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Did eBay make the right choice by purchasing mobile payment company Zong?

eBay recently purchased the mobile payment company Zong for $240 million. Do you think eBay made the right choice by purchasing Zong? Why did eBay choose Zong over Boku?

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John (ColderICE) Lawson
CEO, ColderICE.com
Posted on July 7, 2011

This is so fresh of a deal that I really have not processed all the parts. BUT I will say that the price was pretty good IMHO if you compare it to the GSI acquisition of $2.4 billion, which I think was a mobile move for eBay/Paypal as well.

When you say "choose" one over the other, not sure it was a choice?!? Were both up for sale? I am not sure, but it who know, they could be next :-)

Stay tuned ...
John (ColderICE)

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Brielle Nikaido
Brielle Nikaido Replied on July 7, 2011

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, John! As for the question regarding Boku, I brought that up because the original article I read made reference to the fact that they might be for sale. Here is the article they link to: http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/01/apple-google-boku/

Thanks again!

Brielle

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