Our Tanga Story
A journey of savings, deals, and growth since 2006
Helping you save more on everything you love!
Humble Beginnings
We started out in a garage, not because it would make for a nice story about humble beginnings, but because the company was literally trapped in a garage. Both doors were jammed. The whole structure was encased in concrete. The only way out required MacGyver-esque heroics.
Making the Best of It
Lacking the paper clips and pudding to create an explosive device, we instead had to make due with a stockpile of board games and plans for rapid expansion. It was a million-to-one shot, but what choice did we have?
One Deal at a Time
We started by selling off our board game stockpile - one single board game deal each day. As business slowly grew, we added a word puzzle platform for the growing community of board game and puzzle enthusiasts. Community contributed puzzles appeared on Tanga along with the deal of the day, and thousands came to rejoice in a shared love of puzzles and deals.
Stepping Into the Sunshine
Eventually these board-gaming heroes freed us from the isolated garage and the small company stepped into the sunshine and a world of possibilities. First, we decided to put on sunglasses (obviously). Shortly after that, we added LOLShirts and BelleChic to our Tanga network so we could provide even more great deals on shirts and handmade goods.
Today's Impact
Now long removed from the garage, and sadly having to say goodbye to the puzzles along the way, we remain focused on providing customers with the absolute best deals on the Internet on thousands of products with your favorite brands. Since our start in that dusty garage, we have listed over one million deals and shipped over seven million orders. In all of this, we have saved our savvy customers over $850 million off of retail prices. Want to meet our small team of fine people striving to bring you these deals?
Our Journey
Today
Today we have over 80,000 ReviewsIO Reviews, offer our own Package Protection, Cashback Rewards Program, and partner with some of the biggest vendors!
June 2025
Became a Top Quality Store on Google with over 25,000 reviews!
October 2024
We introduced our Rewards Program, earn points for every dollar spent. Redeem for exclusive discounts on future orders.
July 2021
8,000,000th order!
November 2020
November 2019
7,000,000th order!
August 2019
Launched Strategic Partnership with Facebook Deals
November 2018
2,000,000 registered users!
January 2018
6,000,000th order!
March 2017
Launched Free Shipping on All Featured Deals
February 2017
Stepped into the 21st Century launching Digital Deals
October 2016
Tanga turned 10 years old! 🎉
September 2016
Named to Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing companies for the third year in a row 1,000,000 products on the site.
August 2016
Tanga integrates with ChannelAdvisor to bring you more of bigger, better deals!
May 2016
Phoenix Business Journal names AZ CEO of the Year 2016.
March 2016
5,000,000th order!
November 2015
Named #14 Fastest Growing Private Company in Arizona by Phoenix Business Journal.
September 2015
Named to Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest growing companies for second year in a row.
September 2014
Named #18 Fastest Growing Private Company in Arizona by Phoenix Business Journal
Named to the 2014 Inc. 500|5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies.
December 2013
Major redesign with a focus on themed event sales. Goodbye "Daily Fun" puzzles :(
August 2012
Tanga Rewards launched!
September 2011
Added BelleChic and LOLShirts to the Tanga Network! Increased team size to over 10 people!
August 2011
500,000 registered users! Site design updated.
September 2010
500,000th order!
November 2009
100,000 registered users!
February 2009
TangaMonkey regains his sanity, takes Tanga off selling block.
January 2009
In an off-his-meds moment, TangaMonkey puts Tanga up for sale.
December 2008
35,000 registered users. "Daily Fun" puzzle platform flourishing.
October 2006
Tanga is Born! Selling a single board game every night.
