Selected companies, main information
| Company | Founded |
|---|---|
| CheapAir.com | Californian online travel agency founded in 1989. A proprietary algorithmic engine provides the cheapest travel solution available online. CheapAir’s online service offers a search interface that makes also possible to purchase flights and accommodation On November 22nd, 2013, CheapAir announced to be the first travel agency in the world to accept Bitcoin. In 2014, the company announced to have surpassed $1.5m sales in bitcoin |
| Intuit | Californian software company founded in 1983. Intuit provides financial software for corporate accounting, income tax preparation, personal finance and expense tracking. Intuit services have reached more than 45 million customers, with an annual turnover exceeding $4bn billion. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market (INTU) On June 25th, 2013, the company integrated bitcoin payments into one of its main accounting software (QuickBooks): since then merchants can convert and receive payments in bitcoin |
| Newegg.com | Newegg Inc. is a Californian leading online retailer, founded in 2001. The typical products sold in Newegg’s website are computer hardware, software, peripherals, gaming and mass electronics On June 1, 2014, Newegg announced to have integrated Bitcoin as a form of payment, in response to the increasing demand from customers |
| Overstock.com | Overstock is a publicly listed company on NASDAQ. Overstock was launched in 1999, quickly becoming an online market leader in the e-commerce space, counting over one million products in its catalog, with product categories varying from home accessories to furniture, health & beauty, electronics and garden tools The company started accepting bitcoin on January 9th, 2014. In August 2014, the CEO declared that about 0.25% Overstock’s sales were in bitcoins |
| TigerDirect | TigerDirect was founded in 1987. It started as a software developer then turned to online retailer of electronics, computer hardware and software. The company was acquired in 2015, closed the online sales but the website was relaunched in 2016 TigerDirect announced the bitcoin adoption during the end of January 2014, together with a tutorial about the cryptocurrency and some incentives for GPU card buyers in order to start mining bitcoins with their own devices. Bitcoin transactions were limited to online purchases and not accepted inside the physical stores. 18 months later, TigerDirect reported that orders purchased with bitcoins were 30% larger than the expected order value |
| Founded | |
|---|---|
| Californian online travel agency founded in 1989. A proprietary algorithmic engine provides the cheapest travel solution available online. CheapAir’s online service offers a search interface that makes also possible to purchase flights and accommodation | |
| Californian software company founded in 1983. Intuit provides financial software for corporate accounting, income tax preparation, personal finance and expense tracking. Intuit services have reached more than 45 million customers, with an annual turnover exceeding $4bn billion. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market (INTU) | |
| Newegg Inc. is a Californian leading online retailer, founded in 2001. The typical products sold in Newegg’s website are computer hardware, software, peripherals, gaming and mass electronics | |
| Overstock is a publicly listed company on NASDAQ. Overstock was launched in 1999, quickly becoming an online market leader in the e-commerce space, counting over one million products in its catalog, with product categories varying from home accessories to furniture, health & beauty, electronics and garden tools | |
| TigerDirect was founded in 1987. It started as a software developer then turned to online retailer of electronics, computer hardware and software. The company was acquired in 2015, closed the online sales but the website was relaunched in 2016 |
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