Monday marked the launch of Minted.com, an online stationary store for personalized printed stationary. What’s new here you ask? Minted.com offers a professional design community to create their own designs for its site and offers profit sharing. Minted.com is based in San Francisco and is founded by Mariam Naficy - founder of Eve.com in 2001.

Minted.com offers -

• Stationary for Wedding Invitations and Save The Date Cards.
• Stationary for Baby Announcements
• Custom Studio for designing whatever you feel like
• Calligraphy for your cards or other stationary
• Design from various brands worldwide and independent designers
• special focus on quality of paper and printing. ” we only carry brands that use fine paper stock, rich inks, and crisp printing methods” - according to the website.

How does it find fresh designs? -

• Company ran three design contests offering $100 and 5 percent cut of sales
• Has partnered with various design brands

Funding -

• Minted.com raised $2.5 million from a group of dot-com entrepreneurs and business veterans.
• List includes eToys founder Toby Lenk; Epinions co-founder Nirav Tolia; Ben Elowitz, founder of WetPoint and Blue Nile; and Adrian Bellamy, chairman of The Body Shop International.

Competition -

• Zazzle.com - Offers graphic photo printing, cards and t-shirts from custom designs.
• Finestationary.com - Offers designs from high-end designers

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