masteroktools.narod.ru is a business-card site for a tool shop in Kstovo, hosted in the free "Narod.Ru" zone and listed in the Nizhny Novgorod internet directory nn.ru (the "/rub/" section) under the name "Tools for You." with the description "New tool shop in Kstovo"[1]. The earliest snapshot found dates to April 2001[2], and the page itself remained almost unchanged in the web archive for at least two more decades[3].

What the site looked like and what it offered

The home page was not a full-fledged shop but an opening announcement: "Fresh news!!! A new shop for real craftsmen will open its doors soon!" — as the home page stated[1]. This was followed by a list of product groups: locksmith and installation tools, carpentry tools, cutting and measuring instruments, power tools, abrasives, fasteners and consumables, and workwear[1]. Separate terms were offered to wholesale clients: "We have SPECIAL prices for auto service businesses, construction companies, and repair services! Call us — we'll send a fresh price list, and if you like it, we'll give discounts and deliver!" — as the home page stated[1]. Visitors who learned about the shop through the internet were promised a 10% discount[1]. The contacts section gave the address: Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Region, 40 Let Oktyabrya Street, building 21, phone/fax (83145) 2-51-50, and email masterok2000@mail.ru[1]. No visit counters or other technical elements were recorded on the surviving snapshots of the page.

Place in the Nizhny Novgorod internet

The site was listed by the compilers of the Nizhny Novgorod Internet directory nn.ru, in the trade resources section[1]. In the samples of the Counter.nn.ru rating and the results of the Nizhny Novgorod Internet Day vote that we have preserved, no data on visits or votes for masteroktools.narod.ru is recorded — this indicates an absence of information in the available sample, not zero visits or zero support for the site in the voting[2]. For more on the methodology used to track such sites, see the Archival study of the Nizhny Novgorod internet from the counter.nn.ru rating.

How it closed

The text of the home page did not change from the moment of the earliest known snapshot in April 2001: the 2001 snapshot, the 2019 snapshot, and the March 2022 snapshot all contain the same announcement of the shop opening soon[2][1][3]. According to the data available to us, the domain eventually stopped being updated and is now dead; the material contains no information about a move to another address — the last snapshot found in the web archive with this text is dated March 30, 2022[3].

Sources

  1. web.archive.org — Home page, 2019 (archive)
  2. web.archive.org — Home page, 2001 (archive)
  3. web.archive.org — Home page, 2022 (archive)