UK-based Moo, a startup that prints “mini cards” from photos and other images that you upload directly or point them to via Flickr, Bebo, or their other partners, has been a real hit among the early adopter, silicon valley crowd. People hand them out like crazy, and they are great, if somewhat expensive, conversation starters.
Next week the company will expand beyond cards and into stickers, which I predict will be even more popular than the cards. Look for them on July 19 on the Moo site.
The stickers, which will be high quality vinyl, will be sold in batches of 90 for $10. And this is cool – every single one of those 90 stickers can be a different image (just like the cards).
Moo, which raised $5 million from Atlas Venture and Index Ventures in April 2006, has sold “several million cards” to customers in 143 countries – including North Korea.
We’ll be giving away some free orders for stickers on the day of launch. Check back then for details.
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Drywallpaper.com will use this to create and distribute avatars, tight!
If they get refrigerator magnets, I am gonna sue for TM
If they copy my fridge analytics biz model that I patented, they’d better file and win a declaratory judgment cuz that was my ideas first
… am totally ranting while my buddies hookin’ up inside, I am commenting on t.c. on my SK3
p.s. I love the sticker ideas
pps If you want a duck9 sticker(s), send a SASE to duck9, 125 university ave, ste 100, pa ca 94301
I love the pouty comments on the original Moo post. How many of these people have Moo cards now, I wonder?
It’s cool idea of stickers.
Awesome! Especially because every sticker can be different!
I really thought the cards were sweet, and I showed several people before I lost the mini-card my friend gave me.
Great for conversations, but hard to keep track of.
freebies from techcrunch? that’s good news. looking forward to it. but seriously, mike and co. should be profiling high end startups, not some damn printers
Looks great. Anyone that has cards from them? What’s the quality of the cards like?
Stefson, I use moo’s cards to promote my lingerie blog (lingerie catwalk photos = instant success!) and they’re great quality. Nice thick card, the print quality is lovely, and people just go crazy over them. I can’t promise that’s not because of hte half-naked ladies, but the cards are quite tactile and feel like a little token you want to keep.
That’s a great idea. I love the cards and i’ll also order a bunch of stickers
Wow – this is incredible – imagine the after market products – moo charm bracelets and custom 8×10 poster boards that attach to your iPhone so you can carry all your neat stickers – it feels soooooo 3rd grade
I echo what others say about more moo products – magnets, posters, gift cards, coasters, etc.
Mike, can you hook your readers up with some free army men and maybe some jumping jacks, too?
i just want normal 2″x3.5″ biz cards gosh darn it! is that asking so much?
I want some stickers. I kid you not.
I guess a lot of people will be angry with them if they start selling their own photos on stickers!
I love moo. I think they are an effing great service. I love the tone of all their marketing too – everything is so chilled and “human”-sounding, even the automatic mails you get from them. I use them for cute half-size business cards and recommend them to anyone looking for a flexible online printer.
Best of luck to moo!
@nae
Thanks. Think I’m going to sign up and come up with some cards myself.
You know, for my businesscards collection…
Btw, you wouldn’t happen to have a spare card for me now would you?
@19 – New website idea: a niche social network for swapping moo buisness cards.. Techcrunch would be all over that like a rash!
That’s awesome. I am looking to print out stickers and had been checking if Moo carried them just last week. It’s good to know that they were reading my mind.
I use their minicards and they are great. They are beautiful, strong and always draw attention…
- Moo Cards are a cool thing;
– Moo Stickers are a natural extension; I think the Moo Cards- should’ve been on tc long ago; the stickersz- only becuase moo Cards wasn’t on TC -
That’s cool. The only problem with Moo is that their fulfillment is REALLY slow in the US. Not only does it take a while to print (which I understand) but because they’re int’l, it seems to just take a long time.
These days with the internets and all I have no patience for slow fulfillment.
Yet I will probably still order some stickers. My son will love them.
These cards are cool, I got some (100) printed from some of my Flickr photos. They are small and fun to hand out to people, I keep a few in my wallet. They come from England but they shipped pretty fast for me (I’m in CA).
Simple and clean product. Photo sharing/upload, web based cropping ability, text placement, and print. I like the concept.
What about template based moo cards? I own a software company that launched a template based flash designa few months ago. We picked a difficult product – coins and poker chips – and allow folks to build/design coins from from a layered based template. Basically, pick template (organized by genre), upload photos, manipulate anything you want (layers, text, photos), and then print…a sort of photoshop environment online.
My question is this: Would you enjoy a version of Moo’s service that allowed more design flexibility? Or is it Moo’s simplicity that is positioning it for success in this market?
I got some Moo cards as well. Very nice and people actually talked about them when i handed them out. * this is a plus people.
also, i had hoped for regular sized cards which hopefully they will do soon.
All in all a fantastic product for the price and the Buzz.
I love going from reading “…. terabytes . . . Amazon” to “Moo’s got stickers”.
Seem okay to try once, but then?.
The mini-cards are interesting — physical versions of click-ads.
Three letter domain name. Wow.
Buying some asap…
These guys should build a Facebook Application. If they created a nice app that was easy to use, they would instantly open the flood gates to the college crowds. I could see people buying these for parties, sporting events and even to hand out to friends.
CRed – Great idea!
BTW – Just bought some moo cards. My first batch!
All thanks to TechCrunch. =^)
@Stefson, sure! Drop me an e-mail and I’ll send you one – happy to spread the lingerie Moo love!
Michael: Is there any chance you could link directly to the homepage of the site you’re referring to instead of to your own CrunchBase? It’s misleading when you click on a link labelled Moo and don’t go to that website. I can understand what you’re doing, but it actually looks like a cynical SEO exercise at the expense of the user experience.
Moo cards are fantastic for us and our community of artists and designers, it’s such a great way to showcase work in a subtle fashion and start a unique conversation. Can’t wait for the stickers!