[img src="" caption="" credit="" alt=""]A Facebook application called Advent Calendar (one of a handful) had put itself up for sale on eBay last week, but hasn't gotten more than $7,099 by the final bidding time. That wasn't enough to meet the reserve, and gives a rather dismal outlook to the overall value of Facebook apps. While there has been a lot of interest in Facebook's platform and the subsequent applications on the investment end, no applications have seemed to fetch a large acquisition price.
This seems to be for several reasons, most of which seem to be associated with the current market. But I don't really have to state the obvious when it comes to this particular Advent Calendar application that's been put up for sale--how do you monetize such an application that can only be used for 24 days of the year?
Nevertheless, this is the second company in the past week to seek a buyout in time for the holidays. DivShare has kept the details of its "for sale" status pretty under wraps, but a lot of speculation regarding its selling potential has been swirling around as well. But when it comes to the Advent Calendar application, it's a rather unique situation, considering the newness of applications, the "market" and the rest of the world joining in on the open bandwagon.
[via allfacebook]