November 2011
29 posts
Data: Social & Mobile Rule Fab's Black Friday -...
Here’s some more awesome data from Fab.com’s Black Friday - Cyber Monday.
Of the more than $1.1 million in sales during the period, more than 50% was from people who joined via social sources.
Facebook is far and away our biggest source; more than 25% of the sales/revenue we generated during the period was from people who originally joined Fab via Facebook. Without a...
Fab's Black Friday - Cyber Monday
Here’s some more insight into what Black Friday - Cyber Monday meant for Fab.com.
Fab.com did more than $1.1 million in sales over the 4 day period.
Our users placed more than 18,000 orders.
Nearly half of all orders were from first-time Fab purchasers.
20% of sales was from users of our mobile apps, with iPhone purchases accounting for about 12%, iPad 6%, and Android the remainder.
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“There are always shiny things. A company shouldn’t get addicted to being shiny,...”
– Jeff Bezos
Fab.com's Black Friday
Whomever said that Black Friday is an offline retail holiday, not an online shopping holiday, surely hasn’t spent much time on Fab.com.
Fab.com’s Black Friday:
Our single largest sales day in our 5 month history - by far.
More than 5 orders per minute.
3000 first time purchasers.
5000 repeat purchasers.
We’ll update tomorrow with more data on our Cyber Monday today and the...
The Fab.com Holiday Guarantee
Since opening our doors just 5 months ago, we’ve already processed nearly 250,000 orders.
Now, just in time for the holidays, we’re ready to take it up a notch.
Introducing the Fab.com Holiday Guarantee.
We want your holiday to be absolutely Fab! To that end we are guaranteeing delivery of a number of items
Each item that is eligible for the Fab Guarantee is clearly identified on...
It's Already Looking Like a Mobile Holiday
Just 5 weeks since launching our Fab mobile apps on iPhone, iPad, and Android, we already have some pretty astonishing numbers to announce.
More than 10% of our >1 million users are already using Fab’s mobile apps on a regular basis.
Purchases from our mobile apps already account for more than 15% of all sales during the past 5 weeks.
Mobile already accounts for more than 20% of...
Matt Galligan: A Personal Touch Matters →
“Smile, you’re designed to.”
– Bradford.
“If you can’t measure it, it never happened.”
– betashop
“Keep trying. Keep taking risks. Push. As long as we learn from them, mistakes...”
– betashop
“It can’t be forced. People have to genuinely love the product. If they...”
– betashop
Fab Celebrates 1,000,000+ Well Designed Smiles,...
It’s no secret that Fab.com has been growing like crazy.
We’re now ready to celebrate a major milestone.
Just 5 months after launching our sales on June 9, 2011, Fab.com now has well over 1 million active members. More recently, we’ve added more than 250,000 new members in just the last 30 days alone. And, by their 15th week on Fab.com, 20% of every cohort of members has made a purchase....
“As a “serial entrepreneur” there’s no more liberating feeling...”
– betashop
“Make Mistakes.”
– Nishith.
5 Months of Fab.com: What Sold
Today marks the 5 month anniversary of Fab.com.
What an incredible and fast ride it has been!
It’s really hard to express the emotions of our journey in written words. I’m a numbers guy, so I’ll stick to the charts. Let me just say that it is such a thrill to be able to share our vision of inspiring, affordable and fun design objects with our customers. When you buy from...
Sources of Fab.com 4 Million Monthly Visits
Tomorrow, November 9, 2011 marks the 5 month anniversary since we opened our shop doors here at Fab.com. To mark this milestone, we’ll be releasing a series of data about the business over the next week.
First up: Source of visits.
We are now seeing 4 million monthly visits to Fab.com, and growing week by week.
Where do the visitors come from?
Nearly 5 out of every 10 visits come from...
I'm Hiring: Director Mobile Products at Fab.com
Director Mobile Products, Fab.com
Fab.com - Greater New York City Area
Job Description
Fab.com is seeking a world-class mobile product manager to join our New York City office.
We are looking for only the best of the best.
This individual will work closely with Fab.com’s CEO to further evolve the Fab.com mobile experience.
Only applicants who present the following information will be...
“Art is what you can get away with.”
– Fab.com | Warhol Printed Skateboards
fab blog: No Shave November: Team Fab →
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In honor of Movember (that second-to-last-month time of year when men around the world join forces and grow thousands of hairy upper lips), 15 Fab gentlemen, three Fab ladies (plus one Fab logo) are hard at work growing the very best in extra body hair. There’s a good reason we’re doing…
“This would have been 6 months’ production two years ago. Now it’s...”
– Twitter / @housefishdesign: This would have been 6 mon …
“Unless you sweat the details all the way through the user experience, the ones...”
– Apple and the Kindle (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
Podcast: Mario Armstrong interviews me on Sirius...
“Know your one thing. The best companies do just one thing and do that one thing...”
– betashop
Fab Holiday Starts Now! Get Inspired by The Top...
We’re on a mission here at Fab.com to make design approachable, affordable, and just plain fun for everyone.
Since opening our doors just a few months ago - in June of this year - we’ve already had the pleasure of meeting nearly 1 million design enthusiasts, as our membership is growing by about 200,000 new people per month now. The whole experience and rapid growth has been so exhilarating and...
