Zip.ca
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Electronic commerce |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Key people
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Robert Hall, Founder and Chairman Christina Beavis,CEO |
| Products |
Online DVD rental Movie rental kiosks |
| Revenue | Not disclosed |
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Number of employees
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~50 |
| Website | www |
Zip.ca was an online DVD rental and movie rental kiosk company operating in Canada. It had a database of over 82,000 unique titles.
Zip.ca was a member of the privately held Momentous Group of companies, and was owner of the Ottawa Rapidz baseball team until its first-season bankruptcy.
On August 17, 2014, Zip.ca announced on its website that it was closing its doors and was no longer shipping discs to its members.
Zip.ca began its rental operations in February 2004, from its base of operations in Ottawa, Ontario. In July 2005 it arranged to provide the fulfillment services for Rogers Video Direct, a new online subsidiary of one of Canada's largest video store chains. By February 2006, Zip.ca had over 30,000 subscribers; currently it has over 47,000 and is shipping over 24,000 discs per day. In December 2006, Zip.ca announced passing the 6,000,000 disc rental milestone.
Zip.ca's movie rental kiosks were introduced in 2010.
Zip.ca follows the general model for an online DVD rental company. Some details specific to Zip.ca include:
Zip.ca imposes a free shipping limit per month, unless the customer chooses the special "Unlimited" plan. When the DVD shipment limit is reached, the customer must choose to pay for additional shipments ($2.49 per DVD) in the billing month or wait the next billing month before Zip.ca continues shipments. In November 2011, Zip.ca began charging a $1 rental fee for each Blu-ray disc. The Blu-ray fee was removed in October 2012. Blu-ray is not available on either of the 1-DVD plans.
On August 30, 2005, Zip.ca announced that it was buying out the online operations of its then main Canadian rival, VHQonline.ca, and has also picked up assets from other companies going out of business.
They also bought out rival Mississauga based Moviesforme
Coordinates: 45°19′58″N 75°42′17″W / 45.33278°N 75.70472°W
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