Job listing fees were half of revenue in 2007 and are now down to 27%.
Other NYSE sources of revenues include clearing fees, market data, listing fees and technology services.
Nearly a third of its revenue comes from insertion and other listing fees.
The Nasdaq, charged by the SEC with operating the Bulletin Board, gets no listing fees from the companies there, as it does from its own listers.
They make money off of advertising, some listing fees, and the big hope is their new Tmall service which could make Taobao the Amazon (AMZN) of China.
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While economic growth is essential for a diversified business like the Moscow Exchange, the risks for investors also include uncertainty over policy reforms as well as weaker than expected volumes, linked to pricing pressure on trading and listing fees and increased competition from other exchanges.
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While reforms like the fee disclosure rules from the U.S. Department of Labor (slated to take effect July 1) are positive steps, the Demos model described in their report shows how listing fees on account statements will not address the other factors that keep fees high nor fix the structural weaknesses in the current risky, individualized retirement system.
Unlike eBay EachNet, which charged its sellers for listing and transaction fees, Taobao was free to use.
In order to push this model, Taobao waived all listing and transaction fees, making money just from advertising.
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Can you imagine eBay in the US waiving listing and transaction fees just to gain market traction, and just relying on advertising income to cover operating costs?
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Donahoe's move to lower the fees for listing items has boosted the number of items on the site by 18%, according to Majestic Research.
French publishers had been pushing for Google to pay them licensing fees for listing headlines and snippets of articles in its search engine results.
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