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Recently, Onlywire has been getting quite a bit of competition from a newcomer in the content submitter niche’. The recent launch of a new content submitting service called Buzzify.it has been competing with the well-established services of Onlywire. With the emergence of a new concept that’s embodied in a service called Tribepro, Buzzifyit has been getting a lot of traction with online marketers.
Tribepro is a service that makes it possible for groups (or tribes) of online marketers to submit their content to a tribe in Tribepro. With a paid subscription a member of Tribepro can submit an RSS feed into any tribe that they choose. Another feature that is available to paid members is auto-submission. Auto-submission is a feature that makes it possible for a member of Tribepro to send out the content of another member. The idea is basically I scratch your back and you scratch mine. The members in Tribepro can automatically submit each other’s RSS feeds or direct content through a service like Onlywire or Buzzify.it out to each other’s networks with little or no effort.
Recently Tribepro switched from the Onlywire submission service to Buzzify.it, but because of the “strategic relationship�? Buzzify.it, Tribepro, and Onlywire are entering into, Tribepro will be soon be switching back to Onlywire. Tribepro states that its customers will benefit from Onlywire’s robust and reliable submitter, which will integrate seamlessly with Tribepro’s services. Customers will also benefit from Onlywire’s special billing feature that will give customers an option to avoid unintended overage charges.
The Buzzify.it and Onlywire merger will be taking place on September 28th. As a result Buzzify.it will no longer be taking new customer sign-ups or upgrades. All the existing Buzzify.it accounts will remain active for the next 30 days after which Buzzify.it will be terminating their service and will no longer be taking payments or making further payments to their affiliates. The affiliates of Buzzify.it will be paid the commissions they are due until the company terminates its services at the end of the 30 days.
Personally I like Buzzify.it, and I would have liked to see them become a major contender with Onlywire. Don’t get me wrong, I like Onlywire too but I do like to see competition in the market place. I think the Buzzify.it and Onlywire merge is a probably a win win situation for everyone. Onlywire has one of the top submitters in the industry and I think it will continue to give its customers quality service for years to come.
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Comments
Damon, October 1, 2011 at 8:00 AM
The two of you are so gracious. It was a real pleasure for my wife and myself to meet both of you and shake your hands and share some conversation. Thank you Burke for signing My (your) book! You guys really set a standard. To emulate your success is the highest praise I can hope to offer. Thank you.
Damon Fernandez, October 1, 2011 at 9:00 AM
You guys are so gracious. The two of you have so much worth emulating. It’s an honor to have met you both and shake your hands and see that you are real people. Thanks for signing my book Burke, I really appreciate it. I look forward to earning your respect. (both of you)
Fredz, October 1, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Good Stuff. I think anything to do with Gold and Silver is looking good as America prints money.
Karen Marrow, October 1, 2011 at 11:00 AM
David, this is a great interview. I agree that one has to stand for something bigger than themselves. And when people come together with a common vision, that’s when history is created. Let me just say that you, David, are a class act. I always enjoy your content. Thanks, Karen
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Dr, October 1, 2011 at 12:00 PM
David, what a great video! It is this type of information that will get the masses to look at Numis. The American Dream was founded on people helping people. Every business person that I have spoken to is in the financial pain that you and Burke are talking about. With that said, I know we have the right business at the right time and I am committed to help at least 20 people make their dreams come true. Dwight is in and two more coming this week so, hold those tickets for me I am.
Sherry McDowell, October 1, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Thanks for sharing the interview with Mr. Hodges. We could all use a little tough love now and then and be reminded of the blessings we have.
Jim Green Attraction Marketing, October 1, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Thanks for the interview David. You know what I like about you guys? EVERYTHING!!!!!
Robin Marks, October 1, 2011 at 3:00 PM
What an interview David. Burke hit the nail right on the head. It really is about people working together and lifting one another up. Thanks for posting this.
Maria Santos, October 1, 2011 at 4:00 PM
This news is quite unexpected but sounds promising! I’m curious to see how this merger will benefit the users. Thanks for sharing, Eric!
Carlos Rodriguez, October 1, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Wow, this is a big change. Looking forward to seeing how Onlywire and Buzzify.it work together. Great update, Eric!
Elena Garcia, October 1, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Thanks for the detailed update, Eric. This merger could really shake up the content submitter niche. Exciting times ahead!
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Thirty days to wind down while continuing affiliate payouts — over what base of active accounts? The post gives dates but no numbers on how many users or affiliates this actually touches.
Yuki, what’s being described here is basically vendor lock-in dressed up as a ‘strategic relationship.’ The pattern is familiar from organisational research more generally: a smaller competitor gains just enough traction to worry the incumbent, the incumbent quietly absorbs it under language like ‘merger’ or ‘partnership,’ existing customers get a grace period so nobody feels the sting immediately, and the market ends up with fewer real options than it had a year earlier, even though on paper nothing was announced as a shutdown. What’s notable in this specific case is how transparent the mechanics are if you read past the framing — the smaller service stops taking new customers first, which is usually the earliest and most reliable signal that a wind-down, not a genuine merger, is underway. None of this makes either company dishonest. It’s just worth naming the pattern instead of taking ‘strategic relationship’ at face value.
Two competing services merging into the bigger one that was already picking their pocket. Free market working as intended.
Look. A ‘merger’ where one company stops taking signups, stops upgrades, and shuts down in thirty days isn’t a merger. It’s an acquisition with better PR. Nothing wrong with that, but call it what it is.
Marla’s right about the language, and it’s funny how consistently that word gets reached for whenever the smaller player is actually just closing up shop. I’ve watched three ‘partnerships’ in the bike trade go exactly this way — one side keeps the customers, the other keeps a press release.
Declan, draw it as a flow: acquiring company absorbs the input pipeline, keeps the customer base as output, and the press release is just the interface layer that makes the transition look symmetrical when it isn’t. Every one of these follows the same diagram.
Marla, fair, though from the inside these wind-downs are sometimes genuinely amicable — the smaller company just can’t carry the infrastructure cost anymore. Doesn’t change your point about the label. Calling it a merger is more comfortable for everyone involved than calling it what it is.
The interesting engineering question here is what happens to tribes mid-submission when the backend flips from one submitter back to the other overnight. If that’s not handled cleanly, a chunk of pending content just vanishes and nobody notices until rankings move.
Does the surviving submitter guarantee no data loss for tribes mid-cycle, or is that just assumed?