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 in 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 and discovery shopping format.[2]
Tophatter's mission is to spark moments of fun and fulfillment.[3]
Funding
- 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
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
Screenshot
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
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
- ↑ 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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