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Alexa Traffic Rank: 132,623 Traffic Rank in US: 53,916 Sites Linking In: 1,308 Any reason another wine startup wouldn't buy them just for the traffic?
by aneth 16y ago
Alexa Traffic Rank: 132,623 Traffic Rank in US: 53,916 Sites Linking In: 1,308
Any reason another wine startup wouldn't buy them just for the traffic?
- epoxyhockey 16y agoTotally! At the very least, they should put the site up for auction on Flippa or something.
- briandoll 16y agoI'm not sure that's a good idea. Cork'd is known as being a part of Gary's awesome empire. If it were to be sold, many folks would miss that memo, and still assume it was associated with him. If the new buyers made any missteps, that could reflect badly on Gary, even though he's no longer associated to them. I'm more surprised about the current strategy to let the site sit there and rot. I'd think shutting it down, while still allowing folks to log in and export their data for a year or so, would be a better option.
- aneth 16y agoPresuming he has shareholders other than himself, he would be obligated to salvage that value over some theoretical effect on his legacy based on customers not understanding a sale. I certainly wouldn't work with or invest someone that shut a site down that had value for those reasons and without coming to some agreement with shareholders (and perhaps he has).
- prawn 16y agoSame could be said re previous ownership who are now associated with an abandoned project by those who missed this memo?
- underdown 16y agoI'm sure demand media would buy it to exploit the pagerank
- yeahsure 16y agoHe does mention he may sell it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBGIKes5HkE&feature=player_detailpage#t=105s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBGIKes5HkE&feature=playe...