28 Facts About Newegg

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Newegg Commerce, Inc is an American online retailer of items including computer hardware and consumer electronics.

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In 2004, Newegg established Rosewill as a private-label reseller of computing and household products from many manufacturers.

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The filing stated that Newegg has been profitable every year since 2001 and generated sales of $2.

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In 2020, Newegg entered into a merger agreement with Lianlou Smart Limited, a special-purpose acquisition company, wherein Newegg stockholders became majority owners of LLIT.

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In January 2017, Indiegogo and Newegg announced a partnership whereby Newegg provides select crowdfunding campaigns with social exposure; guidance on go-to-market and sales strategies; and assistance with order fulfillment, shipping and logistical options to help get their products into customers' hands quickly and efficiently.

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In May 2017, Newegg formally rolled out Newegg Logistics, designed to help B2C and B2B e-commerce sellers and other organizations streamline order fulfillment, shipment and returns.

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In February 2019, Newegg announced a program called Newegg online work, Employees interested in part-time work are randomly selected to make purchases.

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In May 2020, Newegg formally launched a direct-to-consumer initiative to help its vendor partners maximize their reach within the Newegg platform.

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In June 2020, Newegg introduced the Newegg PC Builder, an online configurator that lets customers configure and source all the components needed to build a custom PC.

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10.

In February 2021, Newegg announced a program called Newegg Shuffle, where consumers interested in hot tech devices are chosen at random to make a purchase.

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11.

In June 2022, Newegg debuted Gaming PC Finder, a personalization tool to evaluate gaming PC specs, components and performance options.

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12.

Newegg offers services to its third-party-logistics clients and other e-commerce companies.

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13.

Newegg offered replacement units to the customers who received counterfeit processors, while Intel stated that they had been made aware of the problem and were investigating as well.

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In early 2018, customers in the state of Connecticut were notified that Newegg had not collected state sales tax due on out-of-state purchases in the past three years.

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Newegg was given a choice of collecting such tax in the future or turning over customer information to the state's Department of Revenue Services, which would require customers to file a sales tax form for the past three years of purchases.

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In September 2018, Newegg announced that malicious code had been placed on their servers for over a month, allowing hackers to access customers' credit card information upon check out.

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17.

The video explains that Newegg shipped a motherboard to Steve Burke of Gamers Nexus, which he returned without opening the box due to him not needing a motherboard anymore.

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18.

Newegg claimed it was damaged and refused to refund the product.

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19.

In September 2022, Newegg began offering AM5 motherboards bundled together with DDR4 RAM kits for a discount.

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20.

Newegg has sponsored gaming tournaments for titles including Counter-Strike, Warcraft III and Rome: Total War.

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21.

Newegg had a monthly case mod contest in 2005 in which contestants submitted pictures, descriptions, and directions describing how to personalize their computers with esoteric appearances and functions.

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22.

In March 2019, esports entertainment company Allied Esports named Newegg a founding partner and the official e-commerce partner of the HyperX Esports Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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23.

In June 2019, Newegg and Allied Esports co-hosted the Triple Crown Royale at the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas.

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24.

In October 2020, Newegg relaunched its hardware subsidiary ABS to focus on the gaming community.

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25.

Newegg is aware of the allegations made by two former employees and a former consultant.

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26.

Newegg has always taken pride in the fairness of our labor and hiring practices and to ethical business practices toward our competitors, vendors and most of all, our valued customers.

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27.

Newegg has become known as a company that fights "patent trolls".

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28.

In January 2013, Newegg won a victory over Soverain Software when the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned the district court ruling in favour of Soverain and invalidated a shopping cart patent by citing prior art from 1984, CompuServe's Electronic Mall.

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