Comments on: Zazzle Rumor: Big Hedge Fund Investment

By: Zazzle Beefs Up Management Team With Former Fox Exec

Zazzle Beefs Up Management Team With Former Fox Exec — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:40:36 +0000

[...] no confirmation on that rumored $30 million hedge fund investment (it happened, though), but Kleiner Perkins backed Zazzle is now beefing up it [...]

By: Custom T-Shirt Talk » Zazzle Recruiting Cafepress Shopkeepers - Unethical or Good Business?

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:06:09 +0000

[...] lately and striking partnership deals left and right. They have wasted no time spending their (unconfirmed) second round of funding. The site has undergone a major face lift and Zazzle finally started [...]

By: Introducing the Fortnightly Thread

Introducing the Fortnightly Thread — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:54:42 +0000

[...] Zazzle secures second round funding. Collecting a cool $30m from x and y. Looking forward to seeing how [...]

By: Teann Nash

Teann Nash — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:34:53 +0000

If you like zazzle keep an eye on our company. http://www.epicturegift.com. Our new website http://www.buildagift.com will launch in November 2007.

By: » MadeForOne.com: Mass Customization and Personalization News » Zazzle in possible $30M funding round

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:02:44 +0000

[...] Zazzle, the online marketplace for personalized products, may be close to securing funding of $30M from a hedge fund investor. This was reported on Friday last on Techcrunch. [...]

By: TechCrunch en français » Brèves 2.0: Zazzle, MediaWhiz, PodTech, FaceBook

TechCrunch en français » Brèves 2.0: Zazzle, MediaWhiz, PodTech, FaceBook — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:09:42 +0000

[...] nombreuses rumeurs courent selon lesquels Zazzle, le SpreadShirt américain serait sur le point de boucler une levée [...]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:59:41 +0000

Sorry, duncan…. Some of TC fans don’t like you either…

It does look like search engine if you look up find textbox.

By: Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:33:52 +0000

I’ve always liked these guys. In fact, I’ll tell you when we launched our company in Seattle a few years ago selling PHYSICAL PRODUCTS somewhat related to Zazzle that most of the early Web2.0 crowd thought our business plan was too boring. Too “pedestrian”. Here we are barely two years later with real customers. Real cash. It’s a good feeling. However, now you’ve got us wondering up here…do we need to get back on the fund raising trail? I mean…$30 million is a lot of cash. And I’ve heard Art.com is going IPO soon. Hmm, better take another look at the war chest It seems the stakes just keep getting higher!

By: rick

rick — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:57:38 +0000

PS - Don’t work for, or have a vested interest in, Logoworks either.

By: rick

rick — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:51:04 +0000

I stumbled upon Zazzle five years ago when I returned from a heli-ski trip with a group of friends and I got stuck with the job of creating the t-shirt. The thought of going to a shop, ordering the design, getting sizes from everyone, collecting their money and then mailing it to them made me realize just how inebriated I must have been when I agreed to do it.

I did a Web search just looking for a local t-shirt printer and found Zazzle. In 10 minutes I uploaded the group picture, added text and graphics, published the design and sent the group the link to buy their own damn shirt.

I thought it was a friggen miracle. Saved me loads of time and hassle. Maybe it doesn’t like such a big deal these days, but if you consider this was five years ago and well before the KP money, it was pretty darned revolutionary.

Why am I going on and on about them? Swear I’m not a shill. Don’t work there and have no vested interest in the company. I tell this story all the time because I was so impressed and I believe this is the real future of Web businesses.

Maybe Web 3.0 will be about using the Web to make our lives easier. Transforming a time consuming, real world task into a streamlined, Web experience sounds a lot more like a real business than building a Web playground to share my pictures and favorite hobbies. Sites like Zazzle and more recently http://www.logoworks.com are leading this trend.

By: Allen Stern

Allen Stern — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:05:47 +0000

The name Zazzle sounds like something in a late night infomercial.

Order a Zazzle now and get a free Zazzle Pro!

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:54:50 +0000

search engine?

I swear the trolls are starting to use canned comments.

By: Jay (living in First Life)

Jay (living in First Life) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:48:41 +0000

Thomas just got off the short bus.

By: Alaska Miller

Alaska Miller — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:45:51 +0000

LOL

You got to be happy when you get 30 million dollars but you have users thinking your stupid site is a search engine!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:30:36 +0000

$30 million dollar search engine… It’s too hard for me to use. Sorry…. you can’t grab me. Not a fan of sassle.

By: Jay (living in First Life)

Jay (living in First Life) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:19:43 +0000

Awesome. You missed SkinnyCorp which owns Threadless which did $20 MM in revenue and $7 MM in pre-tax profit last year and has Insight Venture Partners as their lone investor.

It’s great to see TechCrunch feature companies that are actually offering real value and getting paid for it.