Curtsy App and Blog

Curtsy, previously known as Nimble, is a peer-to-peer app for renting dresses.[1] It allows people to offer dresses for rental by location, style, color, occasion or rating. Owners and renters of the dresses coordinate an exchange location, while Curtsy manages payment and the transaction. The application includes a blog about current fashion.[1] Curtsy was designed by Sara Kiparizoska and William Ault, both students at the University of Mississippi, where Curtsy was first launched in 2015.[2] The founders of the company include David Oates, Curtsy's current CEO William Ault, and lead developer Eli Allen.[2] Curtsy is located in San Francisco, CA with an office in Oxford, Mississippi.[2]

History

Curtsy began in 2014 at the University of Mississippi's research park, Insight Park. [3] It has been funded by Rebel Venture Capital[3] and Y Combinator.[3] Initial capital was $120,000 in exchange for 7% equity.[3]

Business model

Dress owners decide the price of their rentals.[2] Curtsy receives 30% of the profit for each transaction.[2] Renters are required to also pay a $5 transaction fee to cover potential damages.[2]

Services

The App

Curtsy utilizes a free app that is downloadable onto smart phones.[4] There are five main pages on the app including a dress feed, a messaging dashboard, a page to post dress pictures to, a rentals feed, and a profile page containing the tab of the user's own dresses and a tab of the user's favorited dresses.[5] The app's homepage feed on reveals a "closet" with dresses in the user's area posted in a chronological fashion.[5]

The Blog

Curtsy's blog contains a written portion and professional photos of featured subjects.[6] The blog has subsections categorized by college campus.[6]

References

1. "Curtsy". Curtsyapp. Curtsy Inc. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
2. "Curtsy lets women borrow dresses from their neighbors". The Macro. Y Combinator. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
3. "UM Graduates Selected for Prestigious Business Development Program". University of Mississippi News. University of Mississippi. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
4. "Curtsy - rent dresses for women at your school on the App Store". iTunes Preview. iTunes. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
5. "Curtsy: Peer-to-Peer Dress Rental App For College Students". Creative Global. Wordpress. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
6. "Peer-to-peer costume rental startup Curtsy allows you hire the wardrobes of "fashionistas in close proximity to you"". Solid Tech News. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

External links

• "Curtsy: Rent Dresses From Girls At Your School". Curtsyapp.com. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
• "Curtsy: The Blog —". Blog.curtsyapp.com. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
• Mary Margaret Tardy, Curtsy user (2016-06-16). "Peer-to-peer dress rental startup Curtsy lets you rent out your wardrobe". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-02-24. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• "Curtsy App". KC Double Take. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
• "UM Graduates Selected for Prestigious Business Development Program - Ole Miss News". News.olemiss.edu. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
• Meet the Batch (S16). "Curtsy lets women borrow dresses from their neighbors · The Macro". Themacro.com. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
• "Peer-to-peer costume rental startup Curtsy allows you hire the wardrobes of "fashionistas in close proximity to you"". Solid Tech News. Archived from the original on 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
• Katherine Koebel (20 June 2016). "Clothing Crisis? No Problem. Curtsy Has Got You Covered". StarterNoise. Retrieved 2017-02-24.