dukeb
7 days ago
Rory is AWOL, but if he were to subject himself to questions from shareholders or stock analysts, a fair question would be: "What business is VERB in?"
I don't think that Rory could come up with a coherent answer to that question. The company is schizophrenic at this point. Market.live is dead and buried. The pivot was supposed to be consulting?? to people who wanted to sell on TikTok (even though Verb/Market itself has demonstrated no ability to sell products...and yet they are experts advising others?) to a 60/90 minute TikTok Live where Gen Z shows dollar store crap and tries to sell it.
There is no business model. Even non-shell companies on the OTC have some sort of plan. But NASDAQ listed Verb doesn't seem to have one.
On March 18, 2024, Verb Technology Company, Inc, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), entered into subscription agreements with certain institutional investors (the “Agreements”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the investors 20,851,667 shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share of the Company at a price of $0.24 per share for gross proceeds to the Company of $5,004,400.08.
dukeb
1 week ago
An idiot wrote that. Typical Market.live laziness and sloppiness. How about this:
Event Details:
Date/Time: Friday, July 19, 2024
Location: YouTube Theater, Inglewood, Calif.
Hosts: David Meltzer and Dane Cook
Special Guests: Baron Davis, Marshall Faulk, and more
Hosted by: Rob Riggle
Watch and Shop: Exclusively on MARKET.live (RSVP to get alerts)
Time? What time?
If you go to Market.live and click on "Upcoming Live Events" it reveals that the event is scheduled for 10:45pm (adjusted for my time zone).
If you go to https://www.youtubetheater.com/ the time shows as 7:30pm (Pacific time). The venue says is has a capacity of 6,000 people.
If you click on the BUY TICKETS link it brings you to Ticketmaster web site where the cheapest seats (including fees) are $ 101.45 up to $ 935.25 plus $25 to park.
You can also buy a box for $ 3750 (includes 3 parking passes)
Market announces on Wednesday that there's going to be a super duper audience driven event two days later. Who is going to see that announcement? Anyone signed up to receive VERB news (almost no one) or anyone who visits the Market.live web site (almost no one). People who go to the YouTube Theater web site? LOL.
And who is going to pay $ 100+ to watch this event? No one.
I will tune in if they promise to flip the cameras around to show 5,975 empty seats.
Who wrote this?
jobynimble
1 week ago
“The Collab is more than just a show, it's a unique experience that invites you to laugh, think, and perhaps even change your perspective on success and happiness. Tune in to "The Collab" and be part of a journey that promises to entertain, enlighten, and inspire, making you laugh one minute and reflect the next. Whether you're in for the jokes or the gems of wisdom, Dane Cook and David Meltzer are here to ensure your time is well spent in the most enjoyable way possible.”
Who wrote this?
dukeb
3 weeks ago
I've resisted the scam label for a long time, but developments over the last few years are causing me to re-evaluate.
I think that Rory was putting in a decent effort to pursue the CRM with video path. In retrospect that was ill conceived and poorly executed and you can't justify Rory's penchant for hyperbole bordering on outright lying and his profligate spending on a stylish office space that never should have existed.
He overpaid for acquisitions and proceeded to destroy the products he purchased in order to feed his own ego. Then he sloughed off that business for a small fraction of what was invested in them.
But onward we go to Market.live - the future of on-line shopping. Despite Rory's promises and prognostications, the platform never got off the ground. Your position is that the tech is amateur at best and I'm not in a position to comment. What is clear is that there was never a serious marketing effort to make people aware that Market.live existed. Early streamers saw 20 people or so watching with almost no one opening up their wallets to make a purchase. Many of the products were available cheaper directly from the vendor's own web site or on platform such as Amazon. What value add was there for Market? NONE.
When it became clear that streaming on Market.live was a waste of time, almost everyone abandoned the platform which translates into even few people watching. Rory's next move was to bring in a parade of clowns including the two idiots with their DJ, Crackhead Mike Lindell and has been Frankie Avalon pushing his magic potions.
Market quickly became a cesspool of sadness.
Now cometh the pivot to TikTok. But it's not even clear what the business model is. They say they are charging fees to advise influencers on how to use TikTok to generate product interest and sales commissions. But what makes the slacker Verb employees qualified to advise others on how to be successful?
If you've watched any of the TikTok streams put on by Market they are a sh*tshow. Two (or three if you include Drew Dorsey who lost any remaining ounce of self respect she once had) twenty-somethings pushing dollar store crap and begging people to buy the last $1 plastic purse "so we can go home early."
They are also supposedly renting out studio space but I don't think they've brought in a nickel doing that.
More failure and more sadness.
Meanwhile, Rory has decamped to Las Vegas. Still presumably collecting his six figure salary.
VERB. NASDAQ listed. The shame of it all.
Final edit: One of the few remaining streamers on Market.live has been Margot from Elizabeth Grant Skin Care. Margot's farewell stream was scheduled for 2pm eastern time today. It is now 2:10pm and apparently Margot is a no-show. Will Ali show up for her 3pm and will Doll10 show up for their 4pm? LOL.
It's a scam. Has been for years.