Keen.com
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| Industry | Advice website |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder | Karl Jacob |
| Parent | Ingenio |
| Website | www |
Keen.com is a website that connects people with psychics. Launched in 1999, it works as a live answer community for people to get answers to their questions over the phone and online.[1] It is a brand of the knowledge commerce platform Ingenio.[2]
History
[edit]Keen.com was originally a help website that allowed people to get answers to questions by telephone. It also served as an adult phone sex site. [3] Launched in 1999, it received early stage funding, including $60 million in 2000 from a team of investors including Benchmark Capital, eBay, and Microsoft.[4][5][6] By the end of its first year, it had received a total of $109 million and was the fastest growing company in the e-commerce sector.[7]
The site eventually merged with LiveAdvice and Inforocket and changed its company name to Ingenio.[8] Keen.com became a brand of Ingenio and rebranded to offering psychic advice.[5]
Platform
[edit]Keen.com is a marketplace that connects people to psychics through its website and mobile app.[9] The site makes the connection between both parties so the identity of the advice seeker remains anonymous. The site connects people for psychic readings as well as tarot readings, astrological, and love and relationship advice.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Vizard, Michael (29 January 2001). "Keen.com links experts to users via phone". Info World.
- ^ Kreuser, Amanda Pressner (8 August 2019). "These Are the 10 Top Women in Content Marketing in 2019". Inc.
- ^ Poletti, Therese (7 March 2000). "New Web sites offer advice, answers". The San Francisco Examiner.
- ^ Fontana, John (13 March 2000). "Microsoft Spending Spree". Network World.
- ^ a b "Inspiration Strikes Once, Not Twice". he Magazine for Database Professionals. 26 August 2010.
- ^ Gellene, Denise (1 March 2000). "Lots of Advice on the Net, but It's Not Perfect". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Keen.com says e-commerce site growing fast". The Signal. 9 November 2000.
- ^ "Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, L.P." Lexology. 18 November 2019.
- ^ a b Hwang, Suein L. (12 June 2001). "Keen Isn't Boasting of Its Success Secret: Clients Click Heavily for Psychic Advice". The Wall Street Journal.