MSE Discussion: MoneySavingExpert.com to join the MoneySupermarket.com group

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  • Fifer
    Fifer Posts: 59,413 Forumite
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    sablade wrote: »
    Unfortunately the voice of the consumer has been bought, money can buy anything, anyone has their price and Mr Lewis has dumped on his own doorstep. To start with we will see no difference but drip by drip moneysupermarket will suffocate this site and strip it of all it's ways to turn the public's free advice into pure profit.

    Sadly, I suspect you are right. There will be a period of stability followed by a decreasing level of activity by the founders and an increasing level of commercial activity.

    Even if that was not the case, the commercial association tarnishes any claim of independence. Even if the site remained completely true to it's founding principles, the commerical link will destroy people's perception of indpendence and fairness. The site, however honest it may be, will not be trusted.
    There's love in this world for everyone. Every rascal and son of a gun.
    It's for the many and not the few. Be sure it's out there looking for you.
    In every town, in every state. In every house and every gate.
    Wth every precious smile you make. And every act of kindness.
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  • landsker
    landsker Posts: 65 Forumite
    At least if you'd sold to Compare the Market, we'd have the meerkats to enliven things.
  • Fifer
    Fifer Posts: 59,413 Forumite
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    chewback wrote: »
    The site will turn into Motley Fool where they only promote companies that pay them.

    Good analogy. I remember when Motley Fool was independent and trusted. I used to visit regularly but haven't been near it for years.
    There's love in this world for everyone. Every rascal and son of a gun.
    It's for the many and not the few. Be sure it's out there looking for you.
    In every town, in every state. In every house and every gate.
    Wth every precious smile you make. And every act of kindness.
    Micheal Marra, 1952 - 2012
  • k-man
    k-man Posts: 54 Forumite
    sablade wrote: »
    7.5M of us get the weekly email which now will be spam and secret adverts

    1 more person not getting the email now .....
  • StaffsSW
    StaffsSW Posts: 5,788 Forumite
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    http://shares.telegraph.co.uk/news/article.php?id=4381191&epic=MONY

    £87m ...?!

    I knew the site was coining it in, but not to that extent.
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  • Steamer28
    Steamer28 Posts: 8 Forumite
    Sell out, mmmm not completley sure as I would never want the site to closed.

    And long term investment from Moneysupermarket should save us all more money (And someone has to make money to keep the wheels going round).

    Well done Martin & Team.

    Stuart
  • Fifer
    Fifer Posts: 59,413 Forumite
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    Steamer28 wrote: »
    And long term investment from Moneysupermarket should save us all more money (

    How does that work then?
    There's love in this world for everyone. Every rascal and son of a gun.
    It's for the many and not the few. Be sure it's out there looking for you.
    In every town, in every state. In every house and every gate.
    Wth every precious smile you make. And every act of kindness.
    Micheal Marra, 1952 - 2012
  • stingyscot
    stingyscot Posts: 81 Forumite
    I've been a moneysaving member since Martin was in short trousers, figuratively speaking, and somehow felt that he and the site was 'ours'. It's so disappointing to discover that he has feet of clay and is just the same as all the rest. Sellout, in every way. Presumably the next step is to become an MP :-(
  • StaffsSW
    StaffsSW Posts: 5,788 Forumite
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    Fifer wrote: »
    There's a question missing from the Q&A. "What's in in for MoneySupermarket.com and how will they make a return on their massive investment?"

    it's simply one affiliate marketing company, buying out another. This site earns huge amounts of money from all those links with a star next to them. Remember that this site is one huge financial product recommendation exercise, and that industry pays affiliates handsomely... Equifax, £35 per sign up, utility companies pays up to £100 per new customer.

    Mse/ml is widely recognised as one of the highest earning affiliates within the internet marketing industry. Fair play for levering that niche.
    <--- Nothing to see here - move along --->
  • fen_boy
    fen_boy Posts: 6 Forumite
    Are the regular and extremely helpful forum users getting a dividend then? That's where most of the value lies in this site. You're all being sold to line Martin's pockets otherwise.
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