[CydeWeys]

They employ a lot of people and have office space. Any big company has a large amount of fixed costs that will drag you under when income dries up.

[yesplorer]

Airbnb has over 5 million listings and 150 million customers around 190 countries and they don't make enough in commissions to pay rent, salaries and server costs?

[CydeWeys]

They don't. Period. That's a simple fact. No questions need asking here; they do NOT make enough money from their listings to cover all of their costs, full stop.

[yesplorer]

Then they're indeed not fit to run their business, period.

[CydeWeys]

OK, so what are you going to do about it?

[yesplorer]

Am I supposed to do something about it? Do you know the meaning or point of a discussion forum? You're such a bad loser, lol.

Wsj published the article, what are they going to do about it?

Don't be rude, it's stupid.

You can have the last word.

[rchaud]

you forgot marketing costs. Airbnb is a household name for a reason.

[yesplorer]

At what point does Management not realise that they need to balance their books and so at least, expenditure = revenue for them to break even?

Airbnb is 12 years old. If they haven't figured out that they shouldn't spend more than they earn by now, I don't think the current management will be able to figure it out in another 12 years.