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Is your cat the sweetest, most adorable pet in the world? Is your dogs
extraordinary cuteness more than obvious, even to those without your natural
bias? If you answered yes, a new website, ThePetStar.com, thinks its time you
and your dog or cat join this new online pet community and interactive contest
and receive the recognition you deserve. Launched on September 1st,
ThePetStar.com combines 3 of the most loved past times: Pets, Art and the
Internet. Combine that with Americas recent voting craze and you have The Pet
Star!
(PRWEB) September 21, 2004 -- Dog and Cat Lovers can join by uploading a
photo of their cat or dog and answering a series of questions to create their
pets unique personal story. ThePetStar.com creates a web page for each pet so
that visitors to the site can meet him or her and cast their vote.
The
site is of course for people crazy about their pets, and can get quite
competitive. Each contest lasts three months and is decided by the number of
votes received. The top pet in each category (dog or cat) receives an original
portrait of their pet by well known San Francisco Pet Artist and co-founder,
Rive Nestor.
In addition to the portrait, the top vote-getter overall
wins a Pet Friendly San Francisco Weekend, which includes a two-night stay at
the Diva Hotel in San Francisco (the Star is welcome), dinner for two at
Mooses, and a $250.00 shopping spree at The Urban Pet, which specializes in
everything from jeweled collars and apparel to custom made pet
furniture.
ThePetStar.com, is the latest venture of UDOGZ Designs, Inc.,
the privately held parent company of The Urban Pet and The Rive Nestor Gallery,
San Franciscos only Pet Portrait Gallery, both of which are located at 3429
Sacramento Street in San Franciscos upscale Laurel Heights neighborhood.
Laurie Martin, COO explains, As our business has grown, weve found
that many people are just like us. They absolutely adore their pets and want
gifts and online venues that help them indulge in and celebrate that love. We
provide fun ways to do just that.
We provide lots of helpful ways to
get votes, explains Chris Carnes, CEO. When you enter the contest, we email you
an electronic postcard with your pets photo and a link to their web page. You
can forward the postcard to your pets fans, and they simply click the link to
reach the page where they can cast their vote.
Also, on your pets web
page, you can order gifts personalized with your pets photo, such as greeting
cards, tee shirts, mugs, aprons, and tote bags. You can let the photo speak for
itself, or you can add Vote For Me at ThePetStar.com.
Then of course
theres always the old fashioned way of getting votespressing the flesh (or
fur), introducing yourself to the people in your neighborhood and asking for
votes. You can view running tallies at any time, monitoring not only the number
of votes your pet has received and their ranking in the contest, but also the
competition.
And, for local San Franciscans, visitors and computer
neophytes weve made it really easy. An online kiosk is available at The Urban
Pet. Its simple: Bring your pet in, we shoot the photo, you fill out the
personal pet questionnaire and your pets web page is live. Let the voting
begin!
Its not all business and profit, however. The Rive Nestor
Gallery opened with a fund-raiser for the San Francisco SPCA, and has been
involved in numerous fund raising activities for many charities supporting pets.
10% of all profits from gifts purchased at The Pet Star.com will go to Pets
Unlimited, a non-profit veterinary hospital and shelter in San Francisco, CA.
There is also a special T-Shirt that can be purchased on ThePetStar with all
profits going to Save-A-Pet, a not-for profit, no-kill shelter in Palm Springs
dedicated to finding loving, quality homes for each cat and dog in its care.
ThePetStar.com is headquartered on a 33-acre production and design
facility in Petaluma, California where Rive Nestor creates her magical
portraits. Nestors images are produced here as high-quality giclee prints as
well as greeting cards, ornaments, and other gifts and are sold throughout the
US in retail gift stores and on our website www.thepetstar.com. 2004 has taken us international with sales
in Brazil and Japan and an upcoming feature story about us in Japans premier
Dog Magazine, Dog World.
CONTACT: Rive Nestor, Artist and Co-Founder, e-mail protected from spam bots,
415.602.5450
For online media information and photographs, go to http://www.thepetstar.com/mediakit.php
Written by: Rive Nestor
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