We will be here long after many competitors are gone.

"The dot-com death toll more than doubled this year, with at least 537 Internet companies either going out of business or seeking refuse in bankruptcy court...." - Associated Press article, Dec. 28, 2001

Popular Internet stores that have taken a downturn? And more to come?

- we were selling plumbing products on the net in 1995 (even before Amazon.com started!) -

We'll be here long after many Internet suppliers are gone!

You've seen it in the news many times!!! Many Internet companies have come and gone. Essential.com - folded September 2001 Egghead.com - declared bankruptcy August 2001 WebVan.com - closed July 9th, 2001 (had over 700,000 customers) BuildNet.com - late summer 2001 declared bankruptcy EToys.com - bankrupt March 2001 Kozmo.com - raised $280 million from Amazon.com and others. Shut it's doors April 12, 2001 Living.com (another backed by Amazon.com) - bankrupt Garden.com - Nov. 2000 closed Bike.com - gone Gear.com (another backed by Amazon.com as well) - closed Petstore.com - (another backed by Amazon.com) closed June 12, 2000 Amazon.com - some question whether they can/will survive Mortgage.com - Nov. 2000 sold assets Pets.com - Nov.2000 ceased taking orders Furniture.com - discontinued business MotherNature.com - closing Eve.com - closed BabyGear.com - closed - Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Toysmart.com (Walt Disney owned a majority stake) - bankrupt May 2000 ToyTime.com - bankruptcy May 2000 CraftShop.com - bankruptcy May 2000 Pixelon.com - bankrupt May 2000 BigBooks.com - gone Hardware.com sold its assets to Onvia.com Redrocket.com (ran by Nickelodeon) - closed doors April 2000 Boo.com (was a very large online clothing retailer) - went under April 2000 KbKids.com - fired 45 of 145 staff May 2000 CyberShop.com - out of e-tailing Feb 2000 Alta Vista Shopping.com - stopped ecommerce, cut 60 staff Feb 2000 Beyond.com - cut 20% of staff Jan 2000 ValueAmerica.com - closed CookExpress.com - bankrupt HomeWarehouse.com - went offline (after less than 1 year) MyTurn.com - closed Kibu.com - gone Art.com Babygift.com CDWorld.com Dash.com EggHead.com Foodscape.com GoShip.com HardwareStreet.com ImprovementOnline.com JumpMusic.com Koz.com LoansBid.com MarketTimeDirect.com Next50.com Owners.com Party411.com QueRico.com Rx.com Shades.com TheCustomShop.com Utilimax.com Valuewine.com WebRx.com Xigo.com Zydeco.com From A-Z they just keep dying

"Oh the pain. About 500 Web companies closed in 2001..." - BusinessWeek Magazine, Dec. 17, 2001 "...140 dot-coms went to Internet heaven in the past year...... more than 31,000 dot-coms jobs were lost last year...." - Business 2.0 Magazine, Feb. 6, 2001

"Success seems to be largely a matter
of hanging on after others have let go."
-William Feather