Headquartered in San Diego, CA, FanBox (formerly known as SMS.ac) was founded in October 2000. Since day-one FanBox has been a profitable, employee-owned technology company. In December 2001 the company experienced the fastest product launch in history with 6 million registered members in its first 6 months of existence. What began as a web portal for sending text messages (SMS) worldwide evolved into a global community of over 50 million registered users. <br />Today FanBox combines community and commerce by enabling people to buy, sell and promote their digital content through its proprietary web & <br />mobile technologies. The company holds billing relationships with hundreds of mobile operators in more than 180 countries. FanBox has maintained positive revenue growth through varying economic climates with zero reliance on advertising dollars. Current company proceeds are the result of revenue sharing from user-generated content sales. Through FanBox’s social economy, the company continues to create revenue opportunities to content providers and customers worldwide.