# Ouibox

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| name = Ouibox
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| type = [Private](/source/Privately_held_company)
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| foundation = [Lexington, Kentucky](/source/Lexington%2C_Kentucky), U.S. ({{Start date|2006}})
| founder = Peyton Fouts
| location_city = [Lexington, Kentucky](/source/Lexington%2C_Kentucky)
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| key_people = Peyton Fouts
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| homepage = https://www.ouibox.com
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'''Ouibox''' was a website headquartered in [Lexington, Kentucky](/source/Lexington%2C_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.<ref name="huffington">{{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](/source/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}}</ref>

Ouibox signed up 8000 users on the week it launched.
<ref name="lamplighter"> {{cite news 
  | 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}}</ref>
It was one of the first investments of the Bluegrass Angels Venture Fund II.<ref name="UKEconDev"> {{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](/source/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}}</ref>

==History==
Ouibox was founded in 2006 by Peyton Fouts, a graduate of the English and Communications programs at the [University of Kentucky](/source/University_of_Kentucky).<ref name="herald-leader">{{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](/source/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}}
</ref><ref name="uknow">{{Cite news
  | 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](/source/University_of_Kentucky) UKNOW
  | accessdate = January 16, 2011}}</ref>

Archived records indicate that its website showed no changes on its homepage between June 2014<ref name="june14">{{cite web |url=http://www.ouibox.com/ |title=OuiWrite |publisher=OuiBox |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619145042/http://www.ouibox.com/ |archivedate=19 June 2014 |accessdate=23 December 2021}}</ref> and July 2019.<ref name="july19">{{cite web |url=http://www.ouibox.com/ |title=OuiWrite |publisher=OuiBox |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703112832/http://www.ouibox.com/ |archivedate=3 July 2019 |accessdate=23 December 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> The site had disappeared completely by August 2019.<ref name="aug19">{{cite web |url=http://www.ouibox.com/ |title=OuiWrite |publisher=OuiBox |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812023855/http://ouibox.com/ |archivedate=12 August 2019 |accessdate=23 December 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.ouibox.com Ouibox] 
* [http://www.ouibox.com/info/press_room.html Ouibox pressroom]

Category:Companies based in Lexington, Kentucky
Category:Privately held companies based in Kentucky
Category:Internet properties established in 2006
Category:Aggregation websites
Category:American social networking websites
Category:Defunct social networking services
Category:Internet properties disestablished in 2019
Category:2006 establishments in Kentucky
Category:2019 disestablishments in Kentucky

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