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In the early to mid-1800s most greeting cards were hand delivered and sent only by the elite wealthy.
~ Greeting Card Association
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About Us
Who We Are
Founded in 2007 by two friends—Katherine Santer and Kim Dowds— Jack Cards is designed for busy people who value sending a handwritten birthday, anniversary or 'miss you' card but find it hard to get to a card shop or post office on time.
Based in San Francisco, California, Jack Cards uniquely focuses on delivering pre-scheduled ready-to-go (stamped and addressed) greeting cards to the sender just in time to write their own personal message inside and drop it in the mailbox. Or if you're in a hurry, Jack Cards will handwrite your message for you and mail your cards directly to the recipient. While Jack Cards makes it easier for people to select fun and interesting greeting cards from the most talented greeting card designers, and to send them on time, the "thoughtfulness" in sending a personally written message remains.
Katherine Santer, Founder & CEO
Katherine loves art and design. So much so she decided to fulfill a long-held dream and enter the world of design and entrepreneurship. Katherine came up with the idea for Jack Cards while chatting with Kim about venturing into producing well-designed products, and together they decided to launch an innovative greeting card company about design and problem solving. Katherine is from Sydney, Australia and now lives and works in San Francisco. Growing up she lived in Iran and France while her father was on diplomatic assignments, and as an exchange student in Japan. After graduating from university in economics and business, Katherine worked in marketing and economic consulting in Sydney and Boston.
You can see interviews with Katherine on CBS5 news, BetterTV, Fox News Arizona, and in the March 2011 issue of Vogue Australia magazine.
Melissa Kranzo, Co-Founder & Communications Director
Melissa joined Jack Cards in 2007 when her sense of adventure led her to leave her teaching career and try something new. Her love of words found a new outlet with Jack Cards. Melissa grew up all over the East Coast and Michigan, and graduated from Michigan State University with bachelor degrees in English and Education. She spent 2006-2008 in Boston, where she met Katherine and Kim and joined Jack Cards. Melissa returned to Michigan to open an additional Jack Cards office. She lives in the Lansing area with her husband, daughter, and mini-dachshund.
You can see an interview with Melissa on Functionality.net.
Our Investors & Advisors
Our investors and advisors include:
Xochi Birch - Co-Founder, BirthdayAlarm.com and Bebo.com
Sheila Marcelo - CEO & Founder, Care.com
Dave Andre - Chairman & Founder, Cartera Commerce
Carlos Cashman - President & Co-Founder, Course Advisor, Inc.
Micah Adler - CEO & Founder, Fluent Mobile
Bill McCullen - Director, Launch Capital
Our Story
It all started when Katherine and Kim were living in Boston and struggled to get birthday cards in the mail on time for friends and family back home in Australia. They started Jack Cards with a simple idea, 'How can we make sending great paper greeting cards fun and easy?' The girls loved that in the US, unlike in Australia, the postman picks up your mail from your mailbox. In 2005, over a pancake breakfast in Boston, they came up with the idea for Jack Cards.
JackCards.com was launched on October 29, 2007. On the same day, Jack Cards was featured in Daily Candy. Just over one month later, the company was featured in a full-page review in the Wall Street Journal. Since then, Jack Cards has been featured in 'O', The Oprah Magazine, InStyle, FamilyCircle, and Parents Magazines, Women's Health Magazine, and on the Rachael Ray Show, NBC's The Today Show, and CBS5 News.
Shortly after launching the site, Melissa Kranzo joined the team as a third Co-Founder to help build the company. Jack Cards has now expanded across the country - Katherine, Jack Cards’ Founder & CEO, now lives in San Francisco; Melissa, Jack Cards’ Co-Founder & Communications Director, is based in Lansing, Michigan; Kim left Jack Cards in August 2009 to focus on her family and now resides in Boston.
Why Should You Get Organized With Jack Cards?
Because sending greeting cards with Jack Cards is so much better than any of the alternatives! Why do we do the mad-lunch-dash to the local drug store only to get back to the office with a not-so-great card? Why do we waste time lining up for stamps at the post office or grocery store? And why do we send last minute birthday e-cards?
Jack Cards is all about being organized, having fun and making others feel special! As active Jack Cards members, Melissa, Kim and Katherine enjoy getting cards in the mail on time (it's nice when someone else organizes them for you!), and the satisfaction of finding 'the perfect' card for friends and family. The thing they enjoy the most is having the time to take a moment and pen a thoughtful message. And then of course, there's the anticipation - the 'feel good' buzz - as the card makes its way across the USA or around the world to the ones they love.
If you need any help, or have any suggestions - please feel free to email us. We love hearing from our members.
The Buzz
Select Press Quotes
InStyle Magazine
www.instyle.com
What's Hot Now! - What a Card!
“In our digital age, it's cool to get a card in the mail, right? That's why we're loving JackCards.com, which reminds you when to send a traditional greeting and supplies the actual card too!”
The Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com
A Card Concierge, in Case You Forget
Katherine Boehret, The Mossberg Solution
"...even the hippest e-cards....are no match for paper cards with thoughtfully penned sentiments....Jack Cards prides itself on unique offerings that can't be found in the local drugstore, and I found that its cards fit the bill for many occasions. It's worth noting the cards looked even better in person, created by about 40 designers who left me both scratching my head over some of their humor and cooing over their beautiful designs....
The weight and quality of the cards, along with their artistic attributes, made them feel more special than something that has been picked up from a shelf and opened by a hundred passersby......
Jack Cards...saves users the hassle of last-minute trips to the card store, and still lets greeting cards keep their personal touch, which is what makes them such a permanent fixture in our lives." Click here to read the full article.
O Magazine
www.oprah.com
If You Only Have...15 Minutes!
"Browse the vibrant, whimsical selection at jackcards.com, where you can choose greeting cards for all the important people in your life - when the time comes, Jack Cards will mail you the card to sign and send. You'll never forget a birthday again." To read the article pick up a copy of the O Magazine, March 2008.
Daily Candy
www.dailycandy.com
A Friendly Reminder
"You admit it: You’re forgetful. Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations — they all slip through your mental cracks. Good thing Jack Cards has your back....No more drugstore diving on your lunch break. All of the greetings are beyond cute and created by designers around the globe, which earns you (and them) serious bonus points." Click here to read the full article.
NBC's Today Show
today.msnbc.msn.com
Today Show: Tips for Organizing Everything
"Brilliant!" - Sharon Osbourne's reaction to Jack Cards (Guest Presenter) Click here to see the video.
AskMen.com
www.askmen.com
Jack Cards - submitted for Coolest Site of the Day
"JackCards.com lets you send cards on time this holiday season, without even going to the store. Ever spent hours in a crowded card store looking for that perfect card and cursing consumerism for roping you in? Well, JackCards.com will have you searching no more as they send the cards to you -- all you have to do is pop them in the mail. JackCards.com will make sure you never miss a special occasion again....Come on, it doesn't get much better than that." Click here to read the full article.
CBS The Early Show
www.cbsnews.com
Web Help For The Perfect Valentine's Day
"...it's not always easy to remember who you should send cards to. JackCards.com does that for you. You just put in all the information on the people in your life and then they will send you a card with a stamp. You just need to write a little word and put in the mail." Click here to read the full article.
Women's Health Magazine
www.womenshealthmag.com
Jack Cards Voted As "One of The Most Useful Sites on the Web"
"Key in the birthdays of your friends and family and choose a card that suits each one. When the time comes, Jack Cards mails you the card to sign and send..." Click here to see the entire list.
Parents Magazine
www.parents.com
A Noteworthy Reminder
"Finally, a solution to keeping all the mom birthdays from your kid's playgroup straight. Enter special occasions into jackcards.com. Then choose a paper greeting car from the site's collection of fresh and unique designs. When the date approaches, a card arrives to your door, stamped and addressed. All you have to do is jot down a personal message and stick back in the mailbox... Click here to visit Parents Magazine.
Boston Weddings Magazine
www.bostonmagazine.com
In the Cards
"Sending out 300 thank-you notes can be a post-honeymoon pain. Enter Boston-based Jack Cards, a new greeting card company that handles the heavy lifting. Newlyweds can enter their guests' names and addresses into an online data-base, choose from a huge number of card designs, and, in as little as 24 hours, receive a stack of stamped, pre-addressed notes. If they didn't think your friends would recognize your handwriting, Jack Cards might take care of the personalized messages, too." Click here to go to the Boston Magazine's website.
Apartment Therapy
www.apartmenttherapy.com
I Think I've Found The Solution With Jack Cards...
"I don't know about you but one of my resolutions this year is to get my personal calendar organized so that I won't forget another birthday again. If you're anything like me, I start out each year with good intentions and my mid-March I'm flying by the seat of my pants when it comes to sending out birthday and anniversary cards. I think I've found the solution though with Jack Cards...."Click here to read the full article.
Thrillist
www.thrillist.com
Making You Look Like a Lovable Champ
"Handwritten cards let the special people in your life know you haven’t forgotten them, even if you're working on it....Jack's a service that’ll send you ready-to-mail greeting cards for any event, which you then Hancock and re-send -- making you look like a lovable champ for supposedly going to CVS....they even offer "Sorry" cards, for the week after missing an anniversary/graduation. At a pre-set time before the event, you'll receive pre-stamped, addressed cards; all that's left is for you to scrawl something sentimentally passive-aggressive, pop ‘em the back in the post, then go back to writing that poem about your hair." Click here to read the full article.
Decor8
www.decor8.blogspot.com
Now You Will Know Jack!
"This is so cool...Jack Cards is a new online company that has a huge collection of indie greeting cards that you can order and have sent to you on the dates you specify so that you never forget an important date again. This is a brilliant "why didn't I think of that" idea, isn't it?...you are certain to have a vast collection of styles and greetings to choose from. Now you will know Jack!" Go to decor8 and click here to read more about Jack Cards!
Weddingbee
www.weddingbee.com
What a Genius Idea!
"I just discovered the link to Jack Cards in my Inbox this morning. What a genius idea!....I love buying cards, but often forget to mail them in time. This would be perfect. They also have a huge selection of cards arranged by occasion from some of my favorite print shops."Click here to go to WeddingBee!
Springwise
www.springwise.com
Never Forget To Send A Birthday Card
"While there are plenty of reminder services online that help people remember anniversaries and birthdays, few connect to the physical world. Which is where Boston-based Jack Cards comes in: a company that delivers pre-scheduled, ready-to-go greeting cards to the card sender, just in time for them to add a personal message and drop the card in the mailbox....While entering all of the necessary data might be a bit of a chore, it's a one-off time investment that helps customers unload the worry of letting an important date slip by unnoticed, and turns them into thoughtful, organized people who recognize the personal touch of a handwritten paper greeting." To read the article click here and visit Springwise.
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