s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . january 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message wirefly industry wireless founded 1999 headquarters usa area served usa key people logan abbott president 1 2 products cell phones and wireless plans number of employees 1 000 parent inphonic until 2007 bankruptcy simplexity from 2007 until may 2014 wind n sea technology partners may 2014 to present website www.wirefly.com wirefly is a cell phone plans and smartphone comparison website . before being relaunched in may 2014 wirefly was an online retailer of wireless services and devices operated by parent company simplexity . wirefly was headquartered in reston virginia and maintained technology and operations centers in largo maryland . citation needed wirefly also operated a youtube channel which provides video reviews and comparisons of hot products . contents 1 history 2 reception 3 references 4 external links history edit simplexity assumed control of wirefly.com in november 2007 after purchasing the assets of inphonic in 2006 . inphonic had filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under chapter 11 of the u.s. bankruptcy code . the filings were made in the u.s. bankruptcy court for the district of delaware and nasdaq later delisted the company s stock . many of inphonic s assets including its electronic commerce operations and its wirefly.com website were subsequently sold to private investors who used those assets to launch the company simplexity in january 2008 . in march 12 2014 wirefly closed down and is in chapter 11 bankruptcy . 3 wirefly was relaunched in may 2014 . 4 as of april 2014 the simplexity assets excluding the wirefly.com domain name have been approved for sale to wal mart for approximately 10 million usd . 5 reception edit wirefly has received a number of internet awards including forbes magazine s best of the web for 2004 citation needed and keynote systems best in overall customer experience in 2005 . citation needed wirefly s video reviews and comparisons of hot products on youtube have received more than 5.5 million views . when this channel held a global rank of 6 935 491 on alexa.com as of july 29 2013 . 6 references edit http articles.chicagotribune.com 2014 07 10 business sc cons 0710 karpspend 20140710 1 phone plans upgrade http time.com money 2902430 ten best cell phone plans http bankruptcy.morrisjames.com 2014 03 delaware chapter 11 filings 2 simplexity llc and two affiliates file chapter 11 http www.androidpolice.com 2014 06 19 wirefly is back under new ownership with a slightly different focus http www.law360.com articles 525109 bankrupt simplexity gets ok for 10m wal mart sale plan alexa july 29 2013 . how popular is youtube.com user wirefly . alexa site info . external links edit wirefly.com official website wirefly s youtube channel retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wirefly & oldid 732036319 categories consumer electronics retailers in the united stateshidden categories articles needing cleanup from january 2011all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles without a reason field from january 2011wikipedia pages needing cleanup from january 2011pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2013vague or ambiguous time from july 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 july 2016 at 04 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view