Among the recently dissapearing websites which are now NOT giving the miles, points or cash owed are:
www.profinity.com
www.pointclick.com

I'm among the big losers too! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

Wow! Profinity.com was still there a couple of weeks ago. I joined them last Christmas with the sole intent of earning SkyMiles.

I usually have the philosophy of cashing out as soon as you reach the minimum level in any of these schemes, just to be on the safe side, but in this case even that didn't help me. As soon as I reached the level to get 500 SkyMiles I cashed-in only to get an e-mail back after a couple of weeks saying that Delta had pulled out of the scheme and that my points would be reimbursed along with a bonus. Not happy with this I e-mailed back complaining, and got a reply strongly criticizing both Delta and American for pulling out of the Profinity scheme.

I've contacted Delta a number of times over this and even included the e-mail I recieved from Profinity and Delta won't even acknowkledge my e-mails. That itself tends to suggest to me that Profinity were, as they claim, a victim of Delta's backtracking.

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Mark

Yes, I'm embarrassed to say how many points I have neglected to cash in on at profinity -and I never got the miles I'd asked for either- but, hey, "easy come, easy go!" http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif


AND: Separately E-stamps will be folding as well! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

If you want to see the latest on the "who's not" list, go to:
http://www.dotcomfailures.com

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www.milenet.com seems to have also bit the dust! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/eek.gif


AND: Also elingo, "the leading Internet translation infrastructure company and provider of online machine translation solutions to major e-businesses around the world" announced its closing yesterday.

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It is with great disappointment that I email you today to notify you that HotOffice will cease operations on December 19, 2000. After this date, your HotOffice site and any information stored on it will no
longer be accessible.

Todays Wall Street Journal notes that EToys said holiday sales will fall far below expectations, jeopardizing its survival chances. The firm has hired Goldman Sachs to explore "strategic alternatives," including a possible sale or a merger.


AND:

At the end of 1999, the e-commerce industry was talking, ad nauseam, about the coming shakeout. Pundits foretold a year in which cluttered e-tailing categories like pets and drugs would be winnowed down to one or two strong companies that could do battle with the Web operations of traditional bricks-and-mortar retailers.

Those who championed the bricks-and-clicks approach went one step further in 2000, arguing that true multichannel retail success could be achieved only by adding catalog divisions, as well.

The result of such Wall Street wisdom was, of course, not so much a consolidation among so-called pure-play Internet retailers as it was a decimation. Even as customers continued to flock online for purchases, investors, doubtful that e-tailers could ever turn a profit, fled so quickly that Internet merchants had little means of shifting course as prospects for profitability were dimming.

Now, with so many e-tailing companies heading for the exits, and others adding catalogs or building traditional stores, one question for 2001 is whether any pure-play Internet merchants will survive intact. According to industry executives and analysts, few, in fact, will. And those companies that do hang on will look profoundly different from the predictions of 12 months ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/18/te...gy/18COMM.html


AND:

Last year, employees at highflying Priceline.com enjoyed a holiday bash at a tony Hilton hotel in Rye Town, N.Y.

This year it's cookies and punch in the cafeteria. On a weeknight. Employees only.
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/2...8/2924583s.htm

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The Walt Disney Co. (DIS.N) said on Monday it will shut down its struggling Internet portal GO.com, laying off about 400 employees and taking a second-quarter charge for the overhaul of its Web operations.

Joining other media giants who have recently retreated from money-losing Internet operations, Disney said it will take a charge of $790 million related to the write-off of intangible assets and a further $25 million to $50 million in charges on severance and the write-off of fixed assets because of the restructuring.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/busin...ia-disney.html

AND:

Struggling Web site Latino.com has fired most of its staff last week and now only the two founders, CEO Lavonne Luquis and Max Ramirez, remain.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/busi...o-Layoffs.html

Dot-com layoffs "strafed" the sector, according to figures released today. January set another new record for 12,828 dot.com job cuts, a 23% increase over December's total of 10,459, reports Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., the job placement service.

Yet:

While other dot-com businesses falter and stall one by one, Web sites in the e-travel sector keep on flying.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nf/20010129/tc/7090_1.html

AND: Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. posted a smaller quarterly loss on Tuesday, just beating Wall Street estimates, but said it would cut 15 percent of its workforce to help it reach profitability by the end of the year.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world...zon-earns.html

AND:

The Miami Herald reports that ByeByeNow.com, a once high-flying online travel services company that had attracted top travel executives and raised more than $30 million in venture capital, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday along with two subsidiaries.

The Pompano Beach company is seeking the Chapter 11 protection to reorganize, hoping to rescue technology it developed as the basis for a new company.

AND:

Online sweepstakes company AllAdvantage.com has shuttered its Web site, joining the list of failed consumer Web sites littering the dot-com landscape.

Hayward, Calif.-based AllAdvantage said on its Web site that it has pulled programs that paid people to surf the Internet--thereby ensuring they viewed advertisements--because "the advertising and capital markets have changed so fundamentally that it is now impossible to continue our infomediary incentive programs and benefits."
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=mn_hd

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Petopia.com Inc., an online pet products retailer whose major backers include Petco Animal Supplies Inc. (PETC.O) and the NBC television network, withdrew on Friday its plans to go public, saying it has sold nearly all of its assets and no longer conducts business.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/busin...opia-ipo-.html

AND: "The shakeout of logistics dotcoms has altered the marketing landscape in our industry,'' according to Fahrenwald. ``Companies flooded the industry with new, yet similar sounding, names, products, and services and created a huge amount of marketing clutter. Now a lot of them have folded or merged, but the logistics marketer is still confused and asking questions: `Who is still in business? Who is not? How can I make myself heard in the wake of all the confusion that was created?'"
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010202/il_lothair.html


AND: As of January 30, 2001, goRefer and the Consumer Helpforce Network will
discontinue the service due to changes in the market conditions.

"We regret any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or
concerns, please send us an email at: [email protected].

Having to discontinue the service, we will miss the people, the values, and the
camaraderie that made goRefer an unforgettable experience for all of us.

We would like to extend a warm thank you to you for sharing this experience with
us.

The goRefer Team and the Consumer Helpforce Staff" http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif




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With sooo VERY much ongoing bad news, I thought I'd try to share some good news! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif


The wacky days of unlimited dot-com financing are over, but some Internet retailers and start-ups are - surprise - still attracting investors.
http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories...681789,00.html


Amazon.com (AMZN.O) faces a possible ''creditor squeeze'' in the second half of 2001 because it has low levels of working capital, and investors should continue to avoid the Internet retailer's convertible bonds, Lehman Brothers Inc. said in a report released on Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/busin...zon-lehma.html

Online bookseller barnesandnoble.com reported a greater-than-expected fourth-quarter loss Wednesday, and announced that it would lay off 350 employees, or roughly 16 percent of its work force.

For the quarter ending Dec. 31, Barnesandnoble.com had a net loss of $138.1 million, or 91 cents a share, compared with a loss of $38.4 million, or 27 cents a share during the same period last year.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/busi...sandnoble.html

AND: TheStreet.com posted a loss of $24.6 million in the fourth quarter of last year on charges related to shutting down its U.K. operation and other write-downs, compared to a loss of $11.8 million a year ago.

The company recorded a restructuring charge of $17.6 million on expenses related to the U.K. shutdown, layoffs and closing down its joint newsroom operation with The New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/busi...Streetcom.html

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Sorry, dup!

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Covad Communications Inc. has cut the high-speed connections of two Internet service providers that failed to pay their bills, leaving thousands of customers nationwide suddenly without access to the network.

Covad, which primarily sells high-speed digital subscriber lines to Internet service providers who in turn sell it to businesses and consumers, unplugged DSLnetworks on Wednesday. The move followed Friday's disconnection of Internet Express.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/busi...isconnect.html

Add eToys to the dotcom RIP list...
http://biz.yahoo.com/fo/010206/0206disaster.html

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Middleberg Euro, one of the first public-relations agencies to focus on using the Internet in promotional campaigns, has laid off about 20 employees, or roughly 12% of its staff, and closed its Boston office.
http://public.wsj.com/sn/y/SB981674239146349574.html

Amazon.com's European unit will close a customer service center in The Hague, Netherlands, that employs 240 people as part of its parent company's efforts to become profitable.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/busi...on-Europe.html

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Doc-
Add this one to the scrap heap:

Dear PlanetRx.com Customer,
As you may have heard, PlanetRx.com is closing its store on March 12, 2001. Over the past 2 years, we've enjoyed keeping you healthy and safe.

Meeting your needs is still our top priority-we recommend the drugstore.com™ store.
Right now our most pressing concern is your well-being. To ensure that you have a reliable online alternative, we are referring our customers to the drugstore.com™ web store. They will continue to provide you the high-quality service and convenience you've come to expect, as they have done for nearly 2 million satisfied customers.

So now Mother Nature.com and Planet RX.com have referred me to Drugstore.com who so far is taking longer to ship any of my orders than either of those 2 companies ever did.

How can I continue to be an internet shopping queen when 7 of the companies I purchase from have closed in the last year?

I may have to start going to the store soon and that is not a good thing. I prefer to shop from my desk at work!

Hopefully someone will find a profitable model soon.


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Regards-
Karen