MacHeist

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MacHeist

Type of site	Macintosh software
Owner	John Casasanta Phillip Ryu Scott Meinzer
Created by	John Casasanta Phillip Ryu Scott Meinzer Adam Betts
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Yes
Launched	2006
Current status	Original defunct, 2016

MacHeist was a website that bundled and resold Mac OS X software. The site conducted marketing through challenges (or "heists") that allowed customers to win software licenses and/or discounts; and sold software in bundles that increased in size as more customers purchased the offer. The site was founded by John Casasanta, Phillip Ryu, and Scott Meinzer. After a final promotion in May 2016, the original incarnation went offline. As of November 2018, the website is a front-end for marketing by native advertising company StackCommerce.^[1]