The year is 2006.
Computer monitors weight as much as a small refrigerator.
People have to decide between Windows98 and Windows 2000 as Vista has not plagued us yet.
On the 30th of January 2006 we inquired with the brand new toy-maker „FurryStyle“ in the US about opening a shop and reselling their toys on the European continent.
Making some inquiries with conventional toy distributors, the customs office, popular portal pages.
A week later the first drafts of our iconic foxes are in the mail.
Another week later, on the 15th of February 2006 the YiffyToys website opened.
Originally named „furryshop“ but quickly renamed to „YiffyToys“ after barely a month.
Two month later?
In April the „Behind The Scenes“ blog you are reading right now is created.
Back then created with a new Google service called Blogspot but uploaded to our own server for hosting.
The shop got support for multiple languages (even experimenting with French), currencies and this fancy new IPv6 thing.
Half a year later?
In August YiffyToys was at Eurofurence 12 in the Nuremberg Castle with a huge crowd of 405 attendees. Our very first Dealers Den. Very clumsy and all our toys still fit on top of a single table. Many of those would follow. Back then there was no distinction between After Dark and regular dealers den on any convention.
Two years later?
In 2008 we added other manufacturers. Back then, we even sold Bad Dragon toys for a while.
We had to get our trademarks entered in Germany and the US and defended it at the WIPO in Switzerland against some typosquatter trying to open a shop in the US using our very name. During the Christmas holidays no less.
Another 3 years?
In 2011 FurryStyle – the manufacturer we started out with – went out of business and we won the auction for all molds, the name and some advertising material. Obviously no customer data. Not wanting to give up on these toys, we started to continue making them on our own. Staying completely fair to all manufacturers up to this day.
After 18 years?
Here we are.
16 different manufacturers, with more to come
Well over 300 different toys in stock.
Constantly adding more variety and improving the ways to find exactly what you are looking for.
Handling orders from all over the world.
…except maybe Vatican city.
Now, your favourite, yiffy toy -shop has finally come of age.
Discounts
We celebrate this with discounts on many Furrystyle toys
We also lowered or discounted some Exotic Erotics prices of toys included in the last delivery, thanks to the favorable exchange rate back at that point.
Some FlurbMe prices are already lowered for that very reason.
Why not more?
Being fair to our customers means not selling at higher prices, so we can offer huge discounts at specific times.
Being fair to our manufacturers means not selling cheaper then they do.
Celebrating with an old favorite
We also tried to welcome back an old FurryStyle favorite in time.
Sadly this will take a bit longer.
We will not sacrifice quality to meet a deadline here.
It’s done when it’s done.
Stay tuned!