Senior Something is retiring.

With the number of seniors and baby boomers online steadily increasing, SeniorSomething.com is retiring.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) September 18, 2004 -- With the number of seniors and baby boomers online steadily increasing, SeniorSomething.com is retiring. On November 31, after five years online, SeniorSomething's founder and owner, Eric Marchand of Houston TX, has decided to deactivate SeniorSomething.com and seven other websites currently online.

Marchand considers his group to be lucky since no one is actually being laid off. "Our staff of seven has been released with compensation since August 15. We're all over fifty. We all had other lives before this venture, and that's what we're go back to doing. We operated a debt free operation, that's why we don't have to say ouch." He also cites ongoing health issues as his main motivation. "Right now I need to slow down and spend some time with those close to me." The staff members are scattered across the country and operated from virtual home offices.

Having caught the tail of the internet bubble, in early 2001 Marchand unloaded his website and domain name eMoneyGram.com to Traveler's Express. He went on to develope and maintain a high of fourteen websites that catered to a diverse group of niche markets. His website SeniorSomething.com went online in November 1999, and CNN.com highlighted the website on its site for two weeks, one year later. "That was quite a jolt for me. To be recognized at all on the internet after one year was exciting enough, but to have caught the eye of a national news service was very encouraging." SeniorSomething.com was originally developed to make it easier for Marchand's elderly mother to find what she needed online.

When asked how he felt about pulling the plug on SeniorSomething, Marchand replied that he'd like to see all the live websites survive, "but I can't be the one to help them do it right now." Offers are being accepted for the SeniorSomething.com property, and approximately 80 other domain names that are owned by Marchand & Associates. Marchand & Associates does business online at eMarketInvestors.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Eric Marchand
Marchand & Associates
713-270-0821 Voice message
http://www.eMarketInvestors.com

Interviewed by Iko Nomi
12:30PM CST 17Sept2004

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