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It could be one of the quickest web launches and tumbles ever witnessed in Arizona.
Websitepros, a San Francisco-based web-page design firm, opened two stripmall storefronts in the Valley earlier this summer then abruptly closed both two weeks ago.
After a loud marketing rollout, the company that claimed to help small businesses profit from the Internet found little profit for itself.
Websitepros opened its first storefront ever in uptown Phoenix's Park Central Mall in mid-May. In late July, the company opened a second outlet near Scottsdale Fashion Square.
The plan was to attract small-business owners, who would pay as little as $1,000 to develop an online presence from web-page templates. Company officials...