Comments on: Online Furniture Shop MyFab Raises €5 Million In Series B Funding

By: Ralf Moebius

Ralf Moebius — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:32:15 +0000

Lawsuit in Germany. MyFab wants myfab.de and my-fab.de

By: Ralf Moebius

Ralf Moebius — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:23:06 +0000

Lawsuit in Germany. MyFab.com wants to grab myfab.de and my-fab.de

By: indonesia wood furniture

indonesia wood furniture — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:17:17 +0000

i like your post thats give me an idea

By: ina

ina — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:32:51 +0000

It has no similarity with Ikea. Ikea sells their own products.
It s a good idea though. Why buy from retailers when u can buy straight from the producer? One thing puzzles me :7 milion dollars invested in it? hm…

By: gonulhecesi

gonulhecesi — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:47:41 +0000

Yes

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Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:36:00 +0000

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By: Fabio De Bernardi

Fabio De Bernardi — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:12:09 +0000

I have to admit that I can’t work out whether this is a disruptive idea or a business which will be shut down by lawsuits. Now, there are VCs behind them so I guess they’ve hedged their bets on the legal front, but from my understanding myfab is basically copying other companies designs. Designs that are protected by IP rights I imagine… otherwise it’d be too simple! Am I missing something here?
It’s like buying a replica bag from China – possibly same producer and materials of the original, but illegal anyway.

By: spanky

spanky — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:11:56 +0000

Wow, fascinating. Not!

By: furniture

furniture — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:20:09 +0000

Smart but if everyone would start using these kind of companies, many people would lose jobs. Is this just in Europe or it ships to the US? Is it comparable to Ikea? My favorite is modern retro furniture.

By: Curt Hagenlocher

Curt Hagenlocher — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:09:48 +0000

Laundry soap? I assumed they were a custom silicon foundry…

By: Clayton Bigsby

Clayton Bigsby — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:07:06 +0000

Please go read the 1st chapter of The Four Steps to Epiphany.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:05:41 +0000

Congrats to MyFab and Alven for supporting them Really cool stuff!

By: FurnitureLocator.com

FurnitureLocator.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:55:51 +0000

a natural language domain name would have made more sense for everyone involved. myfab in the US sounds like a laundry soap company.

By: Nicolas Celier (Alven Capital)

Nicolas Celier (Alven Capital) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:40:35 +0000

Thanks for the post Robin.

FYI Alven didn’t lead this round. We were the historical investor, and participated to this round along with BV. We are really pleased to welcome BV Capital on board, they did a great job!

By: rmowery

rmowery — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:34:04 +0000

Great idea. I had wanted to do something similar but with Amish furniture. Problem is the Amish don’t scale well, so mass demand would have crushed the idea. Also the community I talked with was not keen on the idea since while they would not be directly involved in the tech, they would still be linked to it indirectly.

Furniture, Jewelery, and eyeglasses are some of the highest marked up items in retail. At least in the US.

The business landscape is definitely changing and being a middleman is not a good occupation in the future, least not for retail.

By: Rob Murray

Rob Murray — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:24:26 +0000

i-Kea ? Sorry. Looks like a great site.

By: Jof

Jof — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:36:27 +0000

This is one startup I’ve always wanted to do (being from a mass-production engineering background). But then Ponoko decloaked…

By: vincent

vincent — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:08:48 +0000

Now we need a lulu.com for goods !

By: MyFab cierra una ronda de 5M

MyFab cierra una ronda de 5M — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:49:15 +0000

[...] compañía con sede en París MyFab acaba de recibir una segunda ronda de financiación de 5 millones de euros por parte del inversor anterior Alven Capital, al que se unió BV Capital. En total la empresa ha recibido 7 [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:45:27 +0000

I’ve been designing my own stuff for a few years now, it’s nice to see others jumping into the “direct to customer” selling sphere.

Jon

By: idont

idont — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:23:23 +0000

Long live to them!!!

It is also the same for designers’ cloth: D&G jeans for over $300… and made in China…. A shame!