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See Full StoryIn 2001, Epinions.com faced the same choice as scores of other dot-coms: Adapt or die.
While the shopping information site, founded in 1999 by former Yahoo, Excite and Netscape
executives and funded by some of the best-known investors in Silicon Valley, had
attracted millions of repeat users, it was wholly dependent on advertising revenue. "It
was a pretty hard summer," Epinions CEO Nirav Tolia told the E-Commerce Times.
Re: Epinions: An E-Commerce Success That Almost Wasn't
Posted by: SimpleTruth 2003-02-06 20:20:32 In reply to: Keith Regan
Gee, how great that epinions.com came into the black.
This has nothing to do with no longer paying their writers, now, does it?
The so-called eroyalties, that epinions.com has made a big fuss about in the past, were never much. The have been reduced to zero starting November 1, 2001.
Without paying their real "employees", they still struggle to enter the black? How incompetent.
This has nothing to do with no longer paying their writers, now, does it?
The so-called eroyalties, that epinions.com has made a big fuss about in the past, were never much. The have been reduced to zero starting November 1, 2001.
Without paying their real "employees", they still struggle to enter the black? How incompetent.
Re: Epinions: An E-Commerce Success That Almost Wasn't
Posted by: FormerEps 2002-06-01 19:02:58 In reply to: Keith Regan
I used to write for Epinions and I can tell you that the site won't last much longer. There are certain members on the site who write hateful messages and total garbage. The site has lost many advertisers due to this. Many members use the site as their personal playground, posting stories about how to abuse your children or have write-off's using as many offensive words as possible. Many other sordid things go on that unfortunately will bring the site to its collective knees soon. So Sad...
Re: Epinions: An E-Commerce Success That Almost Wasn't
Posted by: herewegoagain 2002-06-05 12:06:23 In reply to: FormerEps
I don't know that the demise of Epinions is such a bad thing. Other than being a nifty place to read sophomoric product bashing, I see no real value. Just my Epinion. I haven't checked the site in a while, but as for being an e-commerce success, maybe they are selling stuff now, but I don't remember a lot of actual commerce going on last time I looked.
Re: Epinions: An E-Commerce Success That Almost Wasn't
Posted by: epsisajoke 2002-11-27 14:37:24 In reply to: herewegoagain
The worst thing about Epinions.com is that you cannot trust a thing written on that site. There are members who write 600+ DVD player reviews that are nothing more than cut and paste info from the mfg site. What good is that? I have learned from reading a lot on Epinions that the only thing you can trust is that the site is full of fakes (with a few interesting creative writers.)
And to think, they actually pay the jokes of writers they have.
And to think, they actually pay the jokes of writers they have.
