Branders.com

Branders.com, Inc
Type Private
Founded January 1999
Headquarters Mountain View, California and Pasig City, Philippines
Area served Worldwide
Key people Jerry McLaughlin (CEO)
Industry Promotional Productss
Products promotional items
Employees 165+ (Q2 2011)
Slogan

"See Before You Buy"

Website www.branders.com
Alexa rank 30,879 (January 2012)[1]
Type of site E-Commerce
Registration Required
Available in English

Branders.com, Inc. is an American multinational Internet company that manages Branders.com, an online promotional products distributor. The company is based in San Mateo, California[2] with a regional operating headquarters (ROHQ) in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines.[3] As of April 2011, they moved their US office to Mountain View, California.[4]

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History

Founded in February 1999, Branders.com is funded by Altos Ventures, Discovery Ventures, Menlo Ventures, DCM, VSP Capital and many others.[5][6][7][8][9]

In 2005, Branders.com opened their regional operating headquarters in the Philippines. Their office is located at Unionbank Plaza, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.[10]

In March 2009, Branders.com became accredited with BBB, also known as Better Business Bureau with a BBB rating of A+.[11]

The executives of Branders.com as of January 2011 are as follows: Co-founder, CEO and president Jerry McLaughlin;[12][13] Brendon Kim, General Partner and co-founder of Altos Ventures;[14] Glenn Reid, Chief Technology Officer;[15] Joie Fuentes, Senior Sales and Marketing Director;[15] and Bob Heinz, Sales Manager.

Awards

Acquisitions

In 2010, Branders.com acquired one of its competitors, Promopeddler.com, an Oregon-based company owned by Monte Baumgartner and Lewis Amicone. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed [24]

References

  1. ^ "Branders.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Branders.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02. 
  2. ^ http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=9828647443665205754&q=branders.com&hl=en&cd=1&ei=ElqeS6KlLMmCkQXS9Oy4Aw&sll=37.555773,-122.27977&sspn=0.071946,0.071946&ie=UTF8
  3. ^ http://business.inquirer.net/money/features/view/20100916-292644/Branderscom-A-new-corporate-culture
  4. ^ http://local.yahoo.com/info-51711489-branderscom-mountain-view
  5. ^ http://www.altosventures.com/index.php?act=portfolio&cid=26
  6. ^ http://www.discoveryvc.com/portfolio/branders.html
  7. ^ http://www.menloventures.com/portfolio_all.html
  8. ^ http://www.dcmvc.com/portfolio-business.php#branders
  9. ^ http://www.vsplp.com/ourportfolio_branders.shtml
  10. ^ http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=567708
  11. ^ http://www.bbb.org/greater-san-francisco/business-reviews/advertising-specialties/branderscom-in-foster-city-ca-75652
  12. ^ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=25750
  13. ^ http://www.mo.com/jerry-mclaughlin
  14. ^ http://www.crunchbase.com/person/brendon-kim
  15. ^ a b http://www.crunchbase.com/company/branders-com
  16. ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Branders.com+Wins+Top+Awards+At+Exhibitor+Show+2000%3B+Leader+in+Online...-a060004109
  17. ^ http://www.ppbmag.com/Article.aspx?id=651
  18. ^ http://www.ppbmag.com/Article.aspx?id=1293
  19. ^ http://www.ppbmag.com/Article.aspx?id=2130
  20. ^ http://www.ppbmag.com/Article.aspx?id=3030
  21. ^ http://www.ppbmag.com/Article.aspx?id=4079
  22. ^ http://www.asicentral.com/asp/open/content/content.aspx?id=4722
  23. ^ http://www.ppbmag.com/NR/rdonlyres/1D203360-27C6-4329-84EA-1C28E4A324C5/0/PPAIAwardWinners2011.pdf
  24. ^ http://www.asicentral.com/asp/open/content/content.aspx?id=4504

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