Tophatter
| File:TH Logo.svg | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Online shopping |
| Founded 📆 | January 2012 |
| Founders 👔 | Ashvin Kumar (CEO) & Chris Estreich (CTO) |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
Key people | Ashvin Kumar (CEO) Chris Estreich (CTO) Andrew Blachman (COO) |
| Members | |
Number of employees |  75 (2018) |
| 🌐 Website | tophatter |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Tophatter is an e-commerce marketplace, founded January 2012, by Ashvin Kumar (CEO) and Chris Estreich (CTO) in Palo Alto, CA. In 2017, Tophatter grossed over $300M in sales through its website and mobile apps.[1]
Tophatter is an online marketplace like Amazon, eBay, and Wish; however, Ashvin Kumar (CEO) likens it more to a next-generation QVC or Home Shopping Network — due to its auctions discovery shopping format.[2]
Tophatter's mission is to spark moments of fun and fulfillment.[3]
Funding[edit]
- 2011: Tophatter received an undisclosed Series A funding round.
- 2017: Tophatter announced its $21M Series B funding round on May 11, led by Goodwater Capital with participation from existing investors CRV, and August Capital.[4]
Growth[edit]
Tophatter ranked 408th in the Inc. 500.[5] It received honors in the Inc. 500 for ranking 25th in Top Consumer Products & Services companies and 7th in San Jose companies.[6] Deloitte featured Tophatter in the 2017 Technology Fast 500™ Winners, ranking 118th with a 3-year growth rate of 1,068%.[7] Tophatter generated over $300 million of GMV in 2017 (100% up from 2016).[8]
Website[edit]
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File:Tophatter.com homepage.png tophatter.com homepage | |
Type of site | E-commerce |
|---|---|
| Available in | |
| Owner | Tophatter |
| Website | tophatter |
| Alexa rank |  10,365 (Global, April 2018[update])[9] |
| Launched | 2012 |
| Current status | Online |
| Written in | Rails and Javascript |
Tophatter.com is currently live in the US, Austria, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
Reviews[edit]
Tophatter customers can review their purchased products. Customers use a rating scale of one to five stars. With each review, there is a standard comment box available to provide more context for the review. For product reviews below four stars, reviewers are directed to select one of a few common issues about the item. Tophatter makes use of the selected issues to monitor the quality of its third party supply and provide faster support.
References[edit]
- ↑ Vetter, Moira. "Tophatter Takes Online Auction Shopping Experience To $300M In Sales". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ Rao, Leena. "This E-Commerce Startup is Profitable and Raised New Cash". Fortune. Fortune. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "Working at Tophatter". Glassdoor.
- ↑ "Series B - Tophatter, Inc. - 2017-05-11 | Crunchbase". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "The Complete Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Companies of 2017". Inc.com. Inc.
- ↑ "Spread the Word: Tophatter Is No. 408 on the Inc. 5000 This Year!". Inc.com. Inc.
- ↑ "2017 Technology Fast 500 award winners | Deloitte US". Deloitte United States. Deloitte. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "Tophatter Company Profile". linkedin.
- ↑ "Tophatter.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". www.alexa.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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