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I don't think it's personal, the entire market is plummeting today as the UK is effectively cut off from the rest of the World. There was also bound to be some cashing in after last week. The New year will see a big bounce when the actual figures come in.

https://www.codemasters.com/codemasters-drives-hands-face-space-messaging-in-dirt-rally-2-0-and-grid/

A Government campaign using a Codemasters/Bidstack combo.

A lot of people appear to have cashed in too soon by the looks of it. Hopefully some of the trolls that seem to inhabit this board. This will probably hover around the sub 10p mark until the results RNS in a couple of weeks and then escalate. Today's announcement will attract some larger players' attention and also help in terms of credibility for sales moving forward. Personally, this has to be a hold for the time being if you're not already in.

I couldn't agree more. In all respects, the future looks good for Bids. There are untapped markets for both the main Bids platform and the underdeveloped but I gather now relaunched Pubguard which I briefly encountered professionally before its purchase by Bids. The two sides of the business go hand-in-hand with the potential for cross-selling. I'll reiterate my view that the potential for a takeover by a much larger player is also there. I believe that the disappointments from last year have help the SP down this year and that the opportunity for this to hit unicorn status in the next year or so are better than good. Working in the tech World as I do, I have seen far lesser businesses with solutions for problems that don't really exist fly initially but fall from grace when the reality hits home. In the case of Bids, it does provide two solid offerings in a growth market so what's not to like?

At least some positive news amidst all the mayhem: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55229681

I don't think it will have great impact if the revenue were a little short of earlier predictions but that's one for the market.
In terms of announcements, few firms, especially on AIM will make early announcements beyond any statutory duties to do so. The absence of analysts throwing their bit in means we all have to wait for the company to announce its results. Patience is a virtue in that respect.

What's surprising about this, unless there's discussions we are unaware of, is that no big fish has moved in, assuming all the hype to be true. Based on the hype, the share price should be north of 10p by now. Perhaps the forthcoming result will provide some good news? Obviously, Brexit uncertainty is affecting the market at present. The great thing about Bids is that Brexit will have little or no impact on the gaming market which is not subject to, for example, border checks and associated delays.
On a discussion point, it's very unfair to hear all the rants about the executives. It's one thing to own shares in a business with all the market risk that that entails, it's another to be at the helm and on the receiving end of advice from people that know better. As far as I'm concerned, the risk I have taken in investing is a measured one, based on the enormous (and growing) market potential. Here's to a happy New Year.

Likely auto-generated due to late filing of accounts. There's been an enormous uptick in the same. It may even be that the accounts have been filed but CH staff have not yet cleared them for upload publicly.

Personally, I'm appalled at the whole proceeding. One would have thought in this day and age, that people in public office would be trained to conduct themselves based on fact and not based on emotionally driven argument. The fact they have again defied their own planning officers is testament to their ignorance. If this were a court and a jury behaved this way, it would be declared a mistrial.

I'd agree with that. It should be incremental improvements and potentially migrations to new version platforms as the software is developed, perhaps through integrating AI or whatever.

Unfortunately, it seems the statement 'Without being flippant you obviously don’t know much about Bidstack at all.' is not backed up by any useful knowledge either.
Bidstack is an innovative company enable native in-game advertising that can be changed at will. It's new and exciting but has challenges in terms of educating its market, as with any other new idea. My own take is that there are two areas where costs could increase as revenues grow. The first (the chicken and egg one) is sales people. The other is account managers to get the clients on board and dealing with any technical or other issues along the way. Potentially, as the business grows, the development team will need to be expanded in order to develop the platform and maintain its integrity as it scales. It's a business that, like any SaaS business does not require large overheads in terms of offices etc.

So why not explain to everyone if you have all the answers, rather than making a comment which comes across as flippant?

Apologies for the typos.

What surprises me is that Bidstack, with its share price so low, has not yet been snapped up by a larger player., either a games publisher or digital ad agency etc. We all here of tech companies becoming unicorns overnight but they are few and far between and many fail. In the meantime, patience is a virtue.

I have been observing the various chats on this board for some time now and there are a number of points that spring to mind.
1. Investing in shares is a risk and you may not get back all that you invested.
2. It is very easy to blame the CEO or other executives for the performance of the business but any sophisticated investor will tell you that the value of the shares will also be reflected by general market sentiment along with a host of other factors. Calling executives names is childish behaviour that one would not expect from grown adults.
3. Bidstack is sill a young company with, in my opinion, a good, if not excellent future. It is the first to create a means by which real time advertising can be inserted into games. The technology is young and, in my experience, the platform will need completely rebuilding from time to time to take into account new technology being introduced by games producers, to scale the business further and various other factors. This will all mean further investment which will require either taking funds out of potential profits and/or fund raises, and/or seeking R&D grants.
4. Because this is an entirely new concept, it needs to overcome luddites in the gaming and advertising worlds in order to gain a serious foothold. Again, in my opinion, the business has taken an exponential step in this direction but there is far more to be done. For example, how can Bidstack work with the developers of new games in order to maximise advertising space and therefore mutual revenues?
5. If you're a day investor hoping to make a fast buck, good luck to you and no reason why Bidstack should not be a target due to its volatility. However, the majority of adverse comments on this board appear to come from people that have been waiting for some time for a turnaround in their fortunes. Again, this is an early stage business and very many early stage businesses never come to anything. Few technology businesses, even with a totally new and innovate product or service ever make it. If you want a safe haven, invest in bakeries, not technology companies. If you want risk, don't expect the uptick to happen overnight.
There, I've said my piece which will no doubt rile some people. Personally, I don't care. What I do care about here is constructive discussion rather than insults and speculation. I'm sure I'm not alone.
Finally, yes, I have an investment in Bidstack. A sum I can afford to lose but also one that I would prefer to do well over time with no expectation that I'll be moving to Monaco in tax exile any day soon.

https://medium.com/authority-magazine/the-future-of-gaming-brands-will-advertise-programmatically-within-photorealistic-gaming-a1783efa5577