# What was the first dot-bomb?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-dot-bomb/59807>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 28, 2001, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-dot-bomb/59807 "2001-03-28T07:59:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-dot-bomb/59807/1 "2001-03-28T07:59:26Z")

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What was the first publicly traded dot-com to shut down operations? I couldn’t (easily) find an answer using Google or going to [f-ckedcompany.com](http://f-ckedcompany.com).

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**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-dot-bomb/59807/2 "2001-03-28T18:51:11Z")

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_bump_ No one knows this? I thought it would be answered in 10 minutes, tops.

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-dot-bomb/59807/3 "2001-03-28T19:20:39Z")

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I could be wrong, but I think it’s the late, lamented [pets.com](http://pets.com).

Zev Steinhardt