#18 - Dog accessory business for a bargain 💸

#1. Key Paddle(💸 $51k in Profit)

💰 Asking Price: Open To Offers

eCommerce business with a full decade’s worth of product history. They have sailed into a great position within the water sports industry thanks to their lightweight, portable water paddle, which is powered by an ordinary cordless drill.

Type: eCom

✅ Key Highlights

• Revenue: $137k

• Profit: $51k

• Margin: 37%

• Multiple: 3.73x

🚀 Growth Opportunities

• Expand to International Markets: Leverage the Amazon platform to enter non-US regions like Canada, Europe, and Latin America.

• Increase Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Sales: Enhance DTC channels and leverage Amazon's FBA to make shipping more efficient.

🚩 Cons

• Single Product: 98% of sales are from their specialised paddle, which makes the business vulnerable to demand fluctuations for this single product.

• Dependance on Owner: Currently, the owner handles all major tasks from shipping orders to customer service. This could be a risk if the owner is unavailable for any reason.

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#2. Ship Scout (💸 $14.1k MRR)

💰 Asking Price: $500,000

Shopify app for A/B testing shipping rates and free shipping thresholds

Type: SaaS

✅ Key Highlights

• $$130,000 in TTM revenue

• $110,000 in TTM profit

• $11,000 in revenue last month

• $9,300 in profit last month

🚀 Growth Opportunities

• Influencers: Work with TikTok / Twitter influencers on creating content around the app. Majority of brand owners are on those platforms.

• Expansion: Push to other areas other than shipping rates. Look at expanding into further shipping tracking and automation around the order/shipping process.

🚩 Cons

• Valuation: Great business and very easy to execute but the valuation is incredibly high. Negotiate with owner to bring down valuation to a 3x multiple instead of 5.

URL: Ship Scout

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#3. Dog Accessory Business (💸 $35k MRR)

💰 Asking Price: $175,000

Dog accessory DTC brand.

Type: eCom

✅ Key Highlights

• $406,531 in TTM revenue

• $73,579 in TTM profit

• $28,382 in revenue last month

• $2598 in profit last month

🚀 Growth Opportunities

• Paid Ads: Increase efficiency on paid ads channel. Current margins indicate that either COGS are really high or margins from marketing channels are very slim.

• Influencer Gifting : Develop a gifting strategy to influencers with dogs. Get them to post on organic channels with a referral link to encourage their audience to buy your product through their post.

🚩 Cons

• Margins: Profit margins are very low. Sitting around 18%. Before looking into this business I would dive into the current expenses and figure out how you can decrease the current expenses so you can get a higher profit margin if you acquire this brand.

👉 Acquire on ecom brokers

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