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Founded Year

2012

Stage

Seed | Alive

About XOXO

XOXO is a platform focused on the domain name industry, specializing in the search and listing of expired domains. The company provides tools and insights for users to find, evaluate, and purchase expired and expiring domain names from various top-level domains (TLDs). It was founded in 2012 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

Headquarters Location

Portland, Oregon,

United States

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Latest XOXO News

Kickstarter and XOXO have shut down their subscription platform before it launched

Jun 15, 2019

Kickstarter and XOXO have shut down their subscription platform before it launched Ultimately, they couldn’t create a ‘viable’ business to succeed Kickstarter’s platform, Drip Image: XOXO / Kickstarter Last October, Kickstarter announced that it was ending its subscriber-based crowdfunding platform, Drip , but that it was planning a successor project with XOXO festival creators Andy Baio and Andy McMillan. Now, that project has been shut down, according to its creators . Drip’s unnamed successor project was designed to provide “financial stability and transparency to independent artists.” It came out of conversations from Kickstarter founder Perry Chen and Baio, Kickstarter’s former CTO, with the intention of migrating Drip creators over to it before shutting it down later this year. Kickstarter provided seed funding for the new platform and had hired people to run it, but Baio and McMillan explained that while the concept was a good idea, they “couldn’t find a way to make the business viable.” The issue appears to have come down to how to generate revenue in a stable and reliable way. The pair say that they explored a number of options: “voluntary subscriptions from users, premium features, increased fees,” but kept finding that “the resources required to support a high number of lower-volume creators always outpaced our revenue.” “We were intent on running a sustainable and independent business. Even if we went the traditional route and raised venture capital, it didn’t appear likely to survive once that funding ran out. We were building this for the community we care about, and many of the artists and creators in our community are already financially insecure and vulnerable. The idea of launching something with so much uncertainty and risk felt irresponsible and unfair.” Baio and McMillan noted that they ended up shutting the project down last month, and will be returning the remaining seed funding to Kickstarter. Drip’s shutdown appears to still be on track to happen: they say that they’re going to help the creators remaining on the platform migrate to others. It’s a bit of a shame, because their description of what they were planning looks to be particularly appealing: a subscription platform with a focus on new and marginalized artists, human-curated discovery and recommendations, and community moderation tools. Next Up In Tech

Jun 3, 2019Your conference is too damn bigJun 3, 2019Your conference is too damn bigOct 25, 2018Kickstarter hands Drip crowdfunding platform over to XOXO foundersMay 26, 2012XOXO Aims to Be an Alternative to South by SouthwestLearn more by requesting a demo

XOXO Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• When was XOXO founded?

  XOXO was founded in 2012.

• Where is XOXO's headquarters?

  XOXO's headquarters is located at Portland.

• What is XOXO's latest funding round?

  XOXO's latest funding round is Seed.

• Who are the investors of XOXO?

  Investors of XOXO include Kickstarter.

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