Punchbowl Blog

This post was written by Matt Douglas, Founder & CEO, @mattdouglas

I’m very excited to announce that Punchbowl has acquired Socializr — a site for party planning and event management. The acquisition of Socializr will accelerate Punchbowl’s growth in the party planning market. We are excited to welcome Socializr customers to Punchbowl just in time for the holiday party planning season. 

Here’s the full announcement:

Punchbowl Acquires Event Management Site Socializr.com

Acquisition of Socialzr accelerates Punchbowl’s growth in party planning market

Framingham, MA (PRWEB), November 12, 2010 — Punchbowl.com, the one-stop site for start to finish party planning, today announced the acquisition of Socializr.com, a site for party planning and event management. With the transaction, Punchbowl has acquired key assets and technology from Socializr Inc. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

The announcement comes on the heels of the company’s acquisition of the domain Punchbowl.com and a fresh, new look for the site. In addition, the company recently unwrapped the unparalleled Digital Invitation Studio—a beautiful collection of free, pre-packaged online stationery sets for events and celebrations, complete with invitations, envelopes, liners, rubber stamps, and postage.

Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams, a pioneer in social networking, launched Socializr as an event management platform that combined customized event invitations with a social networking component. Socializr customers have embraced the site for its ease of use and social media integration.

“Joining forces with Punchbowl allows us to provide Socializr customers with a more comprehensive event management solution,” said Jonathan Abrams, Founder, Socializr. “We’re thrilled to help Punchbowl grow and accelerate the business.”

With more than one million registered users, Punchbowl is the leader in start to finish party planning. Punchbowl offers a modern, effortless way to plan an unforgettable celebration with party planning features including customizable online invitations, potluck organization, gift registries, local party vendors, and much more. The site is ideal for planning birthday parties, baby showers, Christmas parties, and even Thanksgiving dinner.

“Expanding our reach with the acquisition of Socializr will accelerate the growth of our company,” said Matt Douglas, CEO, Punchbowl. “We are excited to welcome Socializr customers to Punchbowl just in time for the holiday party planning season.”

This post was written by Matt Douglas, Founder & CEO, @mattdouglas

I’m pleased to announce that Punchbowl has partnered with Cozi.com to bring our party planning platform to busy families this holiday season.  Cozi is a free web and mobile service that helps keep families organized with an online calendar, to-do lists and more. We’re excited to launch the Cozi Party Planner powered by Punchbowl just in time to help Cozi families to plan all of their holiday parties and celebrations.

Here’s the full announcement:

Punchbowl Partners with Cozi to Bring Award-Winning Party Planning Platform to Busy Families

Framingham, MA (PRWEB) November 10, 2010 — Punchbowl.com, the one-stop site for start to finish party planning, today announced a partnership with Cozi.com, the world’s leading family communications and organizational platform. The new Cozi Party Planner is launching in time for the busy holiday season.

Cozi is a free web and mobile service that simplifies busy family life with an online calendar, the ability to track shopping and to do lists, organize household chores, and share family moments with relatives and friends. The Cozi Party Planner powered by Punchbowl complements the communication and organization features already available on Cozi and includes the award-winning features found on Punchbowl.

“The Cozi customer is a busy mom who embraces time-saving solutions to keep their family organized,” Robbie Cape, CEO and co-Founder of Cozi. “Punchbowl is a great partner to help us deliver party planning to Cozi families this holiday season.”

The start to finish party planning features of the Cozi Party Planner make it ideal for planning Christmas parties, New Year’s parties, birthday parties, and even Thanksgiving dinner. The Date Decider helps hosts get group consensus on the ideal party date—one of the biggest challenges during the holiday season. Digital Invitation Studio offers hundreds of beautiful, digital invitations and save the dates, each with companion envelopes in a variety of shapes, sizes, and stunning color palettes. Organized families will enjoy the Potluck feature, which allows guests to easily sign up to bring items and allows hosts to effortlessly manage who’s bringing what. Hosts can also keep track of their RSVP list with ease and share party details with their social networks.

“Punchbowl is excited to bring our party planning service to Cozi,” said Matt Douglas, CEO, Punchbowl Software. “We’re thrilled to help even more families plan unforgettable events this holiday season.”