Since its launch on Sept. 1, 1999, Quixtar has maintained a low profile with mainstream news media covering the more well-known e-commerce sites. After all, Quixtar doesn’t advertise, instead channeling those dollars to Independent Business Owners who generate sales at Quixtar.com. Quixtar’s sales successes eventually have landed it in rankings and articles documenting the emergence of e-commerce as a powerful new retailing channel. Quixtar’s unique take on e-commerce has been the focus of a number of articles, including some of those listed below.
08.00.99
Business 2.0
Get Rich…Quixtar
An analyst from Forrester Research believes Quixtar’s business model is a natural for the Internet.
09.27.99
InformationWeek
Retail Turns to Clicks and Mortar
Quixtar is among a new brand of retailers turning to the Web.
10.18.99
Industry Standard
Train, Motivate and Just Plain Hug
Quixtar’s approach to e-commerce will be to blend “high tech” and “high touch.”
11.15.99
Industry Standard
Join the Club
Quixtar is one of the newest online merchants to offer an affiliate program with its Partner Stores.
9.1.00
STORES
Top 100 Internet Retailers
(https://www.stores.org/archives/sept00cover.asp)
Quixtar is ranked seventh on the National Retail Federation’s list of the top 100 Internet retailers based on sales.
01.01.01
“E-Commerce Report”
Top 30 E-Commerce Sites
(http://www.dad.be/library/pdf/Alexa.pdf)
Alexa Research ranks Quixtar 19th overall for traffic among non-auction consumer retail sites, and 3rd among those classified as “general merchandise” sites. Quixtar also was ranked second only to eBay for repeat visitors.
11.07.01
Interactive Week
Quixtar ranked #43 among all e-commerce companies – B2B and B2C – in the annual “Interactive 500” ranking. Among consumer retailers, only Amazon.com ranked higher.
11.13.01
Business 2.0
Not Down, Not Out
Quixtar is ranked the number one online Health & Beauty retailer based on sales, with 20.5 percent of an estimated $1.45 billion market segment.
07.22.02
New York Times
E-Commerce Report: The 25 top e-tailers
Among surprises in ComScore’s rankings of the top online retailers was Quixtar, which finished 6th, outperforming Sears.com, BarnesandNoble.com and other higher profile companies. Quixtar’s success was attributed to its business model and IBOs.
09.00.03
Internet Retailer
Quixtar is ranked fifth among online retailers based on the average usage days per visitor per month and third for the average minutes spent at the site per visitor per month.
06.07.04
Internet Retailer
In the “Top 300 Guide,” Quixtar is ranked first in the Drug/Health & Beauty category and 12th among all e-commerce sites based on sales.
Billy Florence is President of the Quixtar IBOAI board this year replacing past president Fred Harteis.
