"It was a web site where sellers offered items for sale at fixed prices. The items available on half.com are limited to books, textbooks, music, movies, video games, and video game consoles."[0]
It curiously is also the reason why a town in Oregon was named "Half.com" for an entire year in '99[1]. Man, those dot-com days...
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half.com
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfway,_Oregon#Half.com_name_...
Seems like the hype cycle brings out all the crackpots. Once everything explodes businesses come in and start welding the pieces to existing processes. That's when most of the real potential is realized.
eBay is worse than Half.com for the buyer:
- Search results on Half.com were selected by item, grouped by condition and then sorted. Search results on eBay are by keyword match only (and then sorted). You have to read every listing to see whether it's the right item and what condition it's in. - eBay shipping cost varies from seller to seller.
eBay is worse than Half.com for the seller:
- 30 cent per item per month listing fee for items beyond the first 50. Useless for large catalogs of slow-selling items. - Buyers can make a purchase and never pay.
I imagine the half.com domain is worth quite a bit. I wonder what their plans for it are?
Seems like either they had a model that doesn't work in this day and age or just a site that tries to scam every last cent it can while it lasts.
