Wal-Mart & Netflix… A Match Made in Heaven?

Written by nickel - Leave a Comment

Big news in the world of online DVD rentals… Wal-Mart has exited the business, and is throwing their weight behind NetFlix. In fact, if you hop over to the WalMart.com, you’ll see an ad for NetFlix plastered on their front page. Presumably their getting a kickback for customer referrals. It’ll be interesting to see what this does to the online rental market, as decreased competition generally doesn’t bode well for consumers. Then again, Wal-Mart was really only a niche player with around 300,000 customers. For the sake of comparison, NetFlix weighs in around 3,000,000 customers, whereas BlockBuster.com has managed to build a customer base of a little better than 800,000 in less than a year. Speaking from personal experience, NetFlix beats the heck out of BlockBuster in terms of both availability and turnaround time, and I can’t ever imagine switching back to BlockBuster.

Published on May 19th, 2005 - Leave a Comment
Filed under: Online
digg this - stumble it - save to del.icio.us

Related articles...

     » Blockbuster Deal for Switching
     » Skip the Theater, Get Netflix
     » From the Mouths of Babes: Made in China
     » How to Sue Wal-Mart
     » Wal-Mart to Stop Offering Layaway
     » links for 2007-01-17
     » Big Box Mart
     » Wal-Mart Sued for Not Using Vanguard

Comments (scroll down to add your own):

None so far - share your thoughts and be the first!

Leave a comment

Subscribe without commenting

Subscribe for free updates...


Search this site...

Sponsors...

Great deals...

Readers’ Choice...

Recent articles...

Recent comments...

  • Kyler: The S&L crisis of the 80’s started out slow and then gained...
  • Angel: What’s your opinion of a real estate purchase contract which has...
  • moneyman: Recent bank failures are down to greed, they were too eager to...
  • Vi: Just a bit of Real Estate Law: You do own half the sky above and the...
  • James: Definitely don’t put more than 100k(200k for joint account) at a...
  • Don Henderson: I purchased a $1,000 fridge, $449 washer, $379 dryer. and $59...
  • Kyler: Just because a bank loans out $100.00 does not mean they have $100.00...
  • jay: Great article! Will have to save this info in case we have problems....

Most talked about...