Uberstar was born! Ryan, our Director, previously worked for an online gift retailer and decided it was time to start his own venture. He created Uberstar from his flat in Clapham, London. 

Uberstar started as a house of brands, stocking a wide range of gifts including mugs, candle holders, and even soap dishes with feet.

From storing goods in a flat, to a small storage unit in Hemel Hempstead. Ryan would make the 40 mile journey regularly from his London flat to the storage unit to distribute large orders.

Ryan attended lots of exhibitions to promote our brand, so much so, that one of our French suppliers soon adopted the name "Mr Show" for him.

Ryan ticked one of his big business goals in 2014. Habitat placed their first order with us. We had six great years working with Habitat on their Christmas gift ranges.

Another big retailer achievement. This time, we started working with Fenwick, who we still work with to this day!

More retailers jumped on board the Uberstar train including Liberty, Adnams and Paperchase. 

Our bestseller at the time was an Avoseedo Avocado Tree Grower - people were avocado crazy in 2016!

We moved into our first official leased office and warehouse space. A very proud moment for us.

We gained more wonderful retailers including Oliver Bonas, Steamer Trader, Between the Lines and Selfridges. We also started working with Blue Diamond Garden Centres, with over 50 centres nationwide, this was quite the accomplishment.

We started trading with Debenhams and Fortnum & Masons.

As high street giants continued to close, we sadly faced another setback with Steamer Trading going into administration.

We finally started to create and design our own products. This started with our carry cups, eco bags, reusable straws and extendable travel straws.

Our iconic giant ice tray was born! We introduced a few other ice moulds and wine coolers to the mix - we were clearly inspired by the 2020 heatwave!

We started to work with John Lewis, stocking a core range of Uberstar products both online and in store.

We started to work with another dream retailer. M&S began to stock our products online and in some of their larger physical stores.

We introduced a huge range of summer products including our pineapple ice buckets. 

We also welcomed Eloise to the team in our first ever marketing role.

Our first glassware range was born, we sold out of our best-selling fish stacking glasses within just a matter of weeks.

We officially welcomed Charlotte to the team, although she's been helping behind the scenes since 2016!

We also made the big move to our first, privately owned warehouse in Milton Keynes. Perfectly positioned between Birmingham and London for trade shows, we now have a dedicated office space for our small team of 3, With ample room in our new warehouse, we're working on lots of new products for 2026 and beyond...