Bytes beat, into 300 million a day: crazy money printing machine

Author . . Yang Jiyun

Source . . Investment (ID: pedaily2012)

Edit the . . Wu Wei

Byte-beating revenue secrets began to surface.

On May 27, Reuters and Bloomberg reported that people familiar with the matter said byte beat revenue of $17 billion last year, more than double 2018 revenue and profits of more than $3 billion. In this regard, the investment community(WeChat ID: pedaily2012 )To the byte beat aspect of the evidence, the other side replied: the market rumors do not respond.

It's not a hollow wind. A few days ago, Sensor Tower data showed that Byte Beats and TikTok had more than $78 million in Apple App Store and Google Play Store worldwide in April 2020, surpassing YouTube's $76 million for the first time.

It should be noted that this is the first time in history that a Chinese Internet company has achieved such a success overseas.

Eight years after its establishment, byte beats began to become crazy "money printing machines". Not long ago, a partner at an old PE institution in the U.S. revealed in an interview with the investment community that he was shocked by the byte beat, "Until June 2018, several video platforms, such as Jiyin, Volcano, watermelon, were not sold for a penny and later charged."(Commercialization)at least one billion in the next day."

Bytes beat,Horror money printing machine

1 year revenue of 120 billion,

Shake the sound of Tiktok burst

Compared with the money-burning unicorns, the byte beat can be said to be the "money printing machine".

On May 27th people familiar with the matter told Reuters about the revenue secrets of byte beats: for the full year 2019, byte revenue exceeded $17 billion, or more than 120 billion yuan, or 330 million yuan a day, and net profit exceeded $3 billion, or 20 billion yuan.

Such detailed data, not hollow wind, the circle once guessed that this is byte beat actively revealed to the outside media. After all, such tactics are common in China's public relations community.

It has to be said that byte beat has become one of the most watched Chinese companies overseas. According to foreign media reports, the company is becoming a strong competitor to US internet giants Facebook and Alphabet, Google's parent company. Facebook's Instagram brings in $20 billion in ad revenue in 2019, and Alphabet's YouTube earned $15.1 billion last year.

The Internet has memories. Over the years, the byte beat at sky-high valuations has been under pressure from revenue, but time and again it has handed over transcripts of multi-stage growth: 6 billion in 2016, 16 billion in 2017 and 50 billion in 2018.

Since 2019, byte-beating revenues have become even more compelling, with listing rumors swering. Earlier this year, it was reported in the media that Byte Beat 2019 had achieved its performance target, with full-year revenue exceeding RMB140 billion, up nearly 280% from the previous year, while by November 2019, Byte Beat's average daily revenue had exceeded 400 million yuan.

However, byte beat at the time denied the $140 billion revenue claim, explicitly saying the information was false. In response to the news that revenue exceeded $17 billion, the investment community confirmed that it would not comment. In other words, there is no direct denial.

Where does the main revenue from the byte beat come from? There is no doubt that Jiyin and TikTok became "money printing machines". TikTok reported more than 738 million downloads in 2019 and $177 million in 2019, according to SensorTowera, a U.S. mobile application data analytics firm.

It is worth mentioning that the current trend of byte beat short video revenue is still continuing, especially in this year's outbreak is still strong. Sensor Tower data also shows that Jiyin and TikTok collected more than $78 million worldwide in April 2020 for the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, surpassing YouTube's $76 million. Today, TikTok has more than 1 billion users and more than 2 billion downloads, making it the only technology company with more than 100 million users in China and the West, with the exception of Apple.

The investment community understands that most of the revenue from Jiyin and TikTok comes from advertising and in-app purchases. Since last year, the commercialization of byte beats on Jitter and TikTok has been growing rapidly, poaching talent from Internet companies with cash-out experience and resources at home and abroad. Meanwhile, zhang Lidong, who is in charge of commercialization, and Zhang Nan, CEO of Jiyin, were mentioned as byte beats during the organizational restructuring in March(China)Chairman and byte beat(China)The CEO also illustrates the smoothness of the commercialization path and the deep recognition of the contributions of Jitter and TikTok.

In today's environment, digital advertising faces unprecedented challenges, but with Tencent's first-quarter earnings disclosure that Q1 revenue from its online advertising business was 17.713 billion yuan, up 32% year-on-year, the best growth rate in five quarters, it's not hard to guess the growth in advertising revenue.

In addition, Byte Beats is expanding its revenue streams, including attempts at live streaming, e-commerce, and even search, as well as a game that will be one of the key businesses of 2020, a cash cow business that everyone understands and absolutely needs to play.

Early investors:

It is valued at at least $150 billion

Why does the byte beat?

In China's Internet world, the valuation of byte beats remain a mystery.

The $75 billion valuation is a thing of the past. In March, tiger funds revealed their investment in byte-beating in a letter to investors: "Over the past 21 months, we have purchased byte-beating stocks at a lower multiply of future free cash flow." It mentions that byte-beating equity changes hands in the second-hand market, with valuations of between $90 billion and $100 billion.

Byte beat did not respond to the latest $100 billion valuation. However, an investor in Beijing focused on the transfer of old shares to the investment community revealed that the first half of the market is constantly a personal LP is transferring byte beating old stocks, "more anxious, their own capital pressure is relatively large, in order to ease." "The valuation asking price is up to $120 billion.

Two months later, valuations changed again. Byte-beating valuations have reportedly exceeded $100 billion in recent private stock trading, up to a maximum of $140 billion.

"Now the headlines(byte beat)To melt a round of new shares, the valuation is at least $150 billion. "An early investor with a byte beat revealed to the investment community. But the sound of questioning is pouring in from all directions: Why is the byte beating?

In the eyes of the above-mentioned investors, the hard-nosed and determined tiger fund to earn is the information spread, and the circle more aware of the byte beat people continue to bet that the bet is the future potential of byte beat. "The market is very opaque and really knows the headlines(byte beat)There are very few people in the company's actual situation, core competitiveness, strategy and its greatness. "

At the end of 2019, a partner at a established PE institution in the United States revealed in an exclusive interview with the investment community, "We have also seen byte beats, but for various reasons did not vote, not because of the price of the issue, said that there are a few concerns, involving more sensitive issues."

But the investor said he was shocked by the byte beat, "before last June, jitters, volcanoes, watermelons and several video platforms did not sell a penny, and then charged the day after at least 100 million, which is the role of traffic." "

Previously, investors have analyzed: "Whether the byte-beating valuation can exceed $100 billion depends on how much TikTok can do overseas, and the final valuation depends on the global market." "

Today, TikTok's ride has not only brought an ultra-high growth engine of globalization to the byte beat, but also a huge breakthrough for Chinese Internet companies' products overseas: all along, neither Tencent's QQ, WeChat nor Ali's Taobao or Alipay have been able to open up such a situation.

Entrepreneurs are beginning to discover

their ultimate opponent

It's all Zhang Yiming

Terrible byte beats, ready to hit everywhere.

Entrepreneurs in all fields are beginning to find that they are not just dealing with the problem of bats, but are now wary of a more pointed opponent, byte beats.

Its tentacles are found in all walks of life: news, short video, live streaming, e-commerce, social, variety, online drama, movie distribution, entertainment brokerage, music streaming, K12 education, English learning, electronic signatures, enterprise applications, finance, gaming, search, smart hardware, AI, car networking, cloud services... Sitting on a constant stream of traffic, the byte-beating layout is endless.

BAT's B turns into a byte beat early（ ByteDance ）Although not yet listed, the byte crushing Baidu at a valuation of $100 billion is no 100 million dollars. To some extent, it is precisely because of the rise of short video, the mobile Internet landscape is rapidly changing, at present, Tencent products accounted for 50% of China's traffic share, followed by today's headlines.

Rarely exposed Zhang Yiming, I am afraid even he would not have thought that when the byte beat let the domestic Internet companies such as the enemy, overseas technology companies are also very unhappy with this from the sky down the opponent. Surrounding Zhang Yiming, this scene is playing out all over the world.

Zhang Yiming once said: "You don't have to think about looking back, the left is not who came, the right is not who is coming." You don't have to think about tripping people up, it's no use. You run forward, focus on running forward, which may not seem like an ingenious way, but many times the most direct way is the most effective. "

Today, in the face of the siege of giants at home and abroad, bytes continue to beat - even if Zhang Yiming has become a "public enemy of the whole people."

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