How Much Facebook Pay for Whatsapp?

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Hereof, how WhatsApp makes money?

Whatsapp doesn't generate direct revenue as it doesn't sell ads. However, Sequoia Capital invested around $8 million in the company, and many other investors are interested in investing in the venture. So, WhatsApp is making money by tie-ups with popular telecom companies as well.

Also, how facebook earn money from WhatsApp? WhatsApp charges for the use its service. But it charges each user only a dollar a year, and in acquiring WhatsApp, Facebook is paying whopping $42 per user. The company could charge people more to use the tool, but then they'd just leave for another messaging service. In short, there's no immediate way to make money.

Furthermore, how much did Mark Zuckerberg paid for WhatsApp?

Here's something to think about when you go overdrawn on your current account yet again this month: Mark Zuckerberg has just paid 19 billion dollars for WhatsApp, the messaging app that's totally overtaken texts (so 2010).

Why did FB buy WhatsApp?

At the same time, WhatsApp's growth is gobbling up user messaging and connection time that once could have belonged to Facebook. Now those users and their time do belong to Facebook. So buying WhatsApp allows Facebook to both own "the next Facebook" and prevent "the next Facebook" from eating Facebook's lunch.