--- description: Guess we'll have to mail glitter to our enemies on our own now title: 'Ship Your Enemies Glitter' Website Gets Too Popular, Founder Begs Everyone to Stop Using It image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt544dc47f9b6f8261/698779a75f570f5233b14aab/glitter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # ‘Ship Your Enemies Glitter’ Website Gets Too Popular, Founder Begs Everyone to Stop Using It by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 15, 2015 8:23 PM CUT  Young woman blows glitter into the air Young woman blows glitter into the airGetty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 15, 2015 8:23 PM CUT Earlier this week, we learned that a new service would let you [ship glitter to your enemies](http://time.com/3665913/glitter-enemies-website/ "undefined"), because glitter is totally impossible to get rid of — especially after you’ve unwittingly opened a large box of it. The site became so popular so quickly that its founder, Mathew Carpenter, has suspended the service and basically asked everyone to chill out. “Hi guys, I’m the founder of this website,” Carpenter wrote [on Product Hunt](http://www.producthunt.com/posts/ship-your-enemies-glitter "undefined"). “Please stop buying this horrible glitter product — I’m sick of dealing with it. Sincerely, Mat.” In fact, after amassing a million page views in just 24 hours, Carpenter decided he was so overwhelmed that he’s planning to sell the site: > [](https://twitter.com/matcarpenter/status/555346429149839360) So for now, it’s unclear what the future of Ship Your Enemies Glitter will hold. We do know that currently, when you visit the site and click “Buy Now,” this is the message you see: --- > “” --- The Internet is a weird place. _Read next:_ [_You Can Now Follow Prince William and Kate on Instagram_](http://time.com/3667608/william-kate-middleton-instagram/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3669922/ship-your-enemies-glitter-founder-suspends-website/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3669922/ship-your-enemies-glitter-founder-suspends-website/"},"headline":"‘Ship Your Enemies Glitter’ Website Gets Too Popular, Founder Begs Everyone to Stop Using It","datePublished":"2015-01-15T20:23:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:00.070Z","description":"Guess we'll have to mail glitter to our enemies on our own now","url":"https://time.com/3669922/ship-your-enemies-glitter-founder-suspends-website/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt544dc47f9b6f8261/698779a75f570f5233b14aab/glitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt544dc47f9b6f8261/698779a75f570f5233b14aab/glitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"glitter","caption":"glitter","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3669922/ship-your-enemies-glitter-founder-suspends-website/","name":"‘Ship Your Enemies Glitter’ Website Gets Too Popular, Founder Begs Everyone to Stop Using It"}}]}] ```