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‘’’Ribbon’’’ is a San Francisco payments startup that lets users sell online using a shortened URL that can be shared across email, social media and a seller’s own website.〔(“Payments Startup Ribbon Now Lets You Buy In-Stream On Twitter.com, Launches YouTube Support & Price-Matches PayPal” ) TechCrunch.〕 The service focuses on bring integrated checkouts directly to platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter letting buyers purchase without leaving those services. Ribbon charges a fee of 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. Ribbon was originally founded by Devan Koshal in the United Kingdom,〔http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2011/08/12/10x-kout-giving-online-businesses.html〕〔http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/152628-i-need-some-beta-testers.html〕〔http://www.vimeoinfo.com/video/22679880/kout-preview-april-11〕〔https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts/GyRwWahUBMZ〕 having built the first version as a teenager during his gap year in Northampton, U.K. Back then it was known as Kout. In 2011 he dropped out of his first year at the University of Essex to pursue the idea full time.〔https://medium.com/@devankoshal/kout-the-first-4-years-7e236837fe08〕 After taking the idea to America and having been accepted into the equity-free 10xcelerator incubator in Columbus Ohio, he was introduced to Hany Rashwan who quickly joined as a cofounder. The pair then moved to San Francisco half way through the 10x program to take part in the AngelPad incubator 〔http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2011/08/10x-e-payments-team-kout-moves-to-san.html〕 and graduated from AngelPad in October 2011.〔(“Former Googlers’ AngelPad Graduates 15 More Start-Ups” ) AllThingsD,〕 In 2012, Devan Koshal lost control of the the company during a founder split and went on to create & launch Chec 〔https://medium.com/@devankoshal/kout-the-first-4-years-7e236837fe08〕 (the name having been taken from the first 4 letters of checkout, Kout being the last 4). Hany went on to publicly launch Kout as Ribbon later that year and subsequently raised $1.6 million from Tim Draper through Draper Associates, Naguib Sawiris, Emil Michael, and others bringing its total raised amount to $1.75 million.〔(“Ribbon Raises $1.6M From Tim Draper & Others, Launches New Way To Take Payments Directly In The Facebook News Feed” ) TechCrunch.〕〔(“Ribbon | Crunchable Profile” ) Crunchable.〕 ==Twitter shutdown== On April 10, 2013 the company announced support for “in-stream” payments on Twitter, allowing buyers to purchase items without leaving the Twitter.com stream. Twitter shut down Ribbon’s API access after approximately an hour and a half, according to Head of Business Development, Daniel Brusilovsky.〔http://www.informationweek.com/development/web/twitter-kills-ribbon-payment-button-in-t/240152662〕 Ribbon requested permission to show video cards, but after receiving permission then switched the url to show the hacked checkout system.〔(“Well, That Was Fast: Twitter Already Shut Down Ribbon’s Newly Launched In-Stream Payments Feature” ) TechCrunch.〕 The company wrote a statement announcing they will revert to showcasing only a summary of their product without the ability to do in-stream payments.〔(“An Update on Ribbon and Twitter” ) Ribbon Blog〕 As of April 11, 2013 Ribbon links inside Twitter no longer work in-stream and buyers are redirected to purchase on the Ribbon website. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「‘’’Ribbon’’’ is a San Francisco payments startup that lets users sell online using a shortened URL that can be shared across email, social media and a seller’s own website.(“Payments Startup Ribbon Now Lets You Buy In-Stream On Twitter.com, Launches YouTube Support & Price-Matches PayPal” ) TechCrunch. The service focuses on bring integrated checkouts directly to platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter letting buyers purchase without leaving those services. Ribbon charges a fee of 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction.Ribbon was originally founded by Devan Koshal in the United Kingdom,http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2011/08/12/10x-kout-giving-online-businesses.htmlhttp://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/152628-i-need-some-beta-testers.htmlhttp://www.vimeoinfo.com/video/22679880/kout-preview-april-11https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts/GyRwWahUBMZ having built the first version as a teenager during his gap year in Northampton, U.K. Back then it was known as Kout. In 2011 he dropped out of his first year at the University of Essex to pursue the idea full time.https://medium.com/@devankoshal/kout-the-first-4-years-7e236837fe08 After taking the idea to America and having been accepted into the equity-free 10xcelerator incubator in Columbus Ohio, he was introduced to Hany Rashwan who quickly joined as a cofounder. The pair then moved to San Francisco half way through the 10x program to take part in the AngelPad incubator http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2011/08/10x-e-payments-team-kout-moves-to-san.html and graduated from AngelPad in October 2011.(“Former Googlers’ AngelPad Graduates 15 More Start-Ups” ) AllThingsD,In 2012, Devan Koshal lost control of the the company during a founder split and went on to create & launch Chec https://medium.com/@devankoshal/kout-the-first-4-years-7e236837fe08 (the name having been taken from the first 4 letters of checkout, Kout being the last 4).Hany went on to publicly launch Kout as Ribbon later that year and subsequently raised $1.6 million from Tim Draper through Draper Associates, Naguib Sawiris, Emil Michael, and others bringing its total raised amount to $1.75 million.(“Ribbon Raises $1.6M From Tim Draper & Others, Launches New Way To Take Payments Directly In The Facebook News Feed” ) TechCrunch.(“Ribbon | Crunchable Profile” ) Crunchable.==Twitter shutdown==On April 10, 2013 the company announced support for “in-stream” payments on Twitter, allowing buyers to purchase items without leaving the Twitter.com stream. Twitter shut down Ribbon’s API access after approximately an hour and a half, according to Head of Business Development, Daniel Brusilovsky.http://www.informationweek.com/development/web/twitter-kills-ribbon-payment-button-in-t/240152662 Ribbon requested permission to show video cards, but after receiving permission then switched the url to show the hacked checkout system.(“Well, That Was Fast: Twitter Already Shut Down Ribbon’s Newly Launched In-Stream Payments Feature” ) TechCrunch. The company wrote a statement announcing they will revert to showcasing only a summary of their product without the ability to do in-stream payments.(“An Update on Ribbon and Twitter” ) Ribbon Blog As of April 11, 2013 Ribbon links inside Twitter no longer work in-stream and buyers are redirected to purchase on the Ribbon website.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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