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NEW YORK – Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com has succeeded in raising $100 million in its initial public offering. With more than a million paying subscribers, little competition, a small debt load and a record of increasing revenue, it fared better Continue reading Ancestry Raises $100M With Shares Selling at $13.50
Ancestry.com is expected to go public this week. In checking out their prospectus, updated as of November 2, 2009, they will be offering 7,407,407 shares of common stock as soon as the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Continue reading Ancestry.com & Shareholders to Offer 7,407,407 Shares of Common Stock at Between $12.50 and $14.50 Per Share
When I opened my morning paper (the Deseret News), this morning, I found an article in the business section titled, “FTC Targets Blog Product Reviews.” The article goes on to explain that the Federal Trade Commission has decided that they Continue reading The FTC Asks Bloggers for Full Disclosure – So Here’s Mine
The $75,000,000 Ancestry.com I.P.O. is underwritten by five banks/financial institutions. They typically get 7% of the total offering, less their expenses. Since I.P.O.s have been nearly non-existent lately, the banks can crow a bit about making a few bucks from Continue reading Expected Bank Fees for the Ancestry.com I.P.O.
There’s a downside to every business, and looking at the Ancestry.com SEC filing, it’s hard to see anything but the bucket of gold. However, Ancestry.com has cited acquiring country code domain names as a potential risk. That comes with having Continue reading Ancestry.com Raises Concerns about Obtaining and/or Protecting Domain Names
It really comes as no surprise that Ancestry.com, Inc. has filed for a $75,000,000 Initial Public Offering (I.P.O). They’re one of the few genealogy companies that has made a lot of money the last year or two. According to the Continue reading Ancestry.com Files a $75,000,000. I.P.O.
I ran across the following news release this afternoon, and found it interesting reading. Probate searches are common to genealogists worldwide. This press release deals specifically with one company in the U.K. – and their approach to tracing heirs for Continue reading U.K. Probate Genealogy Fee Options
How often does a new idea come along to help genealogy businesses reach new customers? My friend, Lee Everton, came up with an idea a while back that I think can be of benefit to genealogy-related businesses – and I’m Continue reading The Genealogy Trade Mission – A New Idea to Help Genealogy Companies