Comments on: PriveCo & Vibrators.com Keep Buzzing Along

By: Atonauna Maybir

Atonauna Maybir — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:44:09 +0000

I bought a vibrator from u then I sent it back because it was too big still waiting for credit it was $69.00 could u please email me wats going on thanks

By: jo ann kindred

jo ann kindred — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:02:47 +0000

I made an order 6-16-10 I have not received an order conformation did you receive mu order PriveCo site code V—43007

By: Tom Nardone

Tom Nardone — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:13:31 +0000

Hi Guys, It is Tom Nardone from Vibrators.com. I wanted to explain why we use Yahoo! store.

11 years ago when we started our business we signed on with a company called ViaWeb. ViaWeb had the best shoppin platform of the day and it went really well.

Eventually, Yahoo! bought ViaWeb and we still love their shopping platform. In fact, we are quite married to it. We program in the specific language of Yahoo! store and know all of the tricks to make the site do what we want.

I can’t say that the favicon or the checkout badging are the way to go or not, it is just the way we do things.

Thanks for all of the feedback guys.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:38:11 +0000

Jamie you are right. . . 2 different domaains. 2 different people.

Tom Nardone is definitely a nice guy.

By: Jamie Zoch

Jamie Zoch — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:51:34 +0000

@John,
I will ask the reason behind the Yahoo store, link change when adding to the cart and the Yahoo favicon and see what I can find out.

By: Jamie Zoch

Jamie Zoch — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:44:47 +0000

@ Michael,
I did a little more digging and it appears Rio.com was purchased by Keith Levenson who actually never owned Vibrators.com… he does own the singular, Vibrator.com . I checked with Tom and he said the past owner of Vibrators.com didn’t purchase Rio.com .

By: John Humphrey

John Humphrey — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:36:16 +0000

Vibrators.com seems to be running a Yahoo store. Interesting… wondering about: Yahoo favicon, Yahoo url at checkout, etc. Wonder if it helps or hurts. Would be curious to know if he A/B tested with other ecommerce solutions. Maybe merging a generic name product site with a Yahoo branded storefront is a better way to go!
Thanks Jamie.

By: Johan

Johan — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:36:19 +0000

Very interesting article, nice to read about a business owner with an understanding for the value of generic domains. Interesting trivia about the domain seller buying Rio.com as well!

By: Jamie Zoch

Jamie Zoch — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:02:23 +0000

Thank you for that Michael. I wasn’t aware the buyer of Rio.com was the seller of Vibrators.com. I agree that he reinvested it wisely.

By: Michael Castello

Michael Castello — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:59:48 +0000

The previous owner of Vibrators.com used his money well and invested in buying Rio.com

Rio.com is one great brand with a lot of potential and many verticals.