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Sigh. They even had a business model, too. Disappointed. Looking forward to Svpply either (a) being slowly destroyed, or (b) shut down all together so the team

by 54mf 14y ago

Sigh. They even had a business model, too. Disappointed. Looking forward to Svpply either (a) being slowly destroyed, or (b) shut down all together so the team can work exclusively on eBay's awful site. Congrats in advance to the team on cashing out 12/24/48 months from now.

whalesalad 14y ago
When Salesforce.com acquired Heroku I was horrified that things were going to go downhill. Heroku has continued to get better and better as far as i'm concerned! Hopefully the trend of acquihires and product shutdown stops though.
- 54mf 14y ago
  There are definitely exceptions to the rule. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure eBay isn't one of them.
- njx 14y ago
  Salesforce has mostly bought things and kept it going
- jonathanmoore 14y ago
  I felt the same way when they picked up Desk (formerly Assistly). I have been pleased that they continue to push the product forward since the acquisition.
jamiequint 14y ago
Svpply's numbers have been pretty stuck for a while (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120/Screenshots/tcr0.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120/Screenshots/tcr0.png) and they're competing in a market with tons of competitors that were doing better than them, specifically Wanelo (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120/Screenshots/-~1c.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120/Screenshots/-~1c.png) but also Fancy (https://thefancy.com https://thefancy.com). You have to become huge to create a VC-backable business on the back of other affiliate programs and it didn't look like they were on that path. This was a good move on their part.
- rwhitman 14y ago
  I would argue that Pinterest was what crushed them
- ericd 14y ago
  We should really stop using Compete as evidence for anything. Not only are they frequently an order of magnitude off, they're oftentimes not even directionally correct in their movements. Other than that, your points are valid, especially wrt affiliate based companies.

by 54mf 14y ago

whalesalad 14y ago

When Salesforce.com acquired Heroku I was horrified that things were going to go downhill. Heroku has continued to get better and better as far as i'm concerned! Hopefully the trend of acquihires and product shutdown stops though.

54mf 14y ago
There are definitely exceptions to the rule. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure eBay isn't one of them.
njx 14y ago
Salesforce has mostly bought things and kept it going
jonathanmoore 14y ago
I felt the same way when they picked up Desk (formerly Assistly). I have been pleased that they continue to push the product forward since the acquisition.

jamiequint 14y ago

Svpply's numbers have been pretty stuck for a while (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120/Screenshots/tcr0.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120/Screenshots/tcr0.png) and they're competing in a market with tons of competitors that were doing better than them, specifically Wanelo (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120/Screenshots/-~1c.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120/Screenshots/-~1c.png) but also Fancy (https://thefancy.com https://thefancy.com). You have to become huge to create a VC-backable business on the back of other affiliate programs and it didn't look like they were on that path. This was a good move on their part.

rwhitman 14y ago
I would argue that Pinterest was what crushed them
ericd 14y ago
We should really stop using Compete as evidence for anything. Not only are they frequently an order of magnitude off, they're oftentimes not even directionally correct in their movements. Other than that, your points are valid, especially wrt affiliate based companies.