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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

But from a marketing perspective, we also use this unique inventory to get eyeballs onto the site.

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

it's a balance but we think supply is the key driver and so we we focus a lot of time on getting supply onto the site um but that's a mix of pure marketing of getting getting the word out about the brand because we think every athlete's a potential seller and we try to educate customers on the value of the gear that they're sitting on you'd be you'd be amazed what sells and so if anybody has some whether it's golf clubs tennis rackets uh like i said hockey lacrosse skiing if you post it you'd be amazed what sells what's the weirdest what's the weirdest thing that

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

sold through your i'm really nervous about asking this question but what is the weirdest thing that sold through your platform we try to avoid uh jock straps but they're the uh for the most part uh you know it's not there's nothing crazy off the top of my mind honestly some of the more fun items is that we see kids selling beats headphones and iphones and some more accessories because and vineyard vine shirts and you know all types of apparel any training apparel um

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

And because the mentality is we're reaching a very young customer who's never sold online before.

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

So if they have success selling their hockey skates, why not list some of the other stuff in their house that they know these people will buy?

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

So we actually had somebody sell on Instagram account through our site that they built a large following and wanted to sell it to another kid who wanted to take it over.

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

So interesting things like that.

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

Nothing crazy weird, but there's definitely some interesting behavior going on with a young demo.

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

The way we think about it is we want to be a resource for every sports family.

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

And so that means we help them make money on the extra stuff in their house when we're starting with sports gear.

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

We think we're going to build a large sporting goods brand and then helping them turn the gear that they have into cash.

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

So whether it's selling or buying, we think we could be a resource for a sports family.

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

But we want to build the best possible shopping experience for athletes.

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

That means there's all sorts of stuff sold in Dick's Sporting Goods, and we want to make sure we pad out our inventory to provide that range of selection.

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

But that's it.

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

I mean, it's really build the best shopping experience for the sporting goods consumer and be a resource for sports families.

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

And there's a ton that we could do before we reach that goal.

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

It's increasing, but it's around $80.

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

Yeah, we focus more on increasing the number of things listed.

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

You know, it's weird because it's the end of the day.