Ty.com

Ty.com is the official website for Ty Warner's company Ty Inc., which is the manufacturer of the Beanie Babies product and phenomenon. The website features the Board of Trade (BBOT), where uses can buy and sell Ty products. The website also has two online communities: Beanie Babies 2.0 and Ty Girlz.

On January 22, 2009, a new addition to the Ty Girlz collection hit the stores: Marvelous Malia and Sweet Sasha. Despite Ty.com's protest to the contrary, a media frenzy has ensued, accusing the toymaker of exploiting the popularity of President Barack Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia.CNN.com: Ty denies Obama girls inspired ... (January 22, 2009)

In January 2009 Ty.com released its new dolls Marvelous Malia and Sweet Sasha. Media reaction was swift in pronouncing these dolls as exploits of the new president's children. Ty.com denied the allegation, saying the children were not the inspiration for the dolls and that the dolls really didn't look like them anyway. Accusers point to the fact that the dolls names are identical to the presidential family's children, as well as the fact that these are the only two African-American children in the Ty Girlz lineup.Chicago Tribune: 'Marvelous Malia' and 'Sweet Sasha' dolls ... (January 22, 2009)