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October 30, 2007

Happy Halloween From The Sick People at JibJab

Michael Arrington

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Los Angeles based JibJab continues to expand its business beyond its traditional political satires. They’ve recently released a for-pay virtual greeting card business called Sendables that will appeal to many people (like me) with a slightly dark sense of humor. The video above is one of my favorites. I couldn’t stop laughing.

Users get to send one or two greetings for free by email. After that, they cost $0.50 to $3. They’re taking on American Greetings directly, which sells annual subscriptions for $14 (and have an $85 million/year business). JibJab has raised just under $10 million in two rounds of financing.

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  1. gary Mckenzie

    October 30th, 2007 at 11:45 am

    ok, someone needs to come into my office and take me up off the floor.. hahahahahahahahaha, hhahahahaha, hahahahaha

  2. Olivier L

    October 30th, 2007 at 11:53 am

    In my opinion, this is a lame attempt to copy the original concept of Quebecer website “www.tetesaclaque.tv”

  3. Allen Stern

    October 30th, 2007 at 11:56 am

    Can I have my minute back please? :)

  4. Micro Blog Community Fan

    October 30th, 2007 at 12:05 pm

    Oh my god…………. Its a scene from hostel 3! ;-)

  5. AJF

    October 30th, 2007 at 12:12 pm

    What’s funny is that PVP has pissed away $10M of OPM on this crap.

  6. boon

    October 30th, 2007 at 12:25 pm

    “A script is causing Adobe Flash Player to run slowly”

    Abort Video!

  7. Jeff

    October 30th, 2007 at 12:45 pm

    really Michael, you thought it was that funny? Clever, but not that funny.

  8. Jerome

    October 30th, 2007 at 12:52 pm

    Very funny one, I agree ;))))))))
    @2 Olivier L: you are right, Têtes à Claques has a similar style. However, JibJab has been around since 1999 and I find their humor a bit darker.

  9. Abbey

    October 30th, 2007 at 12:58 pm

    JibJab consistently produces content that makes me want to stab myself repeatedly in the eye.

  10. The SEO/SEM Wiki

    October 30th, 2007 at 1:12 pm

    lol I’m no fan of JibJab but I love their simplicity of integration. I’ll have to check it out more. Most of my information comes through the top stories of Digg, other than those viral pieces, other sites just don’t cut it for me.

  11. aandarian

    October 30th, 2007 at 1:17 pm

    Michael, Good stuff!

  12. John

    October 30th, 2007 at 1:20 pm

    Not sure why they are taking the pay as you go approach. Hallmark just took the same approach and although I don’t know Hallmarks numbers I would bet they are better off just asking for a subscription fee for a single year. Otherwise, an old concept with a different twist. I wonder why we dont see all those talking dogs, cats, parrotts etc on American greetings anymore.

  13. ted

    October 30th, 2007 at 1:24 pm

    i loved the video! no one else has consistently made great web videos like JibJab.

  14. John

    October 30th, 2007 at 1:30 pm

    Ted-

    Thats exactaly it. It’s a video not a greeting.

  15. Jason

    October 30th, 2007 at 1:34 pm

    I agree. Very funny! And $85 million/year for eCards? It’ll be Interesting to see how a new spin on the category plays out…

  16. Mgccl

    October 30th, 2007 at 1:42 pm

    this video is sick… xD
    got to love this ecard

  17. Pete

    October 30th, 2007 at 1:42 pm

    haha, that’s horrifying. I’m also getting the script error though. The video won’t play on this page.

  18. Petri Pokka

    October 30th, 2007 at 1:49 pm

    $85 million/year? Is it me or something is very, very wrong in the industry?

  19. John

    October 30th, 2007 at 2:44 pm

    The $85 million/year is just for subscriptions and advertising on American greetings which accounts for about 50% of the industry. I have to believe it is a $125 million/year+ category and growing at 15-20% annually.

    Just as an FYI, JibJab.com I believe originated from greetings before “This land”.

    Michael how about Month2Month.com as an alternative.

    Let the viewers decide.

    John

  20. Morgan

    October 30th, 2007 at 3:31 pm

    Oh, man. That is just straight-up weak material. I might even rather watch Carlos Mencia. The horror.

  21. BRadC

    October 30th, 2007 at 3:48 pm

    Funny?!? Seriously Arrington you have been warned about the Facebook crack/kool-aid mix previously. Think you’re obviously past saving.

  22. Jon

    October 30th, 2007 at 4:37 pm

    I noticed one thing… they got rid of their normal “jib-jab” intro with the two guys in their logo… otherwise, video is so-so.

    Jon

  23. Steve Ballmer

    October 30th, 2007 at 5:36 pm

    They did a “parody” on me and I hate them now! I never sing!

    ttp://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

  24. Bob Jones

    October 30th, 2007 at 5:58 pm

    Their videos used to be good, but these latest ones are awful … Night of the Living Republicans/Democrats? Those action/killer scenes …

  25. Greg

    October 30th, 2007 at 8:07 pm

    That woman’s pumpkin-carving technique is horrible. You’ve got to focus on control, if you want good clean designs. So slice, instead of stab. Yeesh, it’s appalling.

    Seriously, that was pretty funny.

  26. Fabian Schonholz

    October 30th, 2007 at 9:03 pm

    This is funny. I showed it to my wife and she walked away .. “this is sick .. very sick”. Hilarious!!

  27. gassy

    October 30th, 2007 at 9:22 pm

    gross and funny.

  28. micfo.com

    October 31st, 2007 at 2:49 am

    That’s funny!

  29. erin

    October 31st, 2007 at 12:24 pm

    Very lame. It’s time to admit that JibJab was a one-hit wonder (”This Land”) who hasn’t done anything of real interest or value since ‘04.

  30. jen

    October 31st, 2007 at 3:43 pm

    OMG! What the hell is wrong with you people? That’s hysterical!

  31. Joey Livingston

    November 6th, 2007 at 8:56 am

    LOL, totally hysterical.

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