How can one monetize a Facebook app?<p>I've been thinking about this recently.. If your facebook app does well, then you will pay for it in terms of servers and bandwidth, but where can you make returns? <p>Unless you can somehow draw traffic to your site through your facebook app I think it might be an uphill battle. I heard reports that iLike actually LOST website traffic after the release of their facebook app.<p>You are getting some degree of brand recognition but the user base really isnt yours if they never use your product outside the facebook sandbox. <p>Any thoughts?
I was under the impression that 250,000 users would be sufficient to attract VC funding to a startup.<p>Is this not the case with Facebook apps? Can Facebook apps attract VC funding at all?
For reference, the 55-day-later followup:<p>The "I Have 250,000 Users, Now What?" guy just sold his Facebook app for $3 million
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43352" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43352</a>