is Rakuten trying to rebrand e-commerce?
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I will never in a million years understand why "Rakuten" would be a better root url for a shopping site than "Buy."

"rakuten" is Japanese for optimism.

Perhaps optimism they can survive against the Bezos Machine?

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Will Collier
I will never in a million years understand why "Rakuten" would be a better root url for a shopping site than "Buy."

They get to rebrand themselves and all the while, buy.com will still takes you to rakuten. It's like opening a whole new retail establishment. People that don't like buy.com NOW HAVE A NEW OPTION.