Entrecard is up for sale as indicated on the Entrecard blog and sitepoint.com. I remember reading an Entrecard blog where a member posted this question.

Guttu Asks – “If Google wants to buy Entrecard will you sell it?”

Graham’s response – “Will not sell. My vision for Entrecard is so massive that it will take perhaps my entire professional life to achieve what I have set out to achieve with Entrecard.”

Can you say flip-flop? Read more here

What I find amazing is how Graham (Owner) is crying publicly about his losses, maxed out credit card and losing a multi-million dollar deal in the 11th hour. Why would any buyer want to purchase this online slumping community? And the price is much exaggerated to say the least. This community has suffered through broken promises, lack of support, downtime and the immaturity of its owner.

Graham seems to be for himself as stated by a post written by one of his moderators:

Ben Barden – “In all honesty I feel pretty let down by this. None of the mods knew anything about this before everyone else did, nor were we asked for views. We don’t know if a new owner would keep the current mods on board or not. The timing of this couldn’t be worse – we just signed up three new moderators. What message does it send to them?

Graham, you DO have a team. You have people who do the support work. I really thought you were going to come back and engage the community – the last week has been very productive with some great discussions.

I have a better idea. Throw the reins over to me for a month and see how things are running when you get back. No sale necessary.”

Graham’s response to Ben: “Ben, it’s not about the team. It’s about my credit card being maxed out and me about to be homeless with very very few options.”

I feel for Ben as he’s been on the front-line during the fall of Entrecard while Graham hides in a closet. Buyer beware! Do your research before thinking of purchasing this community web site.

A selfish act of a business owner.

More flip-flopping:

Graham – “keep in mind guys and gals, I’m only “exploring the possibility” -its still a long shot it will actually happen.”

And for all of those who depend on Entrecard as your main source of traffic, I feel bad that this has happened, because you all have worked too hard!