Friday, Sep 11, 2009
Intrade Confidential Survey Results Now Public Dublin, Ireland, September 11th, 2009
Intrade is currently running a survey from its homepage.
We are making the results* of our survey transparent and public. We are doing this as we believe providing open access to this information is in the best interests of our members, our business, the industry, our competitors, supporters and even our rare ;-) symbiotic detractors.
Should you like to discuss or collaborate on this or related surveys please contact me directly at john.delaney@intrade.com.
Additional details here...
http://www.intrade.com/jsp/intrade/misc/blog/#jd_25
Regards,
John Delaney CEO
1. How did you discover Intrade.com?
Blog 12%
Friend or colleague 17%
Search engine (e.g. Google, Yahoo!) 23%
Facebook 0%
Twitter 0%
Other (please specify)
48% (Top thematic answers: College Professor, CNN, CNBC, HardBall with Chris Matthews, Larry Kudlow, Glen Beck, ABC 20/20, Politickr)
2. How would you feel if you could no longer use Intrade.com?
Very disappointed 67%
Somewhat disappointed 27%
Not disappointed 6%
N/A - I no longer use Intrade.com 0%
3. What would you likely use as an alternative if Intrade.com were no longer available?
I probably wouldn’t use an alternative 65%
I would use an alternative 35% (Top thematic answers: Drudge Report, Iowa Electronic Markets, survey/public opinion poll data, more time on virtual currency markets, any other real money prediction market)
4. What is the primary benefit that you have received from Intrade.com?
Various responses from respondents 85% (Top thematic answers: Profit, insight, excitement, hedge, training, education for finance, “seeing the curve before it curves”)
No responses from respondents 15%
5. Have you recommended Intrade.com to others? If Yes, why?
No 26%
Yes 74% (Top thematic answers: A futures market on events rather than commodities, , risk managed way to trade futures, a great place to use your knowledge to make money, the best predictions market with a good history, as an opportunity to profit from your good judgment, futures trading on current events.)
6. What type of person do you think would benefit most from Intrade.com?
Various responses from respondents 79% (Top thematic answers: finance, trader, investor, speculators, politicians, media people, people with expert information, Corp. CEO's, managers, 'Joe 6 pack')
No responses from respondents 21%
7. How can we improve Intrade.com to better meet your needs?
Various responses from respondents 83% (Top thematic answers: Improve liquidity somehow, Make depositing easier, a better user interface/upgrade your website, a central clearing counterparty, add sport markets, more local markets, make it easier to spread the Intrade word)
No responses from respondents 17%
8. Would it be okay if we followed up by email to request a clarification to one or more of your responses?
No 39%
Yes 61%
* From approx 100 initial respondents.