Events site going strong
If you don’t know what to do New Year’s Eve, take a look at the parties on Going, a year-old event listing site. Mos Def’s ‘Sneakers Required’ party may not be that exciting for you if you’re not in the site’s targeted demographic of 21-29 year olds, but nightlife is only one area where Going wants to beat the competition (see our previous coverage here, here and here).
Going is all about “what’s happening?” and “who’s… Continue Reading
Event sites face-off
The events listing business has shrunk, with one competitor, Attendio, dropping out lately. The leading remaining competitors are, in rough order of apparent market share, Eventful, Yahoo’s Upcoming, Zvents and Going.com.
Among those four, there’s not yet a clear leader, nor have they yet attracted tens of millions of users — a reason Attendio cited for stepping aside. Capturing people’s attention when it comes to events, it seems, is harder than it might appear.
Further, there’s the… Continue Reading
Attendio leaves event listings in favor of widgets
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After being a portal for events for less than half a year, Attendio has abandoned the the events industry, saying that market is too small. It has decided instead to become a widget-making company, jumping from one crowded industry to another.
It’s just the latest indication that the Web 2.0 market is bubbly, and raises questions about why VCs keep investing in the sector. The San Francisco company raised (see coverage) less than $1 million in… Continue Reading
Event site Going.com raises $5 million amid competition
Going.com, a site that combines events information with social networking, has taken $5 million and is growing quickly, even amid heavy competition.
Since launching at the beginning of this year, the company says it has grown to more than 500,000 unique users — most of whom are 20-somethings and all of whom are in one of the four cities the site supports for now: San Francisco, New York City, Chicago and Boston.
The financing comes from General… Continue Reading
Going, a networking site for urban events
Going.com, a Boston-based networking site centered around urban events, has grown rapidly since it launched in June of last year.
The site, which tomorrow changes its name to Going (away from HeyLetsGo.com), says it has 220,000 unique monthly visitors to the site. The numbers, while not mind-blowing by any stretch, are enough to look around and ask why other sites haven’t sewn up this events area. Going lists events in three cities; it launched in Boston… Continue Reading