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Brandstack is an online website for creating logo, business cards, social media posts, videos and other graphic designs.
| Industry | Online Marketplace |
|---|---|
| Predecessor |
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| Founded | March 2008 |
| Founder | Wes Wilson |
| Defunct | 11 December 2011 |
| Fate | Acquired by DesignCrowd |
Key people | Alec Lynch, CEO |
| Website | www.brandcrowd.com |
History edit
Brandstack was founded in March 2008, and had its beginnings under the name Incspring. Founded by CEO Wes Wilson and based out of San Antonio, Texas, Incspring's branding solution began to gain recognition in the tech blogging community.[1] In June 2009, Incspring changed its name and branding to Brandstack, with a logo acquired within its own service.[2] Brandstack has since been trademarked as Brandstack, LLC.[3]
Brandstack temporarily closed in late 2011,[4] prior to being acquired by DesignCrowd.[5]
On 20 December 2011, DesignCrowd, an online crowdsourcing marketplace, announced the acquisition of Brandstack.[5] Following the acquisition, DesignCrowd changed Brandstack's name and branding, and launched BrandCrowd.[6] In 2018, BrandCrowd launched its own logo maker. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.[citation needed]
Products edit
Brandstack launched a sister site, Upstack.com, in February 2010 for custom design work to augment Brandstack.com's marketplace for logos.[7] Included services on Upstack.com are logos, websites, print collateral, illustrations, and basic web graphics. Upstack's custom design service has been replaced by DesignCrowd[8] an Australian-based online crowdsourcing company.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ Fulton, Mark (19 October 2008). "Incspring - The Future of Domain Sales?". Dotsauce. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Incspring Becomes Brandstack" Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Pitch Engine
- ^ "Brandstack, LLC".
- ^ David Airey, "Brandstack Closes, Leaves Designers Out of Pocket", "Logo Design Love"
- ^ a b Kumparak, Greg (20 December 2011). "Brandstack Pulled From The Deadpool, Acquired By DesignCrowd". TechCrunch. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Michelle Hammond. "DesignCrowd Acquires Brandstack, Launched BrandCrowd" "StartUp Smart"
- ^ Chad Engle, "Brandstack Gets a New Sibling. Introducing: Upstack" Archived 2010-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Fuel Brand Network
- ^ Ross Dawson, "Australia is Becoming A Global Hub for Outsourcing Platforms: Freelancer.com, 99 Designs, DesignCrowd", "Trends In The Living Networks"