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Catch: Wesfarmers winds down online marketplace, putting 190 jobs on the line (www.smartcompany.com.au)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Wesfarmers plans to shutter online marketplace Catch [formerly Catch of the Day], putting around 190 jobs on the line after recording significant operating losses.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Catch lost its identity when it became an Amazon competitor. At least selling one thing a day at a massive discount was an interesting gimmick. It just didn't stand out enough as a regular online store

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wow! I hadn't seen that one coming. Still, I guess it makes sense. I've only ordered a couple of things from there, but it seems to be mostly random "marketplace" sellers on there, which makes it basically just low quality, Australian, Amazon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

it was great for getting ethique and also bulk portellos. cries

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I used to buy some of their lame crap back when it was 1 unique item a day. It was kind of fun, even if most of the stuff I ended up with was total junk.

But just being eBay, or Amazon, or Kogan, but worse? What's the point.