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Brendan Candon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
252 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

ski team do the same.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

So we get this highly desirable gear.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

for these guys who were not selling otherwise.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

And then we drive demand through largely through social media in the beginning.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

So we were able to do it cheaply.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

We have 180,000 Instagram followers, close to 70,000 Facebook fans, push this really unique product through social media, through our social media channels and through influencers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

And then that drove demand onto the site.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

Then every athlete,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

owns gear and so they are able to list their product they see the value in it they list as well and that creates this flywheel of supply so you get the initial supply you drive demand the demand turns into supply and that's what's helped us drive or hit these growth rates that we're hitting

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

Yeah, there's some of that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

So if you look at our Instagram pages, we'll be announcing college and pro.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

You can only sell after you've completed your NCAA career.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

But once you do, we'll use that type of unique inventory and those types of players to...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

There is a little bit of a collector component to it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

It's about 5% to 10% of our marketplace.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

The majority of it is the utility of this is a hockey stick or hockey skates that cost $800, $900.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

I use them for one season.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

I'm selling them for $450 now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

So most of the items you're purchasing are just general items that are 50% off and are still in good condition.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
760: This Site Has Sold $3m Worth of Athletes Old Gear

And so that's the main value of the marketplace.