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The lovd.com domain is currently listed for sale on BrandBucket rather than operating as an active company homepage.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Lovd was a YC-backed New York-area used-goods marketplace / e-commerce startup that helped people sell pre-owned tech with pickup, delivery, testing, cleaning, and resale logistics. Public sources conflict on some historical details (especially founding year, funding totals, and status), and the lovd.com domain is currently listed for sale rather than serving an active company site.
Primary product
Used-goods marketplace and resale logistics platform for pre-owned tech and other goods
Founded
2019
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
E-commerce software / resale marketplace
Offices
New York, New York, United States
Business model
marketplace
commission-based resale
e-commerce software
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$4.1M
Latest round
Seed Round · Aug 2022
People & investors
Work & culture
Work style
Onsite
Product & market
Pricing
Marketplace commission model; public sources describe Lovd charging roughly 25% to 40% of sale price.
Differentiators
- —24-hour pickup and delivery in NYC
- —free seller kits with prepaid shipping labels
- —testing and cleaning of items before resale
- —market-data-based pricing optimization
- —fulfillment across third-party marketplaces
- —localized NYC-only logistics
Technology
Webflow
Webflow Ecommerce
Cloudflare
Google Workspace
jQuery
HTTP/3
Open Graph
core-js
React Native
TypeScript
Objective-C
Datadog Browser SDK
Customers
individual sellers of used tech
NYC buyers of pre-owned goods
resellers and marketplace sellers
Competitors
Facebook Marketplace
eBay
OfferUp
Depop
thredUP
Treet
Thrilling
BUMP
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$300K-$1M
Signals & risks
Shutdown
Public company/profile sources describe Lovd as closed or inactive, indicating the business may no longer be operating in its original form.
SourceLatest news
Forbes · Jan 2023
Forbes profiled Noah Elion as founder of Lovd, describing the used-goods marketplace, early user growth, bookings, and funding.
Tufts Now · Dec 2022
Tufts highlighted Noah Elion's Lovd marketplace, noting NYC service coverage and use of pickup and delivery.
TechCrunch · Mar 2021
Early coverage of Lovd's predecessor Chums and its $3.5M raise, with Noah Elion discussing the round and the startup's social-shopping concept.
Contrary · Mar 2021
Contrary announced its investment in Chums and described Noah Elion and Dick Fickling coming together as co-founders.
Gynger
Customer story describing Lovd's operating model, seller kits, pricing/commission structure, and how it used financing to defer SaaS payments.
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