Shrines

What Shrines does

Shrines is a privately held, for-profit entity founded in 2016, operating with a headcount of 1-10 employees and co-founded/led by Robert Lord as CEO. Its only surfaced digital presence is a single-page website at shrines.com, hosted on the Strikingly Inc. website builder platform, which features a sub-brand called "look" — described in the available product data as a visual art and photography collection or project with the curated theme "STILL, LIFE." Beyond this curated creative artifact, there is no documentation of additional product lines, proprietary technology stack, or platform architecture in the input data; the site presents only a minimalist landing experience plus a standard GDPR cookie policy.

No business model is evidenced in the source material. The input data contains no pricing information, no disclosed revenue, no customer segments, no go-to-market motion, no distribution channels, and no named customers or partners. Core technology is listed as "Not disclosed," and no integrations, APIs, SDKs, or AI capabilities are documented. The company is categorized as private with no public listing, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no ownership structure disclosed. The Strikingly hosting relationship is a platform dependency for the website itself; there is no indication that Shrines is a subsidiary of or controlled by Strikingly.

In summary, the evidence supports characterizing Shrines as a very small, privately operated creative/portfolio-style web property built on a third-party site builder, with one identified sub-brand and no commercial mechanics visible in the available data. Fundamental investment-relevant fields — revenue, customers, pricing, GTM, technology stack, funding, and team beyond the CEO — are data gaps in the input.

Name

Shrines

Website

https://shrines.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Shrines is a privately held, small (1-10 employees) company founded in 2016 that operates a minimal website showcasing "look," a curated visual art and photography collection themed "STILL, LIFE," with no disclosed revenue model or customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Art & Photography

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Visual art collection
• Photography portfolio
• Curated art content
• Fine art photography
• Creative content curation

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Core offering

Shrines operates an online showcase for a visual art and photography project under the sub-brand "look", featuring themed photographic collections such as "STILL, LIFE". The site presents curated visual content to viewers through a minimal online gallery format powered by the Strikingly website builder.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• look

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Behance: Major online platform for creatives to host, curate, and distribute visual portfolios including photography. Comparable to Shrines as a channel where curated photographic collections are presented to a broad audience.
• Saatchi Art: Large online art marketplace selling original art and prints from artists worldwide. Comparable to Shrines as a venue where curated visual artwork is presented to and purchased by consumer and collector audiences.
• Etsy: Large online marketplace where independent creators sell handmade and curated goods including art prints and photography. Comparable to Shrines as a long-tail distribution channel for visual art and themed collections.
• Instagram: Dominant social platform for sharing photography and visual storytelling. Comparable to Shrines as the primary free distribution surface for independent curated photography collections.

Direct peers

• Fine Art America: Online marketplace and print-on-demand platform for artists and photographers to sell prints and wall art. Comparable to Shrines as a venue where curated photographic collections can be commercialized.
• PhotoShelter: Portfolio, sales, and distribution platform purpose-built for photographers. Comparable to Shrines as an infrastructure layer for photographers to publish themed collections and license imagery.
• SmugMug: Subscription-based platform that enables photographers to host portfolios, sell prints, and license imagery. Directly comparable to Shrines as a photography-first curation and distribution platform with built-in monetization.
• 1x (1x.com): Curated online photography community and portfolio platform with strict editorial selection. Directly comparable to Shrines as a curated, themed photography exhibition space aimed at a discerning audience.

Emerging players

• The Anonymous Project: Artist-founded curation project that aggregates and exhibits themed vernacular photography. Comparable to Shrines as a small, founder-led project built around a curatorial photographic concept.
• Reframed: Curated online platform showcasing photography-based art collections. Comparable to Shrines as a thematic, curator-led photography exhibition environment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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