Everipedia Logo
Everipedia is now IQ.wiki - Join the IQ Brainlist and our Discord for early access to editing on the new platform and to participate in the beta testing.
123Greetings

123Greetings

123Greetings.com is one of the largest, free e-greeting card providers. [1] 123Greetings.com. is promoted by e-greeting card company 123Greetings.com, Inc. Based in New York, USA, [2] 123Greetings.com offers more than 40,000 free e-cards under 3,000 seasonal and everyday categories. [3] [4] [5]

123greetings.com, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryInternet, E-Cards
ProductsE-greeting cards, E-cards, E-invitations
OwnerArvind Kajaria, Sharad Kajaria
Registrationnot required
Available inEnglish

History

Founded in 1997 by brothers Arvind Kajaria and Sharad Kajaria.

[6] In January 2007, comScore ranked 123Greetings as the second fastest growing website in the world. [7]

In 2008, the website raised its first round of funding from Intel Capital, [8] to develop new services and products, as part of a $250 million. [9] [1] [1]

In 2009, 123Greetings launched its Studio platform wherein artists and visualizers from the worldwide community can create, upload and showcase their card creations on its website.

In 2009, 123Greetings was named the "best e-greeting website" by the "Festival Greetings Diwali" community.

[1] The website was additionally named by Digital Trends as one of the most stable e-greeting websites, along with Hallmark and E-Cards.com [1] and tenth in the Top 10 Websites for Free Ecards by About.com. [1] It was additionally reviewed and named as one of the best websites for e-greetings by Yahoo! and Squidoo. [1] [1] In 2009, 123Greetings.com was ranked second in Alexa.com's Movers & Shakers list, and 71st largest website on Valentine's Day that same year. [1]

The website had over 95 million unique users in the 2012 fiscal year, with e-cards sent from 230 different countries.

In 2012, more than 2.5 million Valentine's Day greeting cards were sent from 123Greetings.com, saving over 1000 trees. [1] [1] [2]

In 2014, the company additionally launched 123invitations.com, a free website for creating online invitations for parties, public events etc. Compete.com reported that 123greetings.com received over 697,740 unique visitors in July 2015. [20]

Some of the group companies include Intrasoft Technologies Ltd.

[2] [2] and 123Stores.com, Inc. which ranked #392 in the 2015 Internet Retailer rankings. [2]

In 2015, 123Greetings named one of the five best free e-card sites by International Business Times. [2] [2]

References

[1]
Citation Linken.wikipedia.orgThe original version of this page is from Wikipedia, you can edit the page right here on Everipedia.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Additional terms may apply.See everipedia.org/everipedia-termsfor further details.Images/media credited individually (click the icon for details).
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[2]
Citation Linkindiainfoline.com"123Greetings.com Leads Traffic Growth in E-Greetings Category"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[3]
Citation Linkmoneycontrol.com"Customer feedback very important: 123 Greetings CEO"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[4]
Citation Linkthaindian.com"123Greetings new, faster web site enhances user experience"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[5]
Citation Linkpersonalweb.about.com"Send 123Greetings eCards"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[6]
Citation Linktechcircle.vccircle.com"123Greetings’ revenues rise 78% to Rs 51.68Cr; margins sink in Q3"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[7]
Citation Linkindiainfoline.com"Arvind Kajaria, Managing Director, Intrasoft Technologies Ltd."
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[8]
Citation Linkcomscore.com"Holiday Fever Drives Traffic to Shopping Sites in December"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[9]
Citation Linkbusiness-standard.com"Intel Capital invests in 123Greetings"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[10]
Citation Linkoneindia.com"123Greetings ties-up with Intel Capital"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[11]
Citation Linkdnaindia.com"Intel Capital to buy into 123Greetings"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[12]
Citation Linkvccircle.com"ntel Capital-backed 123Greetings sees 75% rise in revenues in Q4"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[13]
Citation Linkindianexpress.com"Virtual Diwali"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[14]
Citation Linkdigitaltrends.com"Hallmark Best Father’s Day Traffic Handler"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[15]
Citation Linkfreebies.about.com"Top 10 Websites for Free Ecards"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[16]
Citation Linkvoices.yahoo.com"Best Places for Free E-Cards and E-Greetings"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[17]
Citation Linkblog.alexa.com"Movers & Shakers"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[18]
Citation Linkcsmonitor.com"Valentine's day e-cards: Are they putting card publishers out of business?"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[19]
Citation Linkvirtual-strategy.com"Over 1000 trees saved by 123greetings.com’s users last year during Valentine’s, target to save 2013 trees this year"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM
[20]
Citation Linknj.com"New alternatives to holiday greeting cards"
Jul 3, 2016, 1:43 AM