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ShopKick

ShopKick

Get deals & exclusive rewards at your favorite stores

E-commerce·Launched Aug 2015·0 upvotes·shopkick.com
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ALIVEverified Aug 27, 2026 · HTTP 200
CohortClass of 2015

What it is

Get deals & exclusive rewards at your favorite stores. [Android, iOS, Tech]

HTTP liveness

33 probes since Jun 16
Jun 16Aug 27
AliveHard-dead (404/5xx/parked)RedirectedUnverified (timeout/DNS/block)

Observed events

probes · press · GitHub
  1. Jul 18, 2026
    Back online
    Alive · 200 OK
  2. Jun 16, 2026
    First probe — down
    Dead · 404

Funding history

2 rounds
Total raised
$24.5M
Latest valuation
Stage
early
Series A
Jul 2010
investors undisclosed
$19.4M
SEC
Seed
Jul 2009
investors undisclosed
$5.0M
SEC
Data from SEC EDGAR Form D filings and press coverage. Round labels for SEC filings are inferred from filing sequence and amount.

Moat

None apparent

ShopKick is presented as a free mobile app that surfaces deals and rewards for consumers. The dossier provides no indication that the product benefits from network effects, accumulates unique proprietary data, relies on a strong brand, or embeds switching costs, IP, or privileged distribution channels. Consequently, there is no clear defensible economic moat evident. The assessment draws directly from the product description, which lists only generic capabilities (mobile‑sync, consumer audience) and from the tag set that emphasizes a free, consumer‑focused mobile app without any mention of data assets, integration lock‑in, or exclusive channels. Because the dossier lacks any supporting signals of durable advantage, the product is classified as having no apparent moat, and the analysis is limited to the available facts.

  • descriptionShopKick is a free mobile app offering deals and rewards, with no stated network effect or proprietary data advantage
  • tagsTags list audience: consumers, pricing_model: free, capability: mobile-sync, deployment: mobile-app, with no tags indicating data accumulation, network, IP, or distribution advantages
0.45 confidence · grounded in 2 sources
Grounded analysis from catalog data, and tags · Jul 2026

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VitalsFading
Upvotes
Press
Tags
Pulse Indexobserved activity
462/4 signal families
Liveness40%
1.00
Press30%
no data
GitHub20%
no data
Tranco10%
0.60

Weighted observed activity · updated Aug 26

Founders
Cyriac Roeding
Cohort survival · Class of 2015weekly

12,940 products launched in 2015 · 100% still active

12,899 active41 sunset
Still active
100%
Median lifespan
4.9y