Bring out the caviar: The Fancy gets $26M

Pinterest competitor The Fancy got a little fancier today when it took on $26 million in a new round of funding, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

550 years of the recurring revenue model (infographic)

So you thought that recurring revenue streams are the sole province of funky web 3.0 services companies? Think again. They've been in existence since just after Gutenberg and the printing press.

Fashion site The Fancy now offers monthly goodie bags. (Birthday cake not included)

Social e-commerce site The Fancy now offers a monthly subscription service

Zaarly Anywhere: buy anything you see online, custom made for you

Zaarly, the online marketplace where users find and hire talented local builders and artisans, is announcing a new “Zaarly Anywhere” initiative that allows any site to enable offline commerce from online content.

This comes just a month after the local …

The Fancy and Zaarly team up to offer stylish local commerce

Just a few short days ago, The Fancy added social commerce to its Pinterest-like discovery and sharing service. Today, the fast-moving startup added local commerce via Zaarly’s peer-to-peer marketplace.

Zaarly is simple: You need something done, you find a neighbor …

Fancy beats Pinterest to social commerce, but did it sell its soul for cash?

Elegant discovery and sharing tool Fancy released a new iPhone and iPad app today, adding some simple social commerce to the mix that might just change the whole experience.

If you haven’t heard of Fancy, think of it this way: …