Thanks a Ton

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Thanks a Ton is a Los Angeles-based company that bundled verified carbon removal credits with greeting cards via a Shopify/Patch.io storefront, serving climate-conscious consumers and corporate sustainability buyers. As of April 2026, it wound down its storefront and now operates as an educational blog and newsletter on Ghost.

Company typePrivate
Founded2021
Headquarters—
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2C
OfferingDigital Commerce or Content

What Thanks a Ton does

Thanks a Ton is a Los Angeles-based, founder-owned company founded in October 2021 that pioneered the bundling of verified carbon removal credits with greeting cards. Its core product was a digital greeting card sold via a Shopify storefront integrated with the Patch.io carbon removal marketplace, where each card included one ton of CO2 removal priced between $26.28 (soils) and $625.93 (bio-oil) per ton depending on the underlying CDR method. The company also fulfilled physical card requests and built a blog/educational resource covering biochar, bio-oil, DAC, reforestation, enhanced rock weathering, seaweed sinking, and soil carbon approaches.

The business served a horizontal mix of climate-conscious individual consumers purchasing cards for personal occasions and corporate sustainability officers exploring gifting programs, reached primarily through community-led channels — TikTok, Instagram, the AirMiners and OpenAir Collective communities, podcast appearances (notably Reversing Climate Change), and direct outreach. The company conducted roughly 100 customer discovery interviews and partnered with Cal Lutheran MBA teams and CSUN marketing interns for market research.

As of April 2026, Thanks a Ton wound down its digital storefront and pivoted to a Ghost-hosted blog with a subscription email newsletter. The original co-founding trio (Cara, Laura, and Siobhan, all from the AirMiners community) has been reduced to Laura Katayama and Tessaria, with Laura continuing work on the OSCAR (Open Standard Carbon Removal Agreement) team and Tessaria continuing in waste reduction and ecological remediation. No institutional funding, patents, or revenue figures have been disclosed.

Thanks a Ton firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Thanks a Ton
Legal name: Thanks a Ton
Website: https://thanksaton.earth
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2021
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: Thanks a Ton is a Los Angeles-based company that bundled verified carbon removal credits with greeting cards via a Shopify/Patch.io storefront, serving climate-conscious consumers and corporate sustainability buyers. As of April 2026, it wound down its storefront and now operates as an educational blog and newsletter on Ghost.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Thanks a Ton industry classification

Industry

Product category: Carbon Removal Greeting Cards
SIC: Wholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods (5190)
akta.pro primary industry: Project-Originated Carbon Credit Marketing & Offtake (Primary Market) (EUAGAIAC)
akta.pro secondary industries: Carbon Removal Credits Trading (DAC, BECCS, Biochar, Mineralization) (EUAGAIAL), Carbon Removal Project Development, Financing & Offtake (Developers, Aggregators, Buyers Clubs) (EUABAFAL)

Keywords

Carbon removal greeting cards
Voluntary carbon market
Carbon dioxide removal
Climate education content
Carbon offset products

Thanks a Ton business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Digital Commerce or Content
Cost components: Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

Greeting Card Sales: Sold digital greeting cards with embedded carbon removal. Each card purchase included one ton of carbon removal at varying prices depending on removal method.
Subscription Newsletter: Subscription-based access to website content and email newsletters about new carbon removal content.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Thanks a Ton product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Thanks a Ton originally sold digital and physical greeting cards bundled with one ton of verified carbon dioxide removal purchased through the Patch.io marketplace, with per-ton pricing ranging from $26.28 for soil-based removal to $625.93 for bio-oil sequestration. After discontinuing its digital storefront in April 2026, the company pared back to an educational blog and email newsletter covering carbon removal methods, climate science, and CDR industry developments, with physical card fulfillment still available on request.

Product overview

Thanks a Ton was originally Earth's original provider of carbon removal greeting cards, offering both digital and physical cards bundled with verified carbon removal certificates. The product portfolio included digital greeting cards (launched October 2021) that purchasers could send to celebrate life's moments while offsetting carbon. After discontinuing the digital storefront in 2026, the company transitioned to focusing on its blog content as the primary offering, covering climate science, carbon removal methods (biochar, bio-oil, DAC, reforestation, seaweed sinking, enhanced rock weathering, soil carbon, concrete mineralization), and CDR industry news.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Carbon Removal Digital Greeting Cards Digital greeting cards bundled with one ton of verified carbon removal purchased through the Patch.io marketplace, allowing senders to mark personal occasions while contributing to carbon dioxide removal. Storefront now discontinued.
Carbon Removal Physical Greeting Cards Physical greeting cards bundled with one ton of verified carbon removal, still available for fulfillment on request for customers who prefer tangible cards over digital.
Climate and Carbon Removal Blog Content Educational blog covering decarbonization, carbon removal methods (biochar, bio-oil, DAC, reforestation, seaweed sinking, enhanced rock weathering, soil carbon, concrete mineralization), climate science, and CDR industry news. Now the primary active offering after the April 2026 pivot.
Subscription Newsletter (Ghost) Subscription-based access to the Thanks a Ton website content and email newsletters about new carbon removal posts, hosted on the Ghost publishing platform.

Quantifiable outcome

Successfully launched 5 years ago with proof of concept that people were interested in voluntary carbon market interactions through greeting cards

Companies that use Thanks a Ton

Customer profile

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Thanks a Ton technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Thanks a Ton partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

ShopifycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 October 2021E-commerce platform used to power the digital greeting card storefront. Enabled integration with Patch.io carbon removal marketplace.
Patch.iocoreTechnology or IntegrationCarbon removal marketplace partner that provided the backend for purchasing and verifying carbon removal credits with each greeting card.
GhostcoreTechnology or IntegrationPlatform powering the current blog and newsletter subscription model after the e-commerce storefront was discontinued.
Reversing Climate Change PodcastcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFeatured podcast appearance was the most impactful sales/reach moment in the company's history.
ClimeworksminorOthersDirect Air Capture technology company. Thanked as a CDR partner in closing message.
SeaGenminorOthersOcean-based carbon removal company. Thanked as a CDR partner.
Social EcologiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBiochar and soil carbon project partner. Thanked as key partner in closing message.
Carbon UnboundminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCDR industry conference and community. Thanked as partner organization.
Living CarbonminorOthersEnhanced photosynthesis biotechnology company. Thanked as CDR partner.
CarbonCureminorOthersConcrete mineralization CDR company. Thanked as CDR partner.
Charm IndustrialminorOthersBio-oil sequestration company. Thanked as CDR partner.
Pacific BiocharminorOthersBiochar production company. Thanked as CDR partner.
PlanboominorOthersBamboo-based carbon removal. Thanked as CDR partner.
Forestry PartnersminorOthersForestry carbon removal. Thanked as CDR partner.
Neighborhood ForestminorOthersTree planting organization. Thanked as CDR partner.
Octavia CarbonminorOthersDAC company. Thanked as CDR partner.
CarbonBuiltminorOthersConcrete carbon mineralization. Thanked as CDR partner.
NoriminorOthersCarbon removal registry and marketplace. Thanked as CDR partner.
greenSandminorOthersMineral-based carbon removal. Thanked as CDR partner.
UNDOminorOthersEnhanced rock weathering company. Thanked as CDR partner.
Cal Lutheran MBA TeamsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConducted marketing studies for Thanks a Ton as academic partnership.
CSUN Marketing InternsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStudent intern teams executed marketing strategies.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Thanks a Ton competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Thanks a Ton financial estimates

Financial estimate

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Valuation estimate

Thanks a Ton leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Thanks a Ton funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

Thanks a Ton M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Thanks a Ton

What does Thanks a Ton do?

Is Thanks a Ton a public or private company?

Thanks a Ton is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Thanks a Ton founded?

Thanks a Ton was founded in 2021. It employs 1 to 10 people.

How does Thanks a Ton make money?

Two revenue lines are on record. Greeting Card Sales are the primary driver. The others are subscription Newsletter.

Does Thanks a Ton have an API?

No public API is recorded for Thanks a Ton.

What industry is Thanks a Ton in?

Thanks a Ton's product category is Carbon Removal Greeting Cards. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAGAIAC, Project-Originated Carbon Credit Marketing & Offtake (Primary Market), with a secondary code of EUAGAIAL, Carbon Removal Credits Trading (DAC, BECCS, Biochar, Mineralization). Its SIC code is 5190.