{"id":53451,"date":"2014-02-21T09:06:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T07:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=53451"},"modified":"2014-02-21T11:29:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T09:29:54","slug":"did-naspers-shut-its-e-commerce-sites-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/53451\/did-naspers-shut-its-e-commerce-sites-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Naspers shut its e-commerce sites down?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four of Naspers\u2019 eCommerce websites \u2013 SAcamera, 5rooms, Kinderelo and Style36 \u2013 were taken down on Thursday 20 February 2014.<\/p>\n

At time of publishing, the websites carry a maintenance message stating that they will “be back soon” – but according to industry speculation, Naspers may have pulled the plug on the ventures.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband has received information that staff members involved with the websites were informed about potential retrenchments last week.<\/p>\n

The four sites, Naspers, and MIH could not immediately comment on the issue.<\/p>\n

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Naspers e-commerce sites “applogize” (sic) for maintenance times<\/p><\/div>\n

When contacted by phone numbers provided, only Kinderelo answered the phone.<\/p>\n

According to a helpdesk agent, employees have not been informed about a future decision on the website.<\/p>\n

Remo Giovanni Abbondandolo from Africa Internet Accelerator – the company behind Style36, 5Rooms and Kinderelo – said that the company cannot comment on whether the websites have been shut down.<\/p>\n

At this stage, Abbondandolo said, the websites are currently down for maintenance and he could not say whether the websites will come back up and open for business again.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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