news Amazon shutting down division that owns Diapers.com and Soap.com

[equity78]

News from Amazon today is they are shutting down their Quidsi division, Diapers.com and Soap.com are both a part of that division. From Axios.com: Bloomberg first reported and the company confirmed to Axios. Amazon acquired the company for $545 million in 2011. "We have worked extremely hard for the past seven years to get Quidsi to be profitable, and unfortunately we have not been able to do so," … [Read more...]

 

[cdboard]

I should hurry and backorder soap.com and diapers.com


ooops. did I say that out loud? drat.

 

[168]

Interesting.
If Amazon couldn't make sites like Diapers.com and Soap.com profitable who could?
Suggests some emd's may not have "Inherent value"

 

[Kate]

Sounds like the kind of domains that Johnson & Johnson should own to complement their collection

 

[garptrader]

Companies have been moving from EMDs to brandable domains for a while. Of course if they no longer care for one-word .COM domains, what does that say about the demand for lesser extensions?

Just imagine if the headline had been SOAP.COM sells for $250,000 you would have dozens of posts about related domains in other extensions.
I am hoping to sell my BarSoap.xyz for $5k
I just picked up HandSoap.TOP sales price $10k
Just regged GreenSoap.Club - sure winner

 

[AIS01]

Interesting post.. Thanks for Sharing..