# How does Napster make money? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 19, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-napster-make-money/62493 "2001-04-19T03:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-napster-make-money/62493/21 "2001-04-19T21:29:13Z")
Sorry, fair enough i didn’t mean to start an argument. Consider me told off. ---
**Author:** ![bashere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bashere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bashere)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-napster-make-money/62493/22 "2001-04-19T21:57:38Z")
**B to B** - sorry, I shot from the hip on that one; I sort of assumed it wasn’t their immediate goal. Sorry; it is more than possible that they are making money now. Do you have any idea if the mean for banner ads and referals to be the only revenue streams? They are (or could be) such a small company that they may make it to profitability that way. ---
**Author:** ![aubries](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@aubries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aubries)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-napster-make-money/62493/23 "2001-04-20T02:12:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Francesca \* > \*\*Sorry, fair enough i didn’t mean to start an argument. Consider me told off. \*\* Actually, I didn’t really mean to single you out, but looking back, of course it comes off like that. Sorry about that. I was more just a wee bit frustrated that _every_ response I got up to that point, even the ones that were on topic, included an unsolicited opinion or a provocative remark. All you did was rise to the bait. No apologies necessary. -Ed [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-napster-make-money/62493.md?page=1)