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Should it? Why? I have no kids and am in the UK. Is it a famous business case study? Even if it is, I'm a computer scientist not a business guy. The headline m

by user24 16y ago

Should it? Why? I have no kids and am in the UK. Is it a famous business case study? Even if it is, I'm a computer scientist not a business guy. The headline makes it sound like they bought the domain name for that figure, which is sensationalist and inaccurate.

sparky 16y ago
If that's their company name ( http://www.diapers.com/aboutus/aboutus.aspx http://www.diapers.com/aboutus/aboutus.aspx ), that's their company name. Take it up with diapers.com (the company, not the domain name) if it's confusing. For the record, I agree with you, but a bunch of parenthesized "we mean the company, not just the domain name" seems superfluous given that the rest of the article is a click away.
- mbrubeck 16y ago
  And yet the headline didn't say "Amazon.com to buy Diapers.com"... ("Amazon.com, Inc." is the name of the company.)
  - CapitalistCartr 16y ago
    Yeah, it's nice to be so famous you're known by your first name only. Cher, Rosanne, Oprah.
  - martinkallstrom 16y ago
    "Amazon buys Diapers for $540 million" would also have been a set up for misunderstandings in it's own way.
nostromo 16y ago
They got a lot of press (at least in the US) for their innovative procurement robots... that's how a lot of kidless American geeks found out about their success. http://singularityhub.com/2010/06/10/whats-the-secret-behind-diapers-com-success-a-kiva-robot-warehouse-video/ http://singularityhub.com/2010/06/10/whats-the-secret-behind...
tvon 16y ago
Maybe I shouldn't go so far as to say what others should know, but I don't have kids either and I'm aware of Diapers.com, and I'm more developer than business man (or at least I suck at being a business man). I certainly don't think the title is sensationalist, but for the sake of clarity (given the up/down votes of complaints such as yours) perhaps it should have been made more clear that a company was purchased and not a domain name. On the other hand, would there be any confusion if it was Zappos.com?

by user24 16y ago

sparky 16y ago

If that's their company name ( http://www.diapers.com/aboutus/aboutus.aspx http://www.diapers.com/aboutus/aboutus.aspx ), that's their company name. Take it up with diapers.com (the company, not the domain name) if it's confusing. For the record, I agree with you, but a bunch of parenthesized "we mean the company, not just the domain name" seems superfluous given that the rest of the article is a click away.

mbrubeck 16y ago
And yet the headline didn't say "Amazon.com to buy Diapers.com"... ("Amazon.com, Inc." is the name of the company.)
- CapitalistCartr 16y ago
  Yeah, it's nice to be so famous you're known by your first name only. Cher, Rosanne, Oprah.
- martinkallstrom 16y ago
  "Amazon buys Diapers for $540 million" would also have been a set up for misunderstandings in it's own way.

nostromo 16y ago

They got a lot of press (at least in the US) for their innovative procurement robots... that's how a lot of kidless American geeks found out about their success. http://singularityhub.com/2010/06/10/whats-the-secret-behind-diapers-com-success-a-kiva-robot-warehouse-video/ http://singularityhub.com/2010/06/10/whats-the-secret-behind...

tvon 16y ago

Maybe I shouldn't go so far as to say what others should know, but I don't have kids either and I'm aware of Diapers.com, and I'm more developer than business man (or at least I suck at being a business man). I certainly don't think the title is sensationalist, but for the sake of clarity (given the up/down votes of complaints such as yours) perhaps it should have been made more clear that a company was purchased and not a domain name. On the other hand, would there be any confusion if it was Zappos.com?