I can't help but wonder if the Evo exit wasn't at least partly a self-fulfilling prophecy. Everyone was constantly saying it's just a matter of time before they pull an exit scam. Well maybe if everyone didn't yak about it so much, it might not have happened. Suppose you are running a DNM. At first it's cool, but it is hard work, you are dealing with endless complaints from buyers and sellers, because you can't please everyone, some sellers are dicks and the buyers want you to police them, and on top of that, you risk going to prison someday. Well it seems inevitable that at some point you just say fuck em all, take the money and disappear while I have the chance, it's no longer worth the risk. Everyone seems to assume I'm going to steal it from them anyway, so fuck it.
So that is the business model, and it's a terrible one. But it's a way better option than street deals with all the risks involved, so until a better model is built, both buyers and sellers will simply have to operate under the concept of loss management....a grocery store assumes about a 5% loss just due to theft (more often from employees than customers) and prices goods to cover that.
Running a website for a year and then up and running off with tens of millions is an AMAZING business model, WTF are you talking about?
Its got to be one of the more profitable business models in existence actually