Re:Svpply to retire on August 31st
by frandroid on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @05:06PM
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Another addition for http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
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I'm not so sure. "We regret to announce...", "We appreciate", a factual paragraph about what the team has been doing at ebay, and a way to export your data.
That's far better than the typical "We're excited to announce that we've been acquired, and are immediately shutting down the product", at least in my opinion.
http://blog.svpply.com/post/31008753911/ebay-inc-acquires-sv...
"One thing we do want to make clear: Svpply is not going away"
Sadly that's exactly what Our Incredible Journey is designed for.
They were acquired nearly two years ago. http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/post/89180616013/what... says that the site is explicitly for acquihires. If this was an acquihire then they royally screwed it up.
Fair enough. I was just looking at the post in question without knowing the context.
If they had ran it a few more years before they shut it down it'd feel less deceptive, since conditions can change and a product might not make sense to continue for financial reasons.