Ouibox
title: "Ouibox" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["companies-based-in-lexington,-kentucky", "privately-held-companies-based-in-kentucky", "internet-properties-established-in-2006", "aggregation-websites", "american-social-networking-websites", "defunct-social-networking-services", "internet-properties-disestablished-in-2019", "2006-establishments-in-kentucky", "2019-disestablishments-in-kentucky"] topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouibox" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ouibox |
| type | Private |
| foundation | Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. () |
| founder | Peyton Fouts |
| location_city | Lexington, Kentucky |
| location_country | U.S. |
| area_served | Worldwide |
| key_people | Peyton Fouts |
| homepage | www.ouibox.com |
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Ouibox was a website headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky. It featured a social network aggregator, a writing tool called OuiWrite which auto-cited sources, and an affiliate shopping tool called OuiShop which generated donations to charities without affecting a user's purchase price.{{Cite news | first = Chris | last = Curtin | title = 'Tis the Season to Give Back -- Digitally | date = December 17, 2010 | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-curtin/tis-the-season-to-give-ba_b_798199.html | work = Huffington Post | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125230806/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-curtin/tis-the-season-to-give-ba_b_798199.html | archive-date=January 25, 2013 | url-status=dead | accessdate = January 15, 2011}}
Ouibox signed up 8000 users on the week it launched. | first = Alex | last = Davis | title = We say 'oui' to Ouibox: A revolution in networking | date = 2010-12-01 | url = http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/393845/newspaperid/1666/We_say_oui_to_Ouibox_A_revolution_in_networking.aspx | website=my.hsj.org | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414231357/http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/393845/newspaperid/1666/We_say_oui_to_Ouibox_A_revolution_in_networking.aspx | archive-date=April 14, 2013 | url-status=dead | accessdate = 2011-01-16}} It was one of the first investments of the Bluegrass Angels Venture Fund II. {{cite news | first = Kacie | last = Miller | title = Young Lexington Entrepreneur Launches OuiBox (Editors Note) | date = 2010-10-27 | url = http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news/news-ouibox102710.aspx | work = University of Kentucky EconDev News | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107093503/http://www.econdev.uky.edu/news/news-ouibox102710.aspx | archive-date=January 7, 2011 | url-status=dead | accessdate = 2011-01-16}}
History
Ouibox was founded in 2006 by Peyton Fouts, a graduate of the English and Communications programs at the University of Kentucky.{{Cite news | first = Tom | last = Eblen | title = Young Lexington entrepreneur launches OuiBox | date = October 27, 2010 | url = http://tomeblen.bloginky.com/2010/10/27/young-lexington-entrepreneur-launches-ouibox/ | work = Lexington Herald-Leader | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118063414/http://tomeblen.bloginky.com/2010/10/27/young-lexington-entrepreneur-launches-ouibox/ | archive-date=January 18, 2013 | url-status=dead | accessdate = January 15, 2011}} | first = Erin | last = Holaday | title = Oui! UK Alum Launches Life-Changing Web Tool | date = November 10, 2010 | url = http://uknow.uky.edu/node/13134 | work = University of Kentucky UKNOW | accessdate = January 16, 2011}}
Archived records indicate that its website showed no changes on its homepage between June 2014 and July 2019. The site had disappeared completely by August 2019.
References
References
- "OuiWrite". OuiBox.
- "OuiWrite". OuiBox.
- "OuiWrite". OuiBox.
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