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LemonStand

LemonStand was a Canadian e-commerce company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, that developed cloud-based computer software for online retailers. LemonStand was shut down on June 5, 2019.

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LemonStand
DeveloperLemonStand eCommerce Inc.
Written inPHP
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeShopping cart, Webshop
LicenseSoftware as a service
Websitelemonstand.com Edit this on Wikidata

LemonStand was a Canadian e-commerce company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, that developed cloud-based computer software for online retailers.1 LemonStand was shut down on June 5, 2019.2

History

LemonStand Version 1 was launched on July 28, 2001. It is written in the PHP programming language.3

Version 1 was released as an on-premises proprietary licensed software, and the commercial license was not free. However, there was a free trial license available.

June 2012, LemonStand raised seed funding from the BDC Venture Capital, and a group of angel investors.4

December 20, 2013, a cloud-based SaaS version of the LemonStand eCommerce platform was released publicly.

May 9, 2014, LemonStand and Payfirma, a payments processing company, partnered to provide integrated services for online retailers.5

May 3, 2016, LemonStand raised funding from BDC Venture Capital and Silicon Valley–based angel investors.6

March 5, 2019, LemonStand announced their intention to shut down on June 5, 2019.7 LemonStand was quietly acquired by Mailchimp at the end of February.8

Pricing

LemonStand offered three levels of service plans. LemonStand did not charge any transaction fees.9

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Mohammad, Qasim. After years in the slow lane, Canada’s e-commerce ecosystem is booming Canadian Business. February 22, 2016.
  2. "LemonStand". lemonstand.com. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  3. McNeil, Patrick (2010). The web designer's idea book. more of the best themes, trends and styles in website design (1st ed.). Cincinnati, Ohio: HOW Books. pp. 78. ISBN 978-1-60061-972-4.
  4. Lewis, Rob (2012). Canadian Startup Raises Seed Funding from BDC and Angels. Techvibes.
  5. So, Candice. "LemonStand and Payfirma team up to cover e-commerce bases". IT World Canada.
  6. Galang, Jessica (2016). "Lemonstand Raises $1.25 Million To Continue Product Development On Ecommerce Platform". Betakit.
  7. "LemonStand". lemonstand.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  8. "Before breaking up with Shopify, Mailchimp quietly acqui-hired LemonStand, a Shopify competitor". TechCrunch. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  9. Robie, Erik. "LemonStand Review by Merchant Maverick". Merchant Maverick. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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