Vat19

Vat19.com
Founded 2002
Founder Jamie Salvatori
Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Products 100,000
Website www.vat19.com

Vat19 is an ECommerce gift shop and YouTube production team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company was founded by Jamie Salvatori and began as a video production group that filmed commercials for local businesses. In 2007, Vat19 began acquiring products and making video commercials on YouTube to advertise for these products; as of August 2016, they have more than 3 million subscribers on YouTube.

History

Vat19.com initially produced and sold DVDs. They began acquiring other products soon after and making videos to accompany them. CEO Jamie Salvatori describes his company as "an online gift store, and we try to find unique items that are fun and functional."[1]

Vat19 was listed on Time's 2012 list of 50 Best Websites.[2] Many of their products have also been included on lists by BuzzFeed.[3][4][5][6][7] They are especially known for gummy candy, including giant gummy bears, giant gummy worms, and gummy pizza.[8][9]

In May 2015, Vat19 launched a Kickstarter campaign[10] to manufacture the Not-a-Cat Cat, originally a prop that had been shown or mentioned in earlier videos. They met their Kickstarter funding within 2 days.[11]

YouTube channel

Vat19's YouTube channel has over 3 million subscribers and more than 800 videos.

In August 2015, they released a video called "Dude Decent", a parody of the YouTube channel Dude Perfect, which gained media attention[12][13] and acknowledgement from Dude Perfect.[14]

In January 2016, a Vat19 video showing one of their employees getting into a bathtub of thinking putty trended on YouTube's Top Trending Videos for several hours[15][16] and was featured on many blogs and websites.[17][18][19] It has attracted more than 14 million views.

References

  1. ↑ "Why I Hate Boring Video: Interview with Vat19's Jamie SalvatoriTurbocharge Your Video ROI! | Turbocharge Your Video ROI!". videocommerce.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  2. ↑ "Not Found | Tech". Time. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  3. ↑ "33 Places To Shop For Home Decor Online That You'll Wish You Knew About Sooner". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  4. ↑ "31 Delightfully Bizarre Gifts That Cost $10 Or Less". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  5. ↑ "30 Ridiculously Adorable Tiny Presents You'll Want To Buy Immediately". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  6. ↑ "17 Gifts For People Who Freaking Love Christmas". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  7. ↑ Contributor, Luke T. Harrington BuzzFeed. "14 Must-Have Tech Gadgets That Will Never Fill The Hole In Your Soul". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  8. ↑ "This Gummy Pizza Gets Delivered To Your House Just Like The Real Deal". Elite Daily. 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  9. ↑ "A Yummy Gummy Pizza in a Box". Laughing Squid. 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  10. ↑ "The Not-a-Cat Cat: The World's First Cat that Isn't". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  11. ↑ "Update 2: The Not-a-Cat Cat is funded! · The Not-a-Cat Cat: The World's First Cat that Isn't". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  12. ↑ "Our New Favorite YouTube Video Is Actually Really, Really Average (and Hilarious)". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  13. ↑ "Dude Decent: A new spin on trick shots - ESPN Video - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  14. ↑ "Dude Perfect on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  15. ↑ "Trending YouTube videos on Google Trends". www.google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  16. ↑ "Trending YouTube videos on Google Trends". www.google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  17. ↑ "A Brave Man Bathes In, Then Escapes From a Tub Filled With 500 lbs of Liquid Glass Thinking Putty". Laughing Squid. 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  18. ↑ Liszewski, Andrew. "Bathing in 500 Pounds of Liquid Glass Putty Is a Terrible Idea". Toyland. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  19. ↑ Young, Jake. "Guy Takes a Bath in 500 lbs of Clear Silly Putty and It Gets WEIRD". Dorkly. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
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