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Originally Posted by Shap
I don't think that is accurate. I think there is something bigger lurking  |
Makes sense for him to go after processors so he can try to put his smaller competition out of business now that he has bought many of the larger players. That way he reaps more from his purchases. I could see him buying CCBill and then starving out the smaller pay sites and affiliates (ratios collapse to 3x what they were, new fees introduced, smaller accounts closed or just flat out shut it down completely) to make them shutdown to eliminate competition.
I project 50% of the industry leaving if CCBill disappears or somehow becomes no longer viable for smaller businesses (by design). Smaller pay sites and affiliates combined. Practically every webmaster has hundreds or thousands a month tied up in CCBill in rebills.
It's ripe because the owners have their hands full with their hosting ventures and adult could be seen as a liability.