05AM (#6710833)

So this is an Asian WhatsApp type thing that capitalized on its stickyness to push games and stickers? What is the formula for the meteoric rise?

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by sebilasse on Monday November 11, 2013 @05:13AM (#6710862)

I asked a bunch of Thais why they switched to Line 1-2 years ago. Number one reason: cute stickers. Sending stickers, is quicker and more fun.

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by ye on Monday November 11, 2013 @06:56AM (#6711147)

This is so retarded. Also shows how hard it is to predict what's profitable.

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by w1ntermute on Monday November 11, 2013 @09:24AM (#6711695)

No, it's not retarded. It just shows that you don't understand the market.

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by wodenokoto on Monday November 11, 2013 @07:57AM (#6711346)

Why is that retarded?

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by nrser on Monday November 11, 2013 @05:13AM (#6710860)

my understanding is that they were in the right place at the right time to capture the tip from feature to smart phones in a country with an unusable SMS system and an unbelievable virtual goods market.

source: friends were in social / mobile games in Japan 2010-2011

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by madeofpalk on Monday November 11, 2013 @05:42AM (#6710941)

> WhatsApp

That's funny, because the only people I ever saw WhatsApp were Chinese.

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by jemeshsu on Monday November 11, 2013 @09:55AM (#6711864)

WeChat from China has close to 400 million users, bigger than Line from Japan at over 200 million. These two dominates Asia, at distant third is KakaoTalk from Korea. WeChat is strongest in China, where Line is Japan/Taiwan. WhatsApp and even Facebook has to worry, as all my younger relatives are sharing status/photos in WeChat, abandoning Facebook.

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by j03w on Monday November 11, 2013 @06:23PM (#6714814)

I'm in Sydney but I'm seeing otherwise. Most if not all of my Chinese friends are using WeChat primarily. Sure they may have WhatsApp installed and use them sometime but if they talk to their Chinese friends it always WeChat.

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by mattw1810 on Monday November 11, 2013 @07:58AM (#6711350)

Don't forget the Dutch, it's used by pretty much every smartphone user over here.

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by madeofpalk on Monday November 11, 2013 @08:21AM (#6711413)

Oh I'm sure it is. I've heard it's popular in Southern America as well?

I'm just speaking from my experiance in Australia: WhatsApp is a Chinese thing.

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by smtddr on Monday November 11, 2013 @09:02AM (#6711586)

FWIW, WhatsApp is huge in Nigeria; at least the major cities like Lagos.

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Re:Messaging App Line Now Brings in Nearly $100M a Quarter by wcfields on Monday November 11, 2013 @04:19PM (#6714122)

Everyone in Mexico uses it too

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