Bb.com going down?

[stan47islav]

https://blog.priceplow.com/industry-...18-devastation

Crazy but not surprising...

[TrainerTone]

If it’s true then it’s a sad time. I’ll miss some of the good bros I’ve gotten to know on here

[necrologic]

Wait what? Surely they aren't going to close the site and everything else. I read the article. If it's true then maybe that's why they started charging for their plans?

Any mods got any info? CM? Ice?

[FormulaLT1poweR]

Seen this earlier, hope its not true. Been here a long time, met a lot of cool people along the way.

[ZeeBrahZ]

Seen this earlier, hope its not true. Been here a long time, met a lot of cool people along the way.

Can confirm. Its true.

[eatyourspinach]

Guess constantly promoting EVL and RSP isn't working

[LoudyRowdy]

Guess constantly promoting EVL and RSP isn't working

Dat all access thing and forcing companies to pay huge amount of money to be on the free shipping list and extra promotions

[pUniCepts]

RIP. guess I'll have to get a real job now :/

[Redfish225]

Man that’s some bull chit right there

[Joe D]

It's been a great ride if so. Probably bought 90% of all my supps here throughout the years.

[stevenjamesvick]

[powercage]

Amazon is killer

bb.com buying and exclusively promoting their own brands has been an issue

It wasnt a sustainable model, not to mention it alienated a lot of people. Bb.com isnt closing, with restructuring and a more fair trade sales scheme they will be fine.

[ERGOGENIX]

Lmfao at the people in here thinking that they’re closing down

[eatyourspinach]

This is bs and not fair.. I've meet so many awesome people on here. Heck. I even got a job from here before. It's also, as many, my number one place for supplements. They usually beat everyone's prices. I can understand GNC going down as it's a ghost town most of the time at any location I've been to. This is actually kind of upsetting me. Where else will I be able to talk to such a great community of friends of similar interest?

I'm not taking this lightly at all. It may be just a forum for some, but to me it's a pick me up. It helps me get some stress out of my system. It also gets me quality info other than bs ads that are mostly scams.

Any clue when this is suppose to happen or rather when they shut down the site and forums? Where to next? I honestly don't know of any better forum.

Let's not assume that is is definite, Priceplow can sometimes make things seem larger than they really are

[powercage]

Let's not assume that is is definite, Priceplow can sometimes make things seem larger than they really are

There's really no way you are closing down pulling in nearly 70 mil

[necrologic]

Let's not assume that is is definite, Priceplow can sometimes make things seem larger than they really are

There's really no way you are closing down pulling in nearly 70 mil

Yeah I guess so. I guess I was overthinking it hopefully.

[82ndAirborne]

Boards were the shiznigitty circa 2005/2006

[82ndAirborne]

It's not just Amazon either, a lot of smaller companies that sell direct or through ********...

companies like Ghost, Myoblox etc

Also, there are many more products available in drugstores, Walmarts even grocery stores than ever before. Hell some HEB in Texas carries full-size 2lbers of ALL Flavors of Quest. Kroger used to carry Myofusion until a few months ago.

As far as the boards, I think there is so much more interaction and information available between online resources and FB groups/pages, people dont need or want to come to boards anymore. I just like interacting with like-minded bros, because any ass that can post some dumb**** in an FB group, but really only people that care a bit more make time to come specifically to the forums IDK

[nics1246]

Lmfao at the people in here thinking that they’re closing down

I just gave my two weeks notice. You got a hook up or nah?

[Farley1324]

There's really no way you are closing down pulling in nearly 70 mil

Yeah let's not overlook that even with the big drop the revenues were still $66 million

[necrologic]

Yeah that is true. Should be more than enough to stay afloat. My bad for getting overexcited

[RK42]

There's really no way you are closing down pulling in nearly 70 mil

The number in the article is revenue, not profit. If their expenses are more than 70 million, it's still a bad business at 70 million revenue.

I always wonder what their profit margins are. They have sales and discounts so frequently that I hardly ever need to pay full price for anything I order. Either their profit margins have to be fairly high at their regular prices (which are already much lower than the official list price), or they're losing money on their sales. Well, I don't know if the price they pay to the vendors is lower during sales.

[XCriticalBenchX]

There's really no way you are closing down pulling in nearly 70 mil

lmao, kinda what I thought. They took a major hit, I'm sure they have a sales time in line, restructuring business models to halt the assault and turn the tide.

Mike

[powercage]

The number in the article is revenue, not profit. If their expenses are more than 70 million, it's still a bad business at 70 million revenue.

I always wonder what their profit margins are. They have sales and discounts so frequently that I hardly ever need to pay full price for anything I order. Either their profit margins have to be fairly high at their regular prices (which are already much lower than the official list price), or they're losing money on their sales. Well, I don't know if the price they pay to the vendors is lower during sales.

Used to be that sales were supplement company driven, not bb.com driven. Although bb.com having half a dozen brands does put that burden on them

[blokpost]

That's very, very sad.

[ahawk01]

someone just gave the 3 letter brand 300 mill to stay afloat. This business model hasn't been up to par, but it's not that bad. Who knows what the future will bring.

[stan47islav]

Didn't think they would actually close down, their name alone is worth something.
Looks their they are downsizing, I wonder if the whole pay wall for workout plans actually made that much of an effect. Makes sense though as there were loads of people angry about that. Why purchase from a place that goes and charges you for something that was free for a long time.
They also haven't really been bring new supplement lines at least not ones worth a damn. Usually some run of the mill cookie cutter formulas. Pushing bcaas and weak pre-workouts.
Think I've only purchased controlled labs stuff off here lately as their don't carry other brands I'm interested in.

They did try to have something going for them with the cheaper shipping options but only getting free shipping for certain brands. Pretty much pushing those brands, again brands that are meh...

[customshopkv1]

Bummer, but I think we all have seen this coming for a while now.

[TrainerTone]

Yea I’m not certain they’re shutting everything down but they do have their HQ up for sale which isn’t a good sign. Guess they’re downsizing and trying to cut corners wherever they can so they can stay afloat until changes are made and they’re back where they need to be.

[eatyourspinach]

Maybe they just got tired of Idaho and are looking for a new hip location with craft breweries and pop up restaurants to be in with the times