Go read this report on the downfall of Wish, the internet’s impossible bargain bin
by Mia Sato from The Verge - All Posts on (#6174T)
A screenshot of some of the offerings on Wish If you need a $2 pair of jeans, a $1 pop-up pool for your backyard, and waterproof sheets for $0.50, Wish is the online store to find all that and more. Or at least it was.
A New York Times deep dive tracks the arc of the internet's most nonsensical shopping destination known for its array of bizarre merchandise priced impossibly low. The story paints a picture of an e-commerce juggernaut's rapid ascent that ultimately caused its own downfall when growth was prioritized over the basic tenants that shoppers expect - products arriving in a timely fashion, for example, but also more essential things, like listings being real at all.
One anecdote in the piece proves the impossibly low prices were, in fact, too good to be true - because Wish...