You know, most successful companies have been made giant and get to the broad way by stock market , it doubles their money incredibly ! I wonder if there is a special stock exchange for electronic companies and websites ? you know digital Inc's are not recognizable by all countries so it won't be easy for internet real estates for example to offer their shares for investor in regular stocks do they ?
Nothing that I know of. It would be easy to track the volumes of trading. But how can we really know how much an website or internet company actually makes. Only the owner really know that answer, and I doubt they want to reveal it and be responsible for telling the gov't. That might also lead to other things that would be bad to internet business.
I don't think there is any dedicated to Internet companies, because of their lack of size and profitability history. The nearest I can think about are the pink sheets.
Not a bad idea at all, the problem would be getting companies to list and report, and then getting them to honour stocks.
Good concept, but the fundamentals of trading would eventually have to be put into place. Like tushardhoot1 said, it would be a problem if there was not a system that would force companies to honor their prices and earnings. The Nasdaq (QQQQ) is simply managed by an computer network. There are companies of every industry listed in the QQQQ. Something I have had in my mind for a long time, is maybe offer possible investors a share of our profits/stake in our "company" for a small investment. The only problem with using those exact words, is that the Securities and Exchange Commission would shut the operation down in a matter of days. I have a full business model thought out for this, anyone interested in possibly developing a raw plan just PM me. Dan
Your best bet would be to look at venture capital firms that specialize in the tech sector. A quick google search found these guys. They invest in the smaller companies (sometimes not so small), and hope to make money that way.
Given so few industries have their own stock exchange why would a specific channel (not even an industry) have one? Cant speak for the USA but in the UK not only would the stock exchange be exceptionally regulated but as a company offering its shares to the general public (Plc) the reporting and controls are massively increased for the company so a significant risk that people with small companies listed stock not realising that to do so they must have changed their registration, issued a minimum of $100,000 shares, employed a qualified company secutary etc
No such thing for small websites, and by small, I mean under 500K A year earnings. If you earn more than that, you could go public. This is a rough estimate.