Ziddu
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Ziddu was a free file hosting and cloud storage service operating from 2007 to 2016 at Ziddu.com. It offered unlimited downloads and uploads with download resuming and zero wait times, and paid uploaders per download, making it popular with forum uploaders in markets such as Indonesia. The site was managed by a company called Meridian Tech Pte. Ltd.
02 / Ziddu FAILURE REASONS
Failure factors supported by the current evidence
No reliable source explains why Ziddu shut down in 2016; even the current holder of the domain notes that the reason for taking the website down is not known. After the file-hosting era the domain was repurposed for a blockchain and cryptocurrency project from 2016 to 2020, then auctioned when it was not renewed.
03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Ziddu launches as a free file hosting and cloud storage service.
- Operations ended
Ziddu.com shuts down in 2016; the reason is not publicly known. The domain is later reused for a blockchain project.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
Material for this section is being gathered and checked. It will appear here once ready.
Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN
How the factors connect
- 01
Free file hosting with pay-per-download
- 02
Popular with forum uploaders
- 03
Shut down in 2016, reason unknown
- 04
Domain later reused for blockchain project