Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Italist
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/italist
Updated at: 2026-06-16T05:02:06Z

Tagline: The first online marketplace for Italian fashion
Elevator pitch: Italist is the first online marketplace for the $21 billion Italian personal luxury goods market. We list products that are held in-store by boutiques like Gucci, Valentino, Ferragamo, Dior, Saint Laurent. Items we sell are on average 30% cheaper than any other competitor due to the peculiar structure of Italian retail market (no importers, no distributors,…) and some of them can’t be found anywhere else online, and we have the broadest selection of Italian luxury items on the internet.
Description: What they do: Italist is the first online marketplace for the $9 billion Italian personal luxury goods market. They list products that are held in-store by 60 boutique and 10 brand partners in Italy. 50% of the items they sell can’t be found anywhere else online, and they have the broadest selection of Italian luxury items on the internet. Why it's a big deal: Online sales for luxury fashion is growing twice as fast as the overall market, but consumers can’t find many of the items they are looking for. Italist solves this by listing items that their partners hold in store. This means that they avoid inventory costs and get better margins than traditional e-commerce. Partners need Italist to increase sales and minimize inventory risk without having to build their own destination site. This model should be the future of ecommerce. Think Etsy or Ebay for a huge, branded market. It’s no wonder they already have a $2 million run rate and are growing 50% month over month.

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 157800 | citation: https://wefunder.com/italist#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 37 | citation: https://wefunder.com/italist#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 157800 | observed_at: 2026-06-16T05:02:06Z | expires_at: 2026-06-17T05:02:06Z
- Total investors: 37 | observed_at: 2026-06-16T05:02:06Z | expires_at: 2026-06-17T05:02:06Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 157800
- total_investors: 37
- team_size: 2
- featured_investor_count: 0
- faq_count: 5
- recent_post_count: 1

Quick facts:
- $1,500,000+ revenue in May. | citation: https://wefunder.com/italist#claim-fact-1
- 60% growth quarter over quarter from Q4 2014. | citation: https://wefunder.com/italist#claim-fact-2
- $18 million revenue-run-rate. | citation: https://wefunder.com/italist#claim-fact-3
- Founders sold last company for $80M. | citation: https://wefunder.com/italist#claim-fact-4
- 115+ partner boutiques, sold in 85 countries. | citation: https://wefunder.com/italist#claim-fact-5
- Italist holds no inventory, leverages inventory of partners. | citation: https://wefunder.com/italist#claim-fact-6
- Italist is already at break-even. | citation: https://wefunder.com/italist#claim-fact-7

FAQ:
- Q: I love the concept and am interested in investing. However, I'm puzzled by this statement on the Web site: "For orders exceeding the amount of 1,000, you will need to enter your social security number..." I've never encountered such a requirement on an e-commerce site. I assum...
  A: Hi John thanks for asking. Billing is in Italy. Italian law ask to track apayments for more than 1000 euro. By April the billing will be swift to us and this well be removed. thanks
- Q: (1) You mention your CAC is ca. $100 from Facebook and likely to fall. Can you comment on the LTV of your customers? (2) Can you comment on your supplier concentration, that is to say, does your largest merchant account for 10%, 50%, 90%, etc., of your sales? Thanks
  A: Facebook has 60% of mobile traffic. We will have a responsive web site in 4 weeks from now. That will hugely impact. CPsale is 100 usd average ticket is 700usd that means that we make money on the first sale (from 140-180 usd as margin). then 35% of buyers repeat acquisition in 12 months. Only few of our partners uploaded all their inventory (less than 10%) so sales are really concentrated now--> that can easily explain why the inventory potential can grow a lot
- Q: Can I investment if I from Saudi Arabia?
  A: Hi Ali, we already have many customers from Saudi Arabia, for us it would be great to have you on board as investors! Big opportunities in the region. Raffaele
- Q: this is a really novel idea. Kudos! One question - is your long term plan to build and run this company like Ramirez functions today or to find a buyer, as in the case with noosalab and zero9?
  A: Hi Dilraj, and thank you of the email. We want to build a huge and log term company
- Q: Awesome Concept! When are you planning Series A?
  A: Hi Krishna, next round will be no earlier than 6 /8 months. Raffaele

Recent posts:
- Made in Italy (2015-08-10T17:20:31Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/74990