Stickers Make LINE Money

Who'd have thought a business model could be built on "stickers!"

LINE Corporation’s revenue for the quarter was JPY 12.8 billion, up 348.9 percent over the same quarter of 2012 and 45.3 percent over the previous quarter. 

Revenue sources included in-game purchases (53 percent), sticker purchases (27 percent), official accounts, and sponsored stickers, LINE says.