Anybody know why AppShopper.com is shutting down?

[ackmondual]

TouchArcade – iPhone and iPad Games

appshopper.com

AppShopper is shutting down.

Please visit your profile to download your Wishlist/MyApps lists. Otherwise, accounts will be deleted in the near future.​

I heard the AppShopper app got pulled because the iOS App Store ended up doing a lot of what it did. Here, it seems like there's still merit for the site, but I'd surmise it just isn't worth it anymore (not enough traffic and usage)?

 

[Apple_Robert]

I could be wrong here (and forgive me if I am) but, I believe that that site was another business of Arn's. I tagged him. Hopefully, I am not wasting your time and his with bad information.

@arn

 

[arn]

After the app getting pulled and the affiliate program shutting down, we just haven't put much time/resources into maintaining the site, so we decided to pull the plug. It's been limping along for a few years now, anyway.

arn

 

[ackmondual]

There is a blog entry that explained it here...

TouchArcade – iPhone and iPad Games

appshopper.com

After the app getting pulled and the affiliate program shutting down, we just haven't put much time/resources into maintaining the site, so we decided to pull the plug. It's been limping along for a few years now, anyway.

arn

Sorry to hear that! Even when I waned off of iOS stuff, I still ended up visiting it from time to time!

 

[tennisproha]

After the app getting pulled and the affiliate program shutting down, we just haven't put much time/resources into maintaining the site, so we decided to pull the plug. It's been limping along for a few years now, anyway.

arn

Wow, are there other apps or sites that do what it did? I used it mainly for price drop alerts.

Never even got an email that it was shutting down. Just realized I hadn’t gotten any alerts in a while. Wish I could’ve saved my wishlist.

 

[tennisproha]

Why did it even get pulled? The Apple App Store app definitely doesn’t do anything it did. There’s still no way to add apps to a wishlist. No price drop alerts either. App Store hasn’t had any new features basically since it launched.

 

[jagooch]

Why did it even get pulled? The Apple App Store app definitely doesn’t do anything it did. There’s still no way to add apps to a wishlist. No price drop alerts either. App Store hasn’t had any new features basically since it launched.

I’m wondering this, too. I also had no idea that it was shut down.

RIP appshopper, an OG iOS app.

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

It is likely that Apple didn't like that it took $$$ away from them, since people just waited for sales. Personally, it had a huge effect on what I bought, and how often I bought apps.

 

[jagooch]

I noticed that appshopper redirects to toucharcade now. I tried logging in with my credentials but it didn't work.

I'm guessing they migrated the domain but not the users.