MyPostcard

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MyPostcard
Type Ltd.
Industry Tourism and Ecommerce
Founder(s) Oliver Kray
Website www.mypostcard.com/en

MyPostcard is a mobile app and website for smartphones and tablets which sends personalised printed postcards, greeting cards and other photo products.

MyPostcard was launched in 2014 with its headquarters based in Berlin.[1][2]

Company profile

MyPostcard was founded by Oliver Kray in 2014. Users are able to create postcards, greeting cards and other photo products using their own photos through the app or website. Printing, stamping and mailing are all handled by the company.[3][4]

MyPostcard products

The MyPostcard app and website make it possible for users to send personalised postcards, greeting cards, framed photos and photo prints. Products are printed and stamped with traditional stamps in the company’s Berlin and New York bases before being sent worldwide.[5][6]

Photo and greeting cards are produced in DIN A6 format, while XXL cards use a DIN A4 format. There are currently 10 languages available in the app. Cards can be sent directly anywhere worldwide or be ordered as a blank set.

Photo prints are available in the following formats: 10 x 10cm, 13 x 10cm and 15 x 10cm.

Awards and prizes

  • German Accelerator 2016[7]

Funcard merger

In 2018, Deutsche Post AG halted their Funcard app and entered into a cooperation with the market leader of postcard apps, MyPostcard.[8][9]

Social commitments

MyPostcard supports various social projects across the world, such as the American Heart Association, All Out, Postcards to Voters and the Rotary International Club and Terre des Femmes.[10][11][12][13]

In 2017, MyPostcard worked in cooperation with N24 / Axel Springer on the #FreeDeniz campaign, in relation to world correspondent, Deniz Yücel, then still incarcerated in Turkey. Roughly 10,000 postcards with personalised messages were sent by users for free to Turkey.[14][15]

References

  1. Gurk, Christoph (1 August 2018). "Alles auf eine Karte". https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/nahaufnahme-alles-auf-eine-karte-1.4077667. 
  2. Scherer, Katja (1 June 2017). "Mypostcard: „Plötzlich gab es mehrere Baustellen gleichzeitig“". https://www.impulse.de/gruendung/geschaeftsideen/mypostcard-oliver-kray/3669561.html. 
  3. Kühn, Alexander (6 July 2018). "Deutsche Start-ups in New York". https://www.spiegel.de/plus/deutsche-start-ups-in-new-york-nicht-viel-labern-einfach-machen-a-00000000-0002-0001-0000-000158265151. 
  4. Wetzel, Daniel (5 August 2018). "Es lebe die Postkarte". http://epaper.welt.de/wams/archiv/list/?etag=2018-08-05. 
  5. Räth, Georg (6 May 2015). "„Manchmal habe ich das Gefühl, man führt einen Guerilla-Krieg“". https://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/oliver-kray-mypostcard-startup-helden-111. 
  6. Kort, Katharina (28 September 2017). "MyPostcard.com-Gründer Oliver Kray: Das Instagram-Bild als Postkarte.". https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/mittelstand/familienunternehmer/mypostcard-com-gruender-oliver-kray-das-instagram-bild-als-postkarte/20390206.html?ticket=ST-1027726-7NGGo6ljzaZB2r1iJiUi-ap1. 
  7. "German Startups in New York - Oliver Kray, MyPostcard App". 6 July 2018. https://www.germanaccelerator.com/news/mypostcard_spiegel/. 
  8. "FUNCARD und MyPostcard sind jetzt zusammen". 1 December 2018. https://www.deutschepost.de/de/f/funcard.html. 
  9. "Postkarten-Apps: Deutsche Post setzt auf neues App-Angebot". 8 October 2018. https://www.iphone-ticker.de/postkarten-apps-deutsche-post-setzt-auf-neues-app-angebot-132181/. 
  10. "MyPostcard.com partners with Rotary to raise money to end polio". 25 September 2018. https://my.rotary.org/en/mypostcardcom-partners-rotary-raise-money-end-polio. 
  11. "Solidarität für angeklagtes Freundinnenpaar". 29 November 2016. https://www.l-mag.de/news-1010/solidaritaet-fuer-angeklagtes-freundinnenpaar.html. 
  12. "Zeige Deine Solidarität mit Berlins LGBT*-freundlicher Moschee.". 20 July 2017. https://go.allout.org/de/a/berlin-mosque/. 
  13. "Frauen, seid stolz und laut! | W&V.". 4 March 2019. https://www.wuv.de/marketing/frauen_seid_stolz_und_laut. 
  14. Daniel-Dylan Böhmer, Doris Akrap (18 March 2018). "Es liegt an dir, ob sie die Kontrolle über dich bekommen". https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article174661050/Interview-Deniz-Yuecel-Es-liegt-an-dir-ob-sie-die-Kontrolle-ueber-dich-bekommen.html. 
  15. Akrap, Doris (18 March 2018). "Deniz Yücel über die Haft und die Türkei". http://www.taz.de/!5492150/. 

External links

Category:Application software Category:Postcards Category:Greeting cards Category:German brands Category:Companies established in 2014