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☆ Creator merchandise company Spring has been hit with 7 lawsuits this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Sydney Bradley | Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Merch company Spring has been hit with numerous lawsuits this year. The creator merchandise company Spring has been hit with a slew of lawsuits this year following the sale of its assets, in late 2022, to the software company Amaze. Spring, as a company, still exists but has been effectively defunct since the asset sale. That hasn't stopped the lawsuits against Spring (formerly known as Teespring) from piling up, however. Since January, Spring has been sued by several vendors and business partners, with global shipping company DHL being the latest to sue the company.

Persons: Amaze, Ty Huls, Huls, Spring, et, Broder Bros, It's, Evan Stites, Clayton, Chris Lamontagne, Annelies Jansen, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Jansen, What's, Michael Curtiss Organizations: DHL, Spring, Washington State Department of Revenue, DHL Ecommerce, Inc, Teespring Inc, Trade Credit Insurance Inc, Al, Former Spring, Amaze, Amaze Holding, Amaze Software Inc, Software Locations: Amaze, Teespring, Spring, WilliamsMarston

☆ TikTok is killing its Shopify storefront integration as it moves to control all aspects of in-app e-commerce
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Dan Whateley | Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

TikTok is shutting down its Shopify-integrated "storefronts" feature next month as it looks to control all aspects of in-app shopping and drive sellers to use its e-commerce platform, TikTok Shop. The tool let Shopify sellers sync product catalogs to TikTok where users could click on linked items to purchase them on Shopify. Purchases that happen on TikTok Shop aren't redirected to third-party platforms like Shopify, which means TikTok will have primary visibility into all aspects of the customer journey. Since TikTok Shop does not currently integrate with Shopify, Shopify could miss out on revenue if its merchants choose to set up shop with TikTok and direct sales there instead of their main Shopify store. However, Rick Watson, the CEO and founder of RMW Commerce Consulting, doesn't consider TikTok Shop too much of a threat to Shopify.

Persons: TikTok, Kylie Cosmetics, it's, It's, ByteDance, Shopify, influencers, Rick Watson, doesn't, Watson Organizations: Manly Bands, RMW Commerce Locations: China

☆ Creator merch startup Fanjoy has filed for bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Creator merch startup Fanjoy has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a court filing showed. Creator merch startup Fanjoy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this month, according to a court filing viewed by Insider. Then around 2017, Fanjoy pivoted its business model to selling merch for YouTube creators and other internet stars . Fanjoy isn't the first creator-focused merch company to face challenges in recent months. Creators told Insider at the time that Spring had struggled with its business, including with shipping delays and late payments.

Persons: Fanjoy, Elyse Myers, Kian, Myers, We've, Chris Vaccarino, Vaccarino, Jake Paul, David Dobrik, Tana Mongeau, Addison Rae Organizations: JC, YouTube, Spring

☆ Meet these unintentional ASMR celebrities
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Jack Hillcox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

ASMR videos come in all shapes and sizes. Although the content of ASMR videos varies tremendously, what remains consistent is the physical impact they have on viewers who are susceptible to them. Despite the work these creators put into their videos, accidental ASMR is one of the most popular sub-genres for viewers. The dominance of this setup amongst ASMR fans may all be down to the legacy of one man who is a legend among fans of accidental ASMR, but was, for a very long time, completely unaware of ASMR’s existence. Scroll through the comments section of most ASMR videos, and it won’t be long until you find people referencing a line spoken by Kelly.

Persons: James Gill, Bear Grylls, Gill, nonchalantly, “, ASMR, Giulia Poerio, Bob Ross, Acey Harper, Ross, Billie Eilish, Zoë Kravitz, Dr, ” Gill, James Kelly, Pat LaFontaine, LaFontaine, Kelly, ” Kelly, – Kelly, Dr Kelly, he’s, Ieuan Rees, Rees, ”, I’ve, I’d, influencers clamoring Organizations: CNN, Warwick University Medical School, YouTube, Sensory, University of Essex, Marcus Institute, Brain Health, University of Colorado, Artisan Media Locations: TikTok, ASMR, Brainline

☆ Suppliers for Spring say the creator merch startup has owed them money for months and they're in the dark on how to get paid
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Product vendors hired by Spring say the creator merch company owes them money. "There's two types of acquisitions," Michael Curtiss, partner and M&A advisory lead at WilliamsMarston, told Insider. "I think this will send a couple of suppliers broke," the second vendor added. By June 2022, the second vendor said they had noticed their business was not getting paid on time. "I just can't stand what they did," said one person who worked closely with Spring vendors.

☆ Creator merch company Spring has laid off staffers and closed its Kentucky production facility
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Spring recently laid off staffers and closed its Kentucky production facility. Software company Amaze announced in November that it had acquired the merch company, formerly known as Teespring. Around late October, Spring assured staff that the merger with Amaze wouldn't result in warehouse staffers losing their jobs, two former staffers said. At the beginning of December, the warehouse staffers lost their benefits, two former staffers said. At the time, several former staffers were already speculating that Spring would make an attempt to sell the Kentucky facility.

☆ I started my T-shirt-printing side hustle with a press I bought on Facebook for $45. Now the business is making $50,000 a month in sales on average.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ari Simpson, 39, bought a T-shirt press on Facebook Marketplace for $45 to start her side hustle. It gave me the confidence to start researching materials or machines I needed to start my own T-shirt business. I started my business with a $45 heat press from Facebook MarketplaceI got on Facebook Marketplace and found someone selling a used T-shirt heat press for $45. Using the heat transfers I'd been given and some old shirts, my husband and I started pressing T-shirts. The business now has three part-time employees who press T-shirts and fulfill orders, and our children still have their roles in the business.

☆ Software company Amaze has acquired Spring, the creator economy merch startup formerly called Teespring
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Creator merch startup Spring, formerly Teespring, was acquired by software company Amaze. This announcement follows Spring's recent struggles rebranding as a creator economy company. Merchandise startup Spring, formally Teespring, was recently acquired by software company Amaze, the company confirmed to Insider. Spring was one of at least 20 creator startups that experienced cuts this year. Lamontagne will join Amaze as president and lead Amaze's creator community and commerce group, while Jansen will take over as chief business officer, according to Amaze.

☆ Former employees at merchandise startup Spring complained about working with creators who spread misinformation and conspiracy theories, but said the company turned a blind eye: 'These people make the
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A second former Spring staffer echoed the first's concerns, telling Insider they were uncomfortable with the company letting Godlewski earn revenue using Spring's services. Five former staffers at Spring told Insider it was an open secret that the platform worked with problematic creators, oftentimes because these creators made the company a lot of money. All of the former employees Insider talked to spoke on condition of anonymity to protect career prospects. Five former employees told Insider that We Are Change, and other storefronts like it, were some of the platform's bestsellers. Most staffers knew about it, the first former employee told Insider, and kept it hidden from leadership.

The company, which helps creators make and sell merch, has raised $60 million. Spring, the merchandise company formerly known as Teespring, is the latest creator economy startup to lay off employees. On Tuesday, the company laid off a number of staffers across its growth, marketing, and other teams, including some high-level execs, according to multiple people close to the company. In partnership with YouTube, Spring created a "merch shelf" feature that lets creators sell merchandise directly below their videos. Spring is among a slew of other creator economy startups that have laid off employees in the last three months, including Cameo, Jellysmack, and Lightricks.

☆ Top 10 platforme care te vor ajuta să aduni bani pentru ideea ta
▼ + stars: | 2015-07-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Top 10 platforme care te vor ajuta să aduni bani pentru ideea taA devenit din ce în ce mai populară ideea de a nu căuta doar parteneri cu care vei colabora pentru un potențial proiect, dar și de a colecta bani prin intermediul numeroaselor platforme de crowdfunding. Iată de ce, echipa #diez îți prezintă cele mai populare platforme de crowdfunding unde poți aduna bani pentru realizarea celor mai geniale idei de-ale tale. GoFund.meCu ajutorul acestei platforme au fost colectate peste 1,2 miliarde dolari SUA pentru diverse idei de proiecte personale. Este pus accentul pe creativitate, iar plățile de procesare variază între 3 și 5 procente. Taxa de procesare este de 2,9%, iar o taxă de 15% este sugerată campaniilor de micro-împrumuturi.

Locations: SUA, Kiva

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