This might just be my conspiracy radar turned to 11, however, it seems very suspect that a blog with only 1 post ever, is using that post to rave about AirBnB right in the middle of their storm.<p>I want to supplement this by saying I really admire AirBnB and have no doubt that they will over come this security lapse with the killer product and marketplace they've built. However, this suspicious orphan blog post has my BS antennae throwing out sparks.
To clarify, the poster is making $1,129 in rent per thousand views of his property page on Airbnb (as opposed to, say, craigslist). He is not trying to suggest that advertising (something besides his property) earns any revenue.
that's like saying that your car dealership website generates $20,000 CPM because they sold a car from their website.<p>CPM would be for AirBNB and they make a lot less than that.
It feels good to read this kind of article after all taht storm. I'm pretty sure that guys at Airbnb are doing a great job.<p>It feels really nice when the community stands up and somehow defends/promotes the products they like, specially when that product is a result from hard work.
Just checked out my Airbnb stats, they're equally impressive.<p>All Page Views: 246
Money Earned: $1,249
Total Bookings: 2
So less than 1% conversion rate though.
Are you sure you want to use your real name on this blog? You are advertising the fact that you are breaking the law in San Francisco (short term rental without a license) and violating your lease (subletting your apartment).
I'm not sure it translates. I've got a place, listed on AirBnB which is almost always available for rent. It's a vacation home. <a href="http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/59577" rel="nofollow">http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/59577</a><p>We've had 458 page views and made $262. Hardly astonishing. We do rent it locally through a property manager, they get much fewer page views, but have repeat clients and make us $5k to $10k per year. At least in South America, AirBnb might as well not exist at all. Nobody uses it to rent.
Good job on the earnings but there's not a whole lot we can take away from the CPM figure. I'm not sure there is anything to compare it to besides other AirBnB listings and the only other data point we currently have is an order of magnitude better (246/$1129).
What's the point of this? Using terms like CPM makes no sense in this context. Come back to us when you're making $1129 with a million impressions, buddy.