I keep getting asked why SpaceHost died.
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I keep getting asked why SpaceHost died.
Short answer: I don’t know. By the time that decision was made, I hadn’t worked there in two years. I wasn’t in the room, I wasn’t on the call, and I wasn’t even on the periphery. The plug was pulled without me anywhere near the socket.
What I can say is this. As someone who used to work there, I genuinely liked the product. Even after leaving, I stayed on as a customer. The service was solid.
But in terms of potential? Completely wasted. The marketing budget could’ve been stored in a thimble. Community outreach was basically nonexistent. Customer acquisition never had a plan. When I was there, I pushed hard on that front. After I left, nobody replaced that role. And despite what people love to believe, the product does not magically sell itself.
And that’s just one angle. Former engineers have told me the same story: not enough resources to let the product actually thrive.
Whether any of this factored into the decision to shut it down, I have no idea. I can only explain why it never became what it should have been.
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