Z-Wave Products, Wink Team Up To Ease Staples Connect Shutdown

MOONACHIE, N.J., June 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Z-Wave Products, a company dedicated to distribution and e-commerce of Z-Wave devices, announces an agreement with Wink to help Staples Connect customers weather the impending shutdown of their connected-home platform.

Zonoff, the IoT provider which supplied the foundation of Staples Connect, closed its Malvern, Pennsylvania offices recently.  As a result of their closure, technical support for the Staples Connect platform and correlating mobile app will no longer be available, and the future of the host servers is unknown.

To help fill the gap created by the shutdown, Z-Wave Products is partnering with Wink to offer an exclusive discount on the purchase of a new Wink Hub 2.  The discount, which offers Staples Connect customers a $15 discount on a $99 Wink Hub 2, not only provides these customers with a seamless transition to a highly versatile and powerful hub, its allows Z-Wave Products and Wink to smartly capitalize on a soon-to-be-urgent market need.   

In June 2016, when Staples announced that it would discontinue selling Staples Connect, Z-Wave Products began to support Staples Connect service and related products.  Z-Wave roducts also worked with Zonoff to maintain support and ensure that it continued operating with customers' existing home automation products. 

When Staples announced it was getting out of the Z-Wave space the Staples Connect hubs, along with the corresponding inventory, were acquired by Z-Wave Products.  Now, with the imminent shutdown of the Staples Connect hub, Z-Wave Products and Wink are creating a "safety net" for Staples Connect customers that will help ensure continuous service while introducing a new audience to the popular Wink hub. 

"We are very pleased to partner with Wink in this endeavor," said Matthew Davis, Vice President of Product Development of ZWaveProducts.com.  "We're even more pleased to be able to help loyal Staples Connect users continue to enjoy the comfort, convenience and safety that the Staples Connect product has been providing them."

Current Staples Connect customers who want to take advantage of the offer or who have questions can contact [email protected]. 

ABOUT WINK

Wink is the smart home platform that brings all your favorite products together – so you can easily monitor, control, and automate them wherever you are.  With 31 brand partners, hundreds of compatible products, and over 1.7 million devices connected to the platform and counting, Wink makes the smart home accessible to everyone.  Founded in 2014, Wink is based in New York, and is a subsidiary of Flex.  For more information, visit www.wink.com.

ABOUT Z-WAVE PRODUCTS

Founded in 2006, Z-Wave Products is the premier online destination for products that utilize the Z-Wave wireless protocol, the world's most popular communication platform among devices used for home automation.  All products purchased on the site carry a (30) day return policy.  For more information, visit www.zwaveproducts.com.

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