This is a mail I received from Amir Chaudhry (amir@go-test.it) :<p>Hello,<p>As a registered user of Go Test It, I'm writing to inform you that Go Test It is shutting down. The service will cease sometime after 5pm on Monday the 22nd of March and we encourage you to back-up your test scripts as soon as possible. We sincerely apologise for any disruption this may cause you.<p>A lot has happened over the last few weeks and this decision has been a difficult one. We have every intention to work alongside our users to minimise the impact and have included a brief list of other automated testing services you might find useful. If you need help with backing up your scripts, please email us on support@go-test.it<p>We really appreciate your support and patience at this time. If you have questions, please direct them to the email address above.<p>Best wishes,
Amir<p>- Alternative Services -
Some alternative services you may wish to consider are CloudTesting, SauceLabs and Gomez Reality View XF. Please understand that these are simply suggestions and this list is not intended to be a recommendation nor comprehensive. As with Go Test It, these services are based on Selenium so you should find the scripting familiar.
It was a very very hard decision. I was working on Rapportive (rapportive.com) as a side-project, when suddenly a few big blogs got hold of it and we found ourselves with 10,000 users in 24 hours (and continuing to grow). It became clear that Rapportive is a huge opportunity. Go Test It is a good product, but Rapportive is just in a completely different category. And dividing my attention between the two looked like it would just be harmful to both.<p>It's hard to kill off something you love, but sometimes it's the right decision. I am very sorry though.<p>Martin (Founder of Go Test It)
Hey folks, I didn't realise this made it to Hacker News (I guess I should have been on top of that).<p>The reason we're shutting down Go Test It is because the founder is moving full-time to Rapportive (rapportive.com). They've had some amazing growth there and it needed him full-time. It was a really difficult decision but ultimately the guys at Red Gate decided that GTI couldn't succeed without him, hence the closure.<p>I hope that helps explain it.
This is surprising, I remember meeting the founder and the Red Gate guys out at Business of Software 2009. They seemed very passionate and committed (I kept hoping they would use a marketing idea I suggested).<p>One thought might be that they are going to add it to one of the other Red Gate tools and sell it more in the way that Red Gate is used to selling tools. (not SaaS)<p>Interesting HN Posts:<p>Original Review My App for Got Test It: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=883049" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=883049</a><p>My First Exit (post on selling to Red Gate):
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=968118" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=968118</a>
I got this too.<p>They were bought up last year by Red Gate [1] so Im guessing lack of market traction or lack of revenue is causing the close. Just speculating though.<p>1. <a href="http://go-test.it/blog/2009/11/30/red-gate-acquires-go-test-it.html" rel="nofollow">http://go-test.it/blog/2009/11/30/red-gate-acquires-go-test-...</a>