Christian Owens
Encyclopedia
Christian Owens is an English Internet entrepreneur
. He founded the internet advertising network Branchr, in January 2009. Owens attended Brooke Weston
until age 16.
and Internet weblog Gizmodo
following his announcement of earning $1,000,000 USD in revenue.
Building upon previous successful ventures from companies like MacHeist
, Owens bundled various Apple Mac applications and utilities to form one package to be available for a short time at a discount. Mac Bundle Box is alleged to have taken £700,000 in revenue since launching in 2008. Some of it going to the Developers. Christian Owens then launched his own pay-per-click internet marketing service named Branchr. Co-Founded with Entrepreneur Mark Bao .In 2011 Owens revealed on his Twitter
social networking account that Branchr had shut down due to issues with advertisers using stolen credit cards on the network..
In the summer of 2010 Owens began a new venture, VoteBundle that allowed potential customers to vote on what would be included in the bundle. The VoteBundle venture was acclaimed by the Apple community. VoteBundle launched, and was the first democratic bundle of its type.
After a number of miscellaneous projects, in December 2010, Owens started an expanding Mac Bundle Box with SwoopGrid an ad platform for Mac application deals. SwoopGrid makes certified traffic statistics publicly available via the analytics website Quantcast
; these reports show that around a million people viewed the website monthly at its peak. This number has now dropped to under 5,000.
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
. He founded the internet advertising network Branchr, in January 2009. Owens attended Brooke Weston
Brooke Weston
Brooke Weston Academy is an Academy in Corby, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, teaching students from age 11 to 18. It has consistently placed very highly in GCSE league tables and has an above average value added score at Key Stage 4. The value added score for Key Stage 5 is below average...
until age 16.
Media Coverage
In August 2010, Christian was mentioned in British tabloid newspaper Daily MailDaily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
and Internet weblog Gizmodo
Gizmodo
Gizmodo is a technology weblog about consumer electronics. It is part of the Gawker Media network run by Nick Denton and is known for its up-to-date coverage of the technology industry, along with topics as broad as design; architecture; space and science....
following his announcement of earning $1,000,000 USD in revenue.
Career
Christian Bailey Owens started his first business, Mac Bundle Box, at 14.Building upon previous successful ventures from companies like MacHeist
MacHeist
MacHeist is a website that resells Mac OS X shareware. The site has become known for its marketing tactics. These tactics include challenges that entitle successful customers to free software licenses and/or discounts, as well as the concept of selling software in a bundle that increases in size...
, Owens bundled various Apple Mac applications and utilities to form one package to be available for a short time at a discount. Mac Bundle Box is alleged to have taken £700,000 in revenue since launching in 2008. Some of it going to the Developers. Christian Owens then launched his own pay-per-click internet marketing service named Branchr. Co-Founded with Entrepreneur Mark Bao .In 2011 Owens revealed on his Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
social networking account that Branchr had shut down due to issues with advertisers using stolen credit cards on the network..
In the summer of 2010 Owens began a new venture, VoteBundle that allowed potential customers to vote on what would be included in the bundle. The VoteBundle venture was acclaimed by the Apple community. VoteBundle launched, and was the first democratic bundle of its type.
After a number of miscellaneous projects, in December 2010, Owens started an expanding Mac Bundle Box with SwoopGrid an ad platform for Mac application deals. SwoopGrid makes certified traffic statistics publicly available via the analytics website Quantcast
Quantcast
Quantcast is a California based company that provides publishers and marketers with the ability to understand, deliver and reach their best audiences at a massive scale...
; these reports show that around a million people viewed the website monthly at its peak. This number has now dropped to under 5,000.