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MerchantCircle

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MerchantCircle is the place to find great deals, expert advice & competitive quotes from the best local merchants!

MerchantCircle was founded in 2005, and as an online marketing platform for local business owners has grown into the largest online network of local business owners in the Nation. They make it easy for people to find qualified businesses to provide quality services. They help people get the advice they need from the real experts; local business owners with tons of real world experience. They delivers competitive quotes for all the services people need on a daily basis

MerchantCircle provides small businesses with a web listing page, blogging platform, deal building tools, and many other ways for businesses to connect with new potential customers. Consumers can create profiles to clip and keep track of coupons in real time, and post business-specific questions to the network of business owners. “Circle” in the company’s name comes from a viral marketing strategy that encourages members (both businesses and consumers) to engage with each other to solve everyday problems.

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  MerchantCircle added Yori Nelken as Chief Technology Officer. (9/22/10)
  Posted 10/6/10 at 9:47am
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  MerchantCircle added David Gwynn as Program Manager. (7/1/08)
  Posted 8/2/10 at 9:59am
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  MerchantCircle added Jeremy Kreitler as VP Product Management. (5/20/10)
  Posted 5/24/10 at 9:23pm
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  MerchantCircle added Jon Victorino as Lead User Interface Designer. (2/1/10)
  Posted 5/1/10 at 8:55pm
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  MerchantCircle added Sharon Wienbar as Board. (4/1/06)
  Posted 12/9/09 at 7:59pm
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  MerchantCircle added Mark Hull as Vice President of Product Management & Marketing. (10/1/05)
  Posted 6/8/09 at 12:00pm
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  MerchantCircle added Mark Menell as Board. (10/1/05)
  Posted 4/12/09 at 10:22pm
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  MerchantCircle added Scott Hilleboe as Board. (11/1/05)
  Posted 2/7/08 at 5:46am
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  MerchantCircle received $4.3M in Series A funding. (6/5/06)
  Posted 11/10/07 at 1:22am via siliconbeat.com
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  MerchantCircle received $10M in Series B funding. (9/1/07)
  Posted 2/5/08 at 2:44pm
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  MerchantCircle acquired Bloglines. (11/4/10)
  Posted 12/8/11 at 6:53pm via techcrunch.com
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  MerchantCircle acquired TimeBridge. (9/21/10)
  Posted 9/24/10 at 5:25am via techcrunch.com
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  MerchantCircle was acquired by Reply.com for $60M. (5/26/11)
  Posted 5/26/11 at 6:21pm via techcrunch.com
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  MerchantCircle — The company announces it has passed 10,000 paying customers and 675,000 members. (1/13/09)
  Posted 1/28/09 at 4:10pm via wordpress.com
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  MerchantCircle — MerchantCircle ANnounces "Instant Website" Service (8/6/08)
  Posted 8/6/08 at 6:35pm via reuters.com
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  MerchantCircle — MerchantCircle announces a partnership with Yahoo that gives MerchantCircle members access to Yahoo Local online marketing services. (7/2/08)
  Posted 7/3/08 at 3:20pm via merchantcircle.com

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MerchantCircle

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Website	merchantcircle.com
Stage	Live
Launch Date	June 5, 2006
Tags	ad-supported-software

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1. Reply.com Acquires Marketing Network For Small Businesses MerchantCircle For $60 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Exclusive: Bloglines Will Be Resurrected By IAC-Funded MerchantCircle (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. MerchantCircle Acquires Online Meeting Scheduler TimeBridge (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Going local with MerchantCircle (siliconbeat.com) [edit]
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7. Yahoo! Partnership Will Help You Get More Local Customers (merchantcircle.com) [edit]
8. MerchantCircle Launches the Web's Easiest-To-Use Instant Website Service (reuters.com) [edit]
9. Screenwerk (gesterling.wordpress.com) [edit]