Whether you’ve bought a subscription box or not, you’ve likely heard of two big players in the space: Birchbox and Dollar Shave Club. The former, launched in 2010, sends a box full of makeup and beauty product samples to customers each month, while the latter sends razors and shaving supplies. Both have raised hundreds of millions in VC funding, and last year, Unilever acquired Dollar Shave Club for $1 billion. They both essentially carved a new market out of the concept of recurring delivery of a niche product. Now, whether it’s apparel, dog treats, or meal components, there’s a subscription box business to deliver those products regularly to your door. But clearly, all is not well in the land of subscription boxes. The market is saturated . Venture capital in the space has dropped off dramatically, and Birchbox has had at least two rounds of layoffs . At Quid, we wanted to take a closer look at subscription boxes in both news and funding data, to see how this trendy space is