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I'm curious about why Rakuten would even want Buy.com... I've never heard of buy.com before, they seem like a spammy, domain-squatting type site. I'm guessing w
by alanctgardner2 14y ago
I'm curious about why Rakuten would even want Buy.com... I've never heard of buy.com before, they seem like a spammy, domain-squatting type site. I'm guessing what happened is Rakuten picked them up for their existing backend infrastructure and staff, and they're going to make the front-end a more North American version of their existing Japanese site. Their current 'global' site is pretty disappointing, mostly just focused on Japanese-made exports, where the Japanese one sells damn near everything (including food).
- davemel37 14y agoI never heard of rakuten until last week when I saw their CEO is keynoting at this years IRCE show. I even made a mental note to Google him later this week. now I dont need to. I am sure the site has lots of traffic and I'm sure the domain has lots of market liquidity, so its a real income producing asset.