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October 2012
EZ Prints, an eCommerce personalization service, has been acquired by CafePress (NASQ: PRSS), a provider of online retailer of user-customized on-demand products.
- The acquisition of EZ Prints brings a “plug and play” deployable software technology that enables the CafePress ecosystem to drive online customization by further extending its reach into third party corporate and licensed shops
- CafePress powers the customization platform and online shops for leading brands such as ABC Television, National Geographic and Warner Bros. Entertainment.
About EZ Prints
ezprints makes personalization possible everywhere consumers shop—online, on their devices, in store. They entered the photo commerce space in 1998 as a digital photo finisher for professional photographers and continue to meet that professional standard of superior color, quality materials and unwavering consistency. Today, ezprints’ print-on-demand and personalization solutions power some of the world’s largest brands, creating revenue streams with their world-class technology, products, design and manufacturing.
About CafePress
CafePress, is an American online retailer of stock and user-customized on demand products. The company was founded in San Mateo, California, but is now headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky along with its production facility. In 2001, CafePress.com won the People’s Voice Webby Award in the Commerce category.
Transaction Details
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SectorsCorporate & Business Solutions
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ServiceM&A
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OwnershipInvestor-Backed
“We have seen strong growth in our large corporate shops business and the addition of EZ Prints to CafePress brings a robust, deployable, cloud-based software solution that accelerates CafePress' vision of enabling customization for corporate partners across the web. Along with technology, we believe this transaction will enhance revenue and add scale to our business, and the combined organization will amass significant brand power. CafePress has a strong track record of driving significant growth with the companies we have acquired and we look forward to working with the talented EZ Prints team to capitalize on the tremendous customization opportunities within e-commerce.”