Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2000/11/16/garden_com_turfed_onto_dot/
Garden.com turfed onto dot.compost heap
Titsup.com special!
Posted in On-Prem, 16th November 2000 10:42 GMT
Question: Who buys compost over the Web? Not enough of you for Garden.com which is to begin an orderly shut-down, while it flogs off its assets. We guess the URL is worth a few million bucks. The rest may just be so much well-rotted manure.
Beautyjungle.com, make-up etailer, closed Wednesday with the loss of 30 jobs. Reason - not enough money to guide it through to profit.
Cyberhomes.com, a US online estate agent, is shutting up shop, according to the
WSJ.
Quepasa.com, a US portal for Hispanics, has fired two-thirds of its staff, and has put itself up for sale, Newsbytes reports. ®