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06-23-07, 04:59 PM   #1
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WowHead Sale

What are your thoughts on the sale of WowHead to the ZAM network?

A few days ago Wowhead entered into a new and exciting era. I've been working with the ZAM network to join Wowhead's amazing assets and community with their own. I'll be honest and frank with you guys up front. At first, I had my doubts about ZAM, which owns the "other" database websites out there. I heard many stories about IGE this, IGE that.

I have spent a couple weeks speaking with the entire ZAM team and let me give you my personal thoughts. They are very straightforward, honest, and driven people. I know their plans, their goals, and quite a bit about their staff. They have no relation with IGE. They are all about content and building communities and tools to help gamers, just like what we've done with Wowhead.

I've set up an email address for any and all questions about this. Please email me anything you'd like to say to a new address I've setup for myself and our team. In addition, I'll make sure the president of the ZAM network will read and address it. The email is [email protected].

Thanks!
Tim Sullivan, CEO
Wowhead
WowHead now joins the Allakhazam, Thottbot, MMOInterface (home of WowInterface, EQInterface and more) and OGaming family.
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06-23-07, 05:18 PM   #2
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I think this was foreseeable. I mean, Wowhead.com is arguably the best WoW information website there is at the moment, and keeps getting better. It's also incredibly fast and user-friendly.

I only hope this brings faster servers to Wowhead.com, and no bloated website code.
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I hope they have gold seller ads now like thottbot..
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06-23-07, 05:41 PM   #4
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Didn't you sell to a bunch of gold sellers?

Tim: Nope, and that would have been a deal killer. The ZAM guys are an independent content business, and they don't promote RMT (Real Money Trade). Period. You will never see gold ads on Wowhead or their other ZAM sites. We made sure that was true before proceeding.
...guess we'll see won't we.
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yay..I hate gold sellers/farmers..

It's like "L2P"
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Yeah, I don't like gold sellers/buyers, but I understand doing it if you really don't have the time to dedicate to farming your own money. However if you don't have the kind of time that the game requires, why would you bother buying/playing it to begin with? It's an MMO not a FPS where you can just pick it up and go whenever you want.

Oh well...fortunately AdBlock+ works great and I have yet to see a gold advertisement (or any ad for that matter) on any website.
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Originally Posted by GrissomXIX
Yeah, I don't like gold sellers/buyers, but I understand doing it if you really don't have the time to dedicate to farming your own money. However if you don't have the kind of time that the game requires, why would you bother buying/playing it to begin with? It's an MMO not a FPS where you can just pick it up and go whenever you want.

Oh well...fortunately AdBlock+ works great and I have yet to see a gold advertisement (or any ad for that matter) on any website.
Exactly, couldn't have said it better.
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Originally Posted by Dreadlorde
I hope they have gold seller ads now like thottbot..
I don't remeber thott ever having gold sales ads.
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Originally Posted by Gryphon
I don't remeber thott ever having gold sales ads.
whenever I went to thottbot I had to adblock more gold seller ads.
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06-28-07, 12:02 PM   #10
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From a number of different sites, IGE was one of them...
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