Ask HN: How does XMarks make money?

2 points by sentinel 16y ago ↗ HN

They are offering a good application for free, and are continuously updating their product. How do they make a profit? Also, were they ever a start-up? Did they ever take on investors?

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thinkalone 16y ago ↗

He's too busy trying to get his 10-car garage built (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010...) to worry about making money.

papa 16y ago ↗

Here's a TC article from this Spring that discusses some of Xmarks monetization efforts: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/07/xmarks-begins-monetizing-bo...