About CustomMade

CustomMade is an online matchmaker connecting Buyers who want one-of-a-kind Creations with professional and passionate Makers.

Abe Abbas sits down with president Mike Salguero for a chat!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on June 15, 2010

Our president Mike Salguero sat down with About.com blog writer Abe Abbas for a chat about CustomMade.com and what we can give to our subscribers as well as our consumers.   Mike and Abe spoke about the advantage we offer for custom artisans as far as marketing themselves online and [...]

Read more... Leave a comment

CustomMade.com on UrbanDaddy

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on June 15, 2010

Published June 14, 2010

Inside Job Your Online Guy Who Knows a Guy

Sometimes you have to go to strange places to get what you want.

Like to the French Quarter to get a Bellini. To Fargo to hear a great bluesman. And to a curiously low-grade corner of the Internet to get someone to make [...]

Read more... Leave a comment

CustomMade Receives Additional Funding!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, Founder's Blog on June 10, 2010

CustomMade, the world’s largest online marketplace for custom services, today announced it has secured an angel round of funding for $1.15 million. The funding will be used to expand consumer-based marketing, branch out into other custom verticals and increase staff for website development and sales. The round consisted of three Boston-based private investors, and was [...]

Read more... Leave a comment

CustomMade.com on BostInnovation!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on June 9, 2010

CustomMade Raises $1.15M in Angel Funding from Three Boston Investors

June 9th, 2010 by Kyle Psaty

Some people just know what they want.

Cambridge-based CustomMade.com announced this morning that they’ve secured $1.1M in funding from a set of unnamed investors. The two-year old company is a marketplace for custom services in the form of wood, [...]

Read more... Leave a comment

CustomMade.com on Venturebeat!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on June 9, 2010

CustomMade raises $1.2M for its directory of woodworkers and more

June 9, 2010 by Anthony Ha as seen on venturebeat.com

CustomMade, a site where visitors can connect with woodworkers and other custom goods-makers, announced today that it has raised just under $1.2 million in an angel round of funding.

The site was built by a [...]

Read more... 1 Comment

CustomMade.com on TechCrunch!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on June 9, 2010

CustomMade Connects Custom Goods Buyers With Artisans, Raises $1.15M

by Robin Wauters on Jun 9, 2010

CustomMade, which operates an online marketplace designed to connect buyers of custom made furniture, cabinetry, and other products with artisans, today announced it has secured an angel round of funding for $1.15 million.

The funding will be used to expand consumer-based [...]

Read more... Leave a comment

Check Out the New Website!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, Founder's Blog, Maker Spotlight on May 6, 2010

I am so excited about CustomMade’s revamped website.  It’s extremely user friendly.  I love the section at the bottom of the main page that shows “Artisans Serving Your Area,” making it even easier to buy locally. The “Newest Artisans” tab can help you keep abreast of the latest and greatest.  With just a quick tap [...]

Read more... Leave a comment

We’re giving away $250 so you can have something Custom Made for Mom!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers on May 4, 2010

Enter to win our Custom Made for Mom giveaway this week, and you could win one of two $125 gift certificates for your Mom towards a custom made commission from one of our artisans.

Now’s your chance to thank her for her unconditional love with something really special – something custom made.  That ought to [...]

Read more... 1 Comment

Customizing CustomMade.com

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on April 24, 2010

The mission of CustomMade goes beyond connecting those looking for custom works with those artisans who create them. We believe it is to teach people that buying custom items is a better value: higher-quality product that is tailored to the specific tastes of a consumer.

Well, we decided to take our own advice when we [...]

Read more... 2 Comments

Mass High Tech Features CustomMade.com in “The Pitch”

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on March 17, 2010

Today’s article by Brendan Lynch at Mass High Tech discusses  CustomMade.com and our purchase of the website from the former owner last year.  The article mentions that we are interested in moving into custom metal work, custom textiles, and custom glass, mosaics, and ceramics… We are doing this because we have been interacting with a number [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
123456789101112