Today I am very excited to announce that Cligs has been acquired by Mister Wong! Cligs lives and from now on will continue to grow under the management of an established company with a history of building great Web 2.0 companies.

When I announced that Cligs was to shut down, I was contacted by several parties interested in taking over the service. I’d like to thank all of these people who were all very supportive of the service and wanted to keep Cligs running. I’d like to also thank all the users who contacted me privately and publicly to show their support and appreciation of Cligs.

I only considered serious buyers who would obviously take good care of Cligs’ existing users. For that, Mister Wong is a great choice and a large part of why they won out. Kai Tietjen, founder of Mister Wong, summarized their motivation by saying that, "Cligs is a complete service with a unique set of tools and a solid user base. Competition is healthy for the market and it would be a real shame to see such a useful service disappear. We are happy to add Cligs to our existing portfolio of Web 2.0 services and we look forward to welcoming all its users to the Wong family."

The hand-over work is already in progress and close to completion. Of course, I will continue working with the team at Mister Wong to ensure everything is running smoothly and correctly. We do not expect any interruptions during the hand-over, but please do let us know if you encounter anything out of the ordinary.

I’d like to close on a personal note as this is likely to be my very last post on this blog.

Firstly, thank you to each and every user of Cligs. Over a year ago when I launched Cligs, I never thought it would grow to be so big so fast. Your feedback and support helped grow Cligs to what it is today and now you get to help Mister Wong build the service you want.

Secondly, of course I’ll be working on other web apps. To keep updated or get in touch, below are my contact details:

• On Twitter: @pierrefar
• My LinkedIn profile (Please mention you knew me via Cligs.)
• My personal blog: Things of Sorts (I’ll start blogging more now that I have some more time )
• Email: cligs (at) pierrefar (dot) com

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that Cligs has been acquired!

The full details will go live on this blog at 8pm UK.