Someecards
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{{Infobox website
| name = someecards.com
| logo = Someecards.png
| screenshot =
| caption =
| url = [http://www.someecards.com Official Website]
| commercial = yes
| type = E-cards
| language = English
| registration = not required
| owner =
| author = Brook Lundy and Duncan Mitchell
| launch_date = April 18, 2007
| current_status =
| revenue =
}}
Someecards.com is a free online e-cards service created by Brook Lundy and Duncan Mitchell. The content of Someecards consists of parodies of the sentiments found in the traditional Hallmark greeting card, sometimes features content that could be considered offensive if taken seriously.{{cite news |url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2007/05/send_a_blatant_.html |title=USA Today online |accessdate=2007-06-13 |author=Whitney Matheson |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524035842/http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2007/05/send_a_blatant_.html |archivedate=May 24, 2007 }} Someecard's deadpan humor has drawn widespread approval from those for whom traditional greeting and Ecards do not appeal, especially younger urban audiences.{{cite web |url=http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/someecards_when.html |title= Wired (magazine) |accessdate=2007-06-13 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070603092316/http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/someecards_when.html |archivedate = 2007-06-03}} The cards are divided into many categories, including events for which one might send a real greeting card, such as birthdays, weddings, and holidays. The categories also contain cards for unusual occasions, such as after a breakup, to flirt, and as a "cry for help". Compete.com reported that Someecards.com received over 570,000 visitors in October 2011.{{cite news |title=Someecards.com UVs for October 2011 |work=Compete.com |date=December 6, 2011 |url=http://siteanalytics.compete.com/someecards.com/ }}
As of September 2018 the "create card" feature, where visitors can create their own custom ecards, has been removed from the website.{{cite web |url=https://www.someecards.com/usercards/create |title= Create And Send Custom Ecards - someecards.com |accessdate=2017-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115211910/https://www.someecards.com/usercards/create |url-status=dead |archivedate = 2017-11-15}}{{cite web |url=https://www.someecards.com/usercards/create/ |title= Create And Send Custom Ecards - someecards.com |accessdate=2018-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921110633/https://www.someecards.com/usercards/create/ |url-status=dead |archivedate = 2018-09-21}}
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External links
- {{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/06/interview-with-brook-lund_n_132424.html |title=Interview With Brook Lundy, Co-Founder Huffington Post |accessdate=2008-10-06 | first=Rachel |last=Sklar |date=2008-10-06}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.techconfidential.com/behind-the-money/blog/advertising/help-wanted-someecards-seeks-t.php |title=Someecards Founders Quit Day Jobs | work=Tech Confidential |accessdate=2008-05-05}}
- {{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/04/09/imagine-a-writer-for-the-onion-doing-greeting-cards-now-read-below/ |title=Imagine a Writer For The Onion Doing Greeting Cards. Now Read Below. — TechCrunch |accessdate=2008-04-09| work=TechCrunch | date=2008-04-09 | first=Michael | last=Arrington}}
- {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/fashion/23ecards.html?ex=1348200000&en=07f232c12d6ba36b&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink |title=Don't Care to Send the Very Best?|accessdate=2007-09-23 | work=The New York Times | date=2007-09-23 | first=J. Courtney | last=Sullivan}}
- {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/nyregion/how-a-comedy-website-came-to-sell-wine-to-survive.html|author=John Leland|date=November 23, 2017|title=How a Comedy Website Came to Sell Wine to Survive| work=The New York Times }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/dating/Wacky-Ways-to-Show-Your-Love-Online?click=main_sr |title=Wacky Ways to Show Your Love Online | work=Cosmopolitan |date=4 February 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-10}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/node/14398 |title=Buzz-O-Meter | work=Us Weekly |accessdate=2008-01-28}}
- {{cite news |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/06132007/entertainment/seasoned_greetings_entertainment_mary_huhn.htm |title=Seasoned Greetings New York Post |publisher= New York Post|accessdate=2007-07-10 | first=Mary | last=Huhn | date=2007-06-13}}
- {{cite web |url=http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2007/05/09/cruel-horrible-e-cards-are-awesome|publisher= Comedy Central |title= Cruel, Horrible E-Cards Are Awesome|accessdate=2007-06-13}}