The story, sort of.

A small family team, two painted wolves in management and a firm policy against boring. Based in Sarasota, Florida. Ships from the USA.

Rusty Head of Enthusiasm
Cash Chief Financial Officer

Ask the management

Meet the staff

Two painted wolves run this place. Loosely. Tap a badge to see their file.

Staff ID 001
Rusty, a lanky painted wolf with both ears up, grinning with his tongue out

Rusty

Head of Enthusiasm

  • Enthusiasm100%
  • Approval rate100%
  • Attention span6%
  • Meetings attended0
Personnel file

Duties. Likes things. He has no other duties and is outstanding at the one he has.

Quirks. Tongue out at all times. Both ears up. Has never once read a label.

Usefulness as a filter. None. He likes everything and is not sorry.

"Is it a blanket? I love it."
Staff ID 002
Cash, a heavy older painted wolf with one folded ear and a deadpan look

Cash

Chief Financial Officer

  • Confidence100%
  • Approval rate3%
  • Plans going to plan11%
  • Meetings attended0
Personnel file

Duties. Handles money. He is not good at it, but he is confident, which he considers the same thing.

Quirks. One ear folded. Eyes half shut on purpose. Turns up at checkout to explain a plan that is already going wrong.

Direct line. cash@thepaintedwolves.com reaches Cash. Same inbox as everyone else. He does not know this.

"Three percent. Final offer."

Employee of the month

Voting is open. Voting is fair. Rusty is in charge of the count.

Winner for the 47th month running: Rusty.

The story, in four bits

Short version. The long one had a wall of text and nobody read it.

  1. The name

    We named the store after a wild animal mostly because it sounds cool. It beats "A Small Group of People Designing Random Stuff at Odd Hours".

  2. The animal

    It means something, annoyingly. The painted wolf is real: Lycaon pictus, the African wild dog. Every coat is a one-off. About six thousand are left in the wild.

  3. The rule

    Experts say pick one product category. We think that is how you build a forgettable brand. Our only rule: if it has zero chance of being boring, it stays.

  4. The hires

    We brought in Cash and Rusty to run things. Cash approves almost nothing. Rusty approves everything. Neither has ever been to a meeting.

Stamped: passed Rusty's sniff test. All of them.

What we make and why

Things that are highly unnecessary and completely essential. A black cat on a tarot card who thinks he is in charge. A heavy throw for hiding from the world. Ornaments with your names on.

  • Ships from the USA

    Everything goes out from within the United States. No surprise import fees.

  • Never boring

    If it could sit in any other shop, it does not get in. No mass-market filler.

  • Small family team

    No call center and no chat robot. A real human reads every email.

  • We fix it

    Wrong, damaged or not as described? Tell us and we sort it. No forms designed to exhaust you.

Cash would like to add something here about our commitment to excellence. He has been asked to sit down. He has submitted an expense report instead.

Expense reportSubmitted by Cash, CFO
Cash's expense report
Ear fold maintenance$40.00
Calculator (decorative)$19.99
Strategy nap, 3 hrs$90.00
Consulting fee, paid to self$300.00
Rusty's snacks, confiscated$12.50
Sunglasses, indoor use only$25.00
Executive discount-3%
Total claimed$472.87

Denied

Approved by: nobody. Disputed by: Cash.

Who we are

The Painted Wolves is owned by Alpha Quadrant Holdings LLC, a small family business in Florida. Two humans, two painted wolves in management and one inbox.

Our party crackers are handmade by us in Florida, one box at a time. Everything else is designed by us and picked to pass one test: it cannot be boring.

Shipping is free on every order in the USA. If something arrives wrong, tell us within 30 days and we fix it. The full rules are in our returns policy.

Questions go to info@thepaintedwolves.com. A real person reads it and replies within 1 business day.

Alpha Quadrant Holdings LLC, PO Box 15231, Sarasota, FL 34277, United States

Pick a door

Welcome to the pack. Here is where everyone else went next.

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