Did you know that since the Dollar Shave membership launch, the company has acquired 3.2 million subscribers?

Did you know that Dollar Shave Club is a Venice, California-based company that delivers razors and other personal grooming products to customers by mail?^[2]

Did you know that Dollar Shave Club delivers razor blades on a monthly basis and offers additional grooming products for home delivery?^[3][4]

Did you know that Dollar Shave Club was founded by Mark Levine and Michael Dubin?

Did you know that the pair met at a party and spoke of their frustrations with the cost of razor blades. With their own money and investments from start-up incubator Science Inc., they began operations in January 2011 and launched their website in April 2011?^[5][6][7][8]

Did you know that Dollar Shave Club was backed by a variety of venture capitalists?

Did you know that in March 2012, seed investors provided $1 million in funding from groups that included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Andreessen Horowitz, Shasta Ventures, and others?^[9]

Did you know that Venrock, provided $9.8 million in series A funding in October 2012?^[10]

Did you know that in 2013 that Venrock raised $12 million with a series B round of fund which also included Comcast Ventures, New World Investors and Battery Ventures?

Did you know that Dollar Shave Club announced it would be expanding its product line to include a dozen other men’s products in 2014?^[11]

 Did you know that in June 2015, the company secured $75 million in series D funding?^[12]

 Michael Dubin and Mark Levine

Did you know that July 19, 2016, Dollar Shave Club was acquired by Unilever for a reported $1 billion in cash?^[13]

Did you know that Dollar Shave Club offers three membership plans, which can be upgraded or downgraded at any time?^[14]

Did you know that the membership service first launched March 6, 2012, via a YouTube video that went viral?^[15]

Did you know that the YouTube video attracted an unanticipated amount of traffic, that crashed the company’s server in the first hour?

Did you know that once Dubin got the server working, he enlisted a team of friends and contractors to help fulfill the 12,000 orders that arrived in the first 48 hours of launching the video?

Did you know that the orders were initially packed by hand in a warehouse in Gardena, California, before the company moved their warehouse and fulfillment to a third-party logistics center in Kentucky?^[2]

Did you know that since the Dollar Shave membership launch, the company has acquired 3.2 million subscribers?^[16]

Did you know that although the Dollar Shave primarily markets its products to men, approximately 20% of its customers are women?^[17]

		The Humble Twin	The 4X	The Executive
Cartridges per month		5	4	4
Blades per razor		2	4	6
Monthly price	USD	$3	$6	$9
	CAD	$3.50	$6.50	$9.50
	AUD	$11	$8	$5

Did you know that Dollar Shave Club also sells related accessories, such as shave butter,^[18] wet wipes,^[7] and moisturizer?^[19]

Did you know that Dollar Shave in late 2012, the company launched its program in Canada and Australia?^[20][21]

In 2015, the company expanded its product line to include hair care products, called "Boogie's".^[22] The line includes hair gel, hair cream, hair paste, hair clay and hair fiber.^[23]
In May 2015, the company began hiring writers and editors for a new website, Mel Magazine, which went online in late 2015. The website contains editorial content described by the company as "men's lifestyle topics".^[24][25]
Did you know that in December 2015, Gillette sued Dollar Shave Club, claiming the competitor had violated its intellectual property?
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Did you know that on March 6, 2012, the company uploaded a YouTube video entitled “Our Blades Are F***ing Great” featuring CEO Michael Dubin, delivering his speech in a nonchalant and sarcastic manner?^[28]

Did you know that The Our Blades video prompted 12,000 orders in a two-day span after it was released, and has received over 24 million views as of February 2017?^[3][29]

Did you know that The Our Blades video won “Best Out-of-Nowhere Video Campaign” at the 2012 AdAge Viral Video Awards?^[30]

Did you know that Dollar Shave Club Our Blades video was awarded a 2013 Webby Award in the Fashion & Beauty category ^[31] and earned the People's Choice Webby Award in the Consumer Packaged Goods category?^[32]



Did you know that in 2014, Dollar Shave Club and its One Wipe Charlies teamed up with the Colon Cancer Alliance in an effort to help “wipe out” colon cancer?^[34]

Did you know that the company reports that during National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month it reached 23 million people in spreading the message about the importance of getting screened?
 Did you know that our lady Members rave about the Executive Razor and Dr. Carver's Shave Butter?   Did you know that if you choose the Executive or the 4X Razor, you'll receive a full cassette containing four replacement cartridges although if you choose the Humble Twin Razor, the full cassette contains five replacement cartridges? Did you know that even if you don't shave very often you can change your delivery frequency to every other month plus you can skip a month anytime you want or pause deliveries for up to three months?   Did you know that you can cancellation your Dollar Shave policyanytime you like, for any reason with just a few clicks?  

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