# DOT-COM "Death List" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 9, 2000, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dot-com-death-list/40502 "2000-11-09T18:31:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![egkelly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@egkelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/egkelly)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dot-com-death-list/40502/1 "2000-11-09T18:31:36Z")
A few weeks ago I heard a news report on the impending bankruptcy/failure of several large internet-based companies. The commentator referred to a “death list”. Does anybody have such a list (of dot-coms that are likely to go undern the next 6 months)? I’d like to know! ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dot-com-death-list/40502/2 "2000-11-09T18:57:07Z")
Try [http://www.fuckedcompany.com](http://www.fuckedcompany.com) MR ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dot-com-death-list/40502/3 "2000-11-09T20:41:44Z")
The concept is called a “Dead Pool” where you bet on the next person/company to die. The site mentioned below is quite amusing and usually pretty accurate. There is at least one celebrity dead pool on line. ---
**Author:** ![NeoDeftones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/919ad9/32.png) [@NeoDeftones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeoDeftones)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dot-com-death-list/40502/4 "2000-11-09T21:11:36Z")
I heard just this morning that [pets.com](http://pets.com) is going down. Thats the one with those stupid sock puppet dog commercials. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dot-com-death-list/40502/5 "2000-11-09T21:25:17Z")
For insights, try reading Country Living magazine. I write the Dot-Com Country column and have had the unnerving experience of inadvertantly predicting Dot-Com death twice now. The two sites we featured went down: [Hardware.com](http://Hardware.com) / June issue / d. August [Furniture.com](http://Furniture.com) / September issue / d. November If the trend continues, we can expect the following jinxed sites to fail two months after they were featured: [Carsdirect.com](http://Carsdirect.com) / October issue / (should die next month) [Herhifi.com](http://Herhifi.com) / November issue / (should die in Jan.) Anybody else you want to see go down? I have to write another column for the March issue. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dot-com-death-list/40502/6 "2000-11-09T21:25:34Z")
For insights, try reading Country Living magazine. I write the Dot-Com Country column and have had the unnerving experience of inadvertantly predicting Dot-Com death twice now. The two sites we featured went down: [Hardware.com](http://Hardware.com) / June issue / d. August [Furniture.com](http://Furniture.com) / September issue / d. November If the trend continues, we can expect the following jinxed sites to fail two months after they were featured: [Carsdirect.com](http://Carsdirect.com) / October issue / (should die next month) [Herhifi.com](http://Herhifi.com) / November issue / (should die in Jan.) Anybody else you want to see go down? I have to write another column for the March issue. Just sell your stock before May.