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I know there's a sordid history here (http://paulgraham.com/good.html http://paulgraham.com/good.html). I'd love to hear about what brought them around.
by dfranke 16y ago
I know there's a sordid history here (http://paulgraham.com/good.html http://paulgraham.com/good.html). I'd love to hear about what brought them around.
- weaksauce 16y agoI'd like to know as well. The truth is probably that digi-key saw some profit changes or personel changes that make an increase in traffic from a quality aggregator like octopart advantageous. It could also be a look at all the other places that are on octopart and see that they don't have the inventory that digi-key has; so they might not be the low cost leader on all the parts but they have 1k in stock. Maybe octopart hired a salesperson? I hope they chime in.
- sam 16y agoIt was a combination of a few things: - Building a relationship - Having users that were vocal about wanting Digi-Key listed on Octopart - Time