Hello everyone,
So recently it has been brought to our attention that someone has decided they loved our stuff so much that they have decide they to open up shop and use the same name. What better way to compete than to confuse the hell out of the consumer?
On January 9th, 4 days after our most popular reddit post, cryptocards.co appeared. They registered their domains, business license, and well they were at it, applied for a trade mark for the name. All on or after January 9th. In order to avoid embarrassment when everyone questioned if the two brands were related, they back dated a couple blog posts as “proof” they have been around for a while. The facts are there, and its pretty obvious what has happened
A few things we wanted to address:
We are in no way associated with the website cryptocard.co. It seems they are in it for the long haul, so I’m sure they are providing a legitimate product, and not another coldcoins.co 2.0, but would just like to clarify that we have zero affiliation with this brand.
Despite advertising as such, cryptocards.co does not in fact own the registered trademark for the name, rather they have applied for it (Jan 9/14). This process takes upwards of 12 months, including a 2 month waiting period if approved, in which we will have the opportunity to contest the filing.
We started this as a market test Dec/16/13, and since than we have been working to provide the community with awesome products. If you wish, feel free to purchase from cryptocards.co. They are offering a launch sale (they are not calling it that) for their product right now, under cutting us by a few bucks, but by using the “bitcointalk” promo code we have been offering, we are 30 cents more expensive after shipping.
We are 100% pro competition, and with a product like this, you expect it. We are honored to have someone mimic our products, but find it rather frustrating to see the use the same name. It does nothing but confuse you, the consumer.
This project started as a market test, and needless to say we have hit the ground running. We’ve been playing a game of catch up, which included new equipment to meet demand, so wait time on orders will be down! We have been pleased to provide our customers with great products, and will continue to add more awesome products to our line up.
If you have any questions about this situation, feel free to pm us or email us at
[email protected]Thanks for your on going support,
Crypto Cards