illinois united states 1999 revenue 12.3 million 2009 1 owner performance marketing brands slogan pocket the difference website www.fatwallet.com fatwallet is a comparison shopping website centering on a set of forums that allows users to publish deals and rebate offers on products and services with computer related products and electronics most prominent in the listings . it is headquartered in beloit wisconsin . contents 1 products and services 1.1 coupons and cash back 1.2 forums 2 relocation 3 acquisitions 4 awards 5 see also 6 references 7 external links products and services edit coupons and cash back edit fatwallet features a coupons section where users can find discounts from online retailers . before being acquired fatwallet also featured its own cash back rebate shopping section in which members received back a percentage of purchases made through referral links to partnered retailers . fatwallet has since ended the cashback program and now directs its members to the program offered by ebates . forums edit fatwallet users can post the sale prices of major retailers often before they are officially released in retailers advertisements which involved the site in a legal dispute in 2002 involving black friday advertisements . several retailers including wal mart target best buy and staples have served fatwallet with take down notices pursuant to the digital millennium copyright act claiming that their sale prices were copyrighted and must be removed from the fatwallet site . in addition wal mart served fatwallet with a subpoena to reveal the identity of the users who had posted wal mart s prices but the demand was later dropped . 3 4 although fatwallet initially complied with the take down notices due to the fear of liability within two weeks it reposted the prices and argued that the prices were facts rather than expression and therefore not subject to copyright . fatwallet filed a lawsuit in the u.s. district court for the northern district of illinois against three of the retailers seeking damages for knowing assertion of invalid copyright claims and a declaratory judgment that the take down provisions of the dmca were unconstitutional . the case fatwallet inc. v. best buy enterprise services inc. was dismissed . the court ruled that fatwallet lacked standing to sue for any harm done to its users for having their postings temporarily removed and fatwallet did not assert any injury to itself that the court found cognizable . 4 since its launch fatwallet has expanded its forums to include discussion on other financial topics such as investments banking and credit cards . the finance forum has been mentioned in the wall street journal and the new york times referencing personal finance topics including on credit cards and 401k investment tips . citation needed fatwallet launched best deals in 2009 initially called today s top deals which features researched deals found on the internet by staff and members . best deals also features an expert picks section where staff research bigger ticket retail products like laptops computers and hdtvs for the best value for the price and post their endorsements each week . relocation edit between march and april 2011 fatwallet moved to wisconsin from northern illinois in order to avoid termination of affiliate contracts with online retailers such as amazon.com which provide about 30 % of the company s revenue . an illinois law passed in march 2011 in anticipation of passage of the u.s. main street fairness act required online retailers with illinois affiliates to collect and remit sales taxes to the state . 5 acquisitions edit fatwallet was sold to ebates in 2011 at the same time as anycoupons and later merged with ebates to form a new company called performance marketing brands . former owner and founder tim storm stayed on as a strategic advisor for the new company . 6 7 fatwallet s parent company ebates inc. was sold to rakuten as announced september 9 2014 . fatwallet was wholly sold during the transaction . 8 9 awards edit fatwallet was twice named one of the 50 best places to work in america by the best places to work institute and entrepreneur magazine . it was ranked at 20 on the list for best small businesses in 2010 10 and 13 in 2011 . 11 founder tim storm was also named as one of four finalists for entrepreneur of 2010 by entrepreneur.com . 12 see also edit 1saleaday retailmenot slickdeals woot groupon dealnews list of internet forums cashback website references edit fatwallet founder up for national award alex gary rockford register star . blogs.e rockford.com 2010 07 29 . retrieved on 2013 09 13 . fatwallet.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 08 27 . walker rob 2005 09 18 . collective bargain hunting fatwallet.com . new york times . retrieved 2007 11 16 . a b stross randall 2007 11 18 . digital domain what to do when goliaths roar . new york times . retrieved 2007 11 18 . doris hajewski 16 march 2011 . new illinois tax law threatens fatwallet s online retail network . journal sentinel . retrieved 18 march 2011 . and now a word from our founder . fatwallet.com . backed by vcs ebates buys fatwallet.com and anycoupons.com starts new company . techcrunch 2011 09 09 . rakuten of japan to buy ebates a u.s. rebate site for 1 billion . new york times 2014 09 09 . announcement of 100 % acquisition of ebates inc. rakuten press release 2014 09 09 the best small & medium workplaces in america . 2010 . the best small & medium workplaces in america . 2011 . entrepreneur of the year finalist tim storm of fatwallet . performance marketing association . 3 august 2010 . external links edit www.fatwallet.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fatwallet & oldid 734093269 categories online retailers of the united statescreditreward websiteshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2013 navigation 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