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>If you were to tell a non-HNer that Kayak, Booking, Priceline, CheapFlights, OpenTable, and other large websites are worth 100B combined, I don't think they wo
by xrange 9y ago
>If you were to tell a non-HNer that Kayak, Booking, Priceline, CheapFlights, OpenTable, and other large websites are worth 100B combined, I don't think they would even blink an eye.
...is that because you don't think non-HNer's don't have an appreciation for how much something like Walmart is worth (~$250B)? Or because you think they believe that $100B is a reasonable valuation?
>Really is fascinating how different perspectives can be.
My personal experience is that "most people" wouldn't recognize that Kayak, Booking, CheapFlights, and OpenTable were businesses / websites, let alone use them.
- 1zee 9y agoYou know people that would not recognize any of those brands?
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y agoPlenty.
- titanix2 9y agoYes, beside Booking.com I never heard of any of them. They may be a thing in the US, outside not really.
- michaelmrose 9y agoI had only heard of kayak out of the lot.
- losteric 9y agoFWIW I've heard of one of those (Kayak), plus Priceline - and I only used Priceline a few times in college (they turned me off of using these tools).
- baddox 9y agoDo they advertise on TV? If they do, then there's a decent chance my parents (in their 60s) know about them, otherwise it's very unlikely.
- wott 9y agoI only know Booking (never used it personally, but my relatives do; well... did, I think they stopped for ethical reasons: the 'middlemen' thing), I've never heard of any of the others and I have no idea about what they provide.
- ksk 9y agoI recently met an older dude who hadn't heard of Craigslist!
- vwcx 9y agoThere are all kinds of people who have never heard of Craigslist within the United States. There are also plenty of children under 18 who have never heard of Craigslist. Despite its popularity and relative staying power, Craigslist belongs/belonged to a specific sub-generation.