Online shopping has become a part of everyday life. With retailers shifting focus to online presences and direct-to-consumer brands sprouting up constantly, e-commerce has woven itself deeply into the fabric of the tech community. When it comes to online retailers, brands and companies furthering progress in e-commerce, San Francisco is far from lacking. Find out who got their start in the Bay Area and learn more about these 15 e-commerce companies in San Francisco you should know.
Founded: 2011
What they do: Chewse provides companies and organizations with family-style office meals from local restaurants. Companies provide food preferences and a Chewse team member plans a customized meal schedule, sets up, serves and cleans up each meal.
Founded: 2016
What they do: Faire is an online wholesale marketplace designed for boutique retailers in a variety of categories like women’s apparel, jewelry, home decor, kids and more. Faire allows local businesses to find unique items to stock while providing local makers with exposure to wider customer bases.
Founded: 2011
What they do: Good Eggs is a grocery delivery and meal kit service based solely in the Bay Area. In addition to providing nutritious meals and food for the week, Good Eggs provides recipes and how-to's for the kitchen.
Founded: 2012
What they do: Grove Collaborative is a home-delivery service that sends natural home, personal care and beauty products to members’ doors. Grove is an auto-replenishment service so members can choose how often they receive their products, ensuring they’re always well stocked on household goods.
Founded: 2012
What they do: Affirm is a payment platform providing consumers with a more transparent way to buy items with a high price tag. Affirm provides the total amount upfront, enabling users to choose a payment schedule that works best with their budget. Affirm allows buyers to take a trip or buy that new couch without taking on credit card debt.
Founded: 2015
What they do: Allbirds makes shoes that are comfortable, simple in design and easy on the environment. Made from wool, tree fibers and sugarcane, Allbirds is all about sustainable materials; even their shoe boxes are made from 90% post-consumer recycled cardboard.
Founded: 2012
What they do: Instacart is a grocery and household goods delivery service. Users pick out items online, shoppers pick up the selected items at local stores and deliver them straight to a user’s door.
Founded: 2012
What they do: Le Tote is a fashion subscription service that allows users to rent, wear and return women’s apparel and accessories. Only requiring a flat monthly membership fee, Le Tote makes diverse wardrobes more affordable.
Founded: 2007
What they do: Minted is a design marketplace where independent artists sell stationary, home goods, art, digital products and more. The platform enables artists to gain more exposure while providing consumers with creative goods.
Founded: 2009
What they do: Square is an e-commerce tool helping businesses streamline point-of-sale and business operations processes. From employee payment and real-time sales reports to payment processing and free online stores, Square offers tools to help retailers grow.
Founded: 2011
What they do: Stitch Fix is a personal styling service for men, women and kids. The service provides personalized clothing choices based on individual preferences that are sent straight to the shopper’s door. Each item is hand selected by a personal stylist and shoppers keep what they like and send the rest back.
Founded: 2008
What they do: TaskRabbit is a platform connecting people with “taskers” who help check items off the to-do list. From furniture assembly to yard cleanup, TaskRabbit enables users to browse by skill, reviews and pay rates to find the best person for the job.
Founded: 2013
What they do: ThirdLove is a direct-to-consumer bra and underwear brand creating comfortable garments based on the measurements of millions of women. With a wide range of styles and sizes, ThirdLove offers a Fit Finder Quiz and Try Before You Buy program to ensure their customers find the most comfortable fit.
Founded: 2009
What they do: ThredUP is an online resale marketplace for women, kids, juniors and maternity apparel. ThredUP sends users “clean out kits” as a way to rid closets of unwanted clothing for either resale or donation, offers users cash or credit for their items and provides an online marketplace to buy secondhand items all in one place.
Founded: 2010
What they do: Wish is a shopping application supporting hundreds of thousands of merchants and millions of shoppers. The e-commerce platform provides a large variety of products and a personalized shopping experience.
