e 30.26598 n 82.25588 e 30.26598 ; 82.25588 retailmenot inc. type public traded as nasdaq sale industry online coupons founded october 27 2006 ; 9 years ago 2006 10 27 1 austin texas u.s. founder cotter cunningham headquarters austin texas u.s. area served worldwide key people cotter cunningham ceo kelli beougher coo j. scott di valerio cfo paul rogers cto services online services revenue us 249.1 million 2015 2 number of employees 500 2015 website retailmenot.com footnotes references 3 retailmenot inc. formerly whaleshark media is an american multinational company headquartered in austin that maintains a collection of coupon web sites . the company was founded by cotter cunningham . 4 the company owns retailmenot.com and vouchercodes.co.uk the largest coupon sites in the us and uk respectively citation needed and acquires coupon sites and third party software . retailmenot was established to aggregate coupon offers clarification needed and make them available to consumers . it distributes over 500 000 coupons citation needed from over 50 000 stores citation needed in retail categories including accessories automotive baby products beauty products clothing electronics furniture health home & garden jewelry pets photography toys and travel . contents 1 history 2 legal issues 3 acquisitions 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit founded in 2006 by australian entrepreneurs guy king and bevan clark . the two had previously collaborated on bugmenot a site that allowed users to share fake identities in order to avoid website registrations and content paywalls . 5 the company was acquired by whaleshark media in 2010 . 6 the company raised 300 million in funding from austin ventures norwest venture partners adams street partners institutional venture partners jp morgan and google ventures . 7 eventually acquiring the already established coupon site retailmenot.com from australia the company changed its name in 2013 to retailmenot . as whaleshark media the company acquired sites which in the us and europe . after changing its name to retailmenot in june 2013 for branding purposes the company filed an ipo for 230 million in 2013 . 8 legal issues edit mary kay cosmetics sued affiliate site retailmenot in federal court for displaying coupons on their site despite the fact they have been asked to take them down . mary kays position is that the display of mary kay coupons misleads consumers and harms the brand and its relationship with its sales reps independent consultants in several ways . 9 the lawsuit was resolved after several months by way of confidential settlement . 10 acquisitions edit retailmenot s acquisitions include retailmenot.com a digital coupon site in the united states 11 econversions the parent company of gutschein codes.de in germany and vouchercodes.co.uk a voucher code site in the united kingdom 12 13 deals.com in germany since 2015 called retailmenot.de actiepagina.nl a voucher code site in the netherlands 14 ma reduc.com and poulpeo.com digital coupon and cash back sites in france 15 zendeals.com a north american coupon site october 9 2013 16 giftcard zen inc a north american gift card exchange site april 5 2016 17 see also edit coupon commission junction coupons.com groupon ibotta savings.com promotioncode.org references edit retailmenot.com whois dns & domain info domaintools . whois . retrieved 2016 07 10 . foxbusiness . google . june 18 2013 . retrieved june 18 2013 . retailmenot executive page . retailmenot . feb 10 2015 . retrieved feb 10 2015 . http techcrunch.com 2010 12 02 whaleshark media closes a whale of a financing buys retailmenot revealed the brains behind bugmenot . guy king and bevan clark . http www.nwinnovation.com retailmenot com acquired by whaleshark media s 0032571.html arrington michael . google ventures invests in coupon startup whaleshark media . techcrunch . rao leena . online coupon giant retailmenot formerly whaleshark media files for 230m ipo . techcrunch . mary kay cosmetics sues retailmenot for fraud trademark infringement . marketing land . 2015 03 18 . retrieved 2016 05 10 . retailmenot and mary kay settle coupon code fight . coupons in the news . 2015 09 29 . retrieved 2016 05 10 . https techcrunch.com 2010 12 02 whaleshark media closes a whale of a financing buys retailmenot http www.businesswire.com news home 20110816005439 en whaleshark media acquires vouchercodes.co.uk uk % e2 % 80 % 99s top coupon http www.adweek.com news technology whaleshark acquires uk coupon company 134149 http www.dutchdailynews.com retailmenot acquires leading dutch online coupon site actiepagina nl http thenextweb.com insider 2013 07 04 retailmenot acquires abcyne to expand its digital coupon site portfolio in france gref ex 99.1 . www.sec.gov . retrieved 2016 06 15 . lalorek . retailmenot buys giftcard zen . siliconhills . retrieved 2016 06 15 . external links edit official website business data for retailmenot bloomberg reuters retrieved from https 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