Most buyers overlook DTC brands because they assume they are built on hype, a single influencer, or an ad spend addiction with nothing underneath.

This one is different.

This is a made-to-order art brand: original US patent drawings, hand-curated and reimagined with period-specific watercolor, printed on heavyweight archival paper and framed in oak. It ships from an American production facility to a customer base of 12,500 collectors, gifters, interior designers, and museums across the country. The product has a 4.9-star rating across 500-plus reviews. The return rate is low. The customers reorder.

And almost nobody knows the name.

That is intentional. This listing is confidential. To receive the company name, full financials, and CIM, you need to sign an NDA. More on that at the bottom.

Business Type: Made-to-order watercolor patent art (DTC brand, US-based production)
Location: Kentucky (production-based; ships nationally)
TTM Net Sales: $1,496,083 (May 2025 through April 2026)
FY 2025 Net Sales: $1,238,033
Revenue Growth: +20.8% year over year
TTM Gross Profit: $908,181
TTM Gross Margin: 60.7%
TTM SDE (reported): $119,012
Pro Forma SDE: $213,559 (includes an 18% COGS reduction, already quoted in writing from competing vendors)
Multiple: Asking price under NDA, priced at a fair SDE multiple on a business with documented upside

Multi-Year Financials:

FY 2025
Net Sales: $1,238,033 | Gross Profit: $746,607 | Gross Margin: 60.3% | SDE: $116,998 | Pro Forma SDE: $196,169

TTM (May 2025 to April 2026)
Net Sales: $1,496,083 | Gross Profit: $908,181 | Gross Margin: 60.7% | SDE: $119,012 | Pro Forma SDE: $213,559

Year-Over-Year Change
Revenue: +20.8% | Gross Profit: +21.6% | Gross Margin: +40 bps | Pro Forma SDE: +8.9%

Revenue is growing. Gross margin is stable and high. SDE is suppressed by ad spend concentration, which is exactly the lever a new operator pulls first.

The gross margin tells you everything. At 60.7% on a product that physically ships, this business is extraordinarily clean. Most product-based DTC businesses operate in the 35% to 45% range. This one runs like a software company in terms of margin profile, which means ad spend is the primary dial.

Nearly $700K of TTM revenue was spent on a single Meta channel. That is not a weakness in the business model. That is an acquisition argument. A disciplined buyer who adds Google Shopping, Amazon, and a structured creator or affiliate program is not speculating about growth. They are executing what the model already proves works, just on more channels.

The pro forma adjustment deserves attention too. The 18% COGS reduction is not a projection based on hope. Competing vendors have provided written quotes confirming the savings at equal quality and comparable processing times. That translates to roughly $95K in annualized margin improvement, available on day one after close. Gross margin moves from 60.7% to 66.7%. Pro forma SDE moves from $119K to $214K. That is not a forecast. That is a vendor conversation.

The seasonality is real but not a risk. Q4 2025 (November and December combined) delivered $620K in net sales, representing 40% of TTM revenue. Spring 2026 has settled at a healthy run rate of roughly $80K per month, above where the business started in early 2025. The demand is durable. The holiday concentration creates a predictable cash event every year that a smart operator can plan and capitalize around.

One risk worth naming: this is a one-channel acquisition engine today. Meta is the top of the funnel, and while it works, it is also the single point of dependence. A new owner should plan for channel diversification from day one.

The demand is proven. The channels are barely open.

Performance Marketing Diversification: Almost all customer acquisition today runs through Meta, managed in-house. Google Shopping, Amazon, and creator or affiliate programs represent entirely untapped upside on a product with a 4.9-star proof point and 12,500 buyers already converted.

Wholesale and Trade Channel: Faire and Trade opened in 2025 and are already reordering. Museums place patents in gift shops as exhibit continuations. Interior designers spec them for corporate offices. This channel has no dedicated sales motion behind it yet. That is a new owner's opportunity.

Catalog Expansion: 350-plus designs currently serve hundreds of hobbies and passion categories. Millions of US patents remain uncatalogued. New categories, custom commissions, and international shipping (US-only today) represent meaningful untapped surface area.

COGS Reset: Written vendor quotes confirm 18% savings on production and shipping. This is available immediately after close and does not require renegotiation.

At Acquire Weekly, when we evaluate a deal for our clients, we are not just looking at what the business is. We are looking at what it becomes in the right hands.

Here is the 90-day playbook we would hand a buyer on day one.

Weeks one through four: Execute the vendor switch. Capture the $95K in annualized COGS savings immediately. This is not a strategy. It is a phone call and a signed agreement. Effective gross margin moves to 66.7% before you have touched a single ad.

Month two: Bring in a performance marketing operator or agency with proven Google Shopping and Amazon DTC experience. Begin creative testing outside Meta. The Meta channel does not get turned off. It gets supplemented. The customer acquisition cost on a 4.9-star product with strong social proof should compress as you add channels with higher purchase intent.

Month three: Activate the wholesale and trade channel with a dedicated B2B sales motion. This means a Faire-optimized catalog, a trade program with net-30 terms, and outbound to museum gift shops and interior design firms in the top ten metros. These buyers have already reordered. The product sells itself. What is missing is someone calling on them consistently.

Year one: Begin catalog expansion into new patent categories. Launch custom commissions as a premium tier. Explore international shipping to Canada and the UK, where patent art aesthetics have a strong following.

The business was built lean by design. A founder with a watercolor artist and AI-powered catalog management built a seven-figure brand. An operator with a real team and a proper growth function will run this at a very different level.

The company name, asking price, full CIM, and seller contact are behind an NDA.

If you are a qualified buyer with capital ready to deploy and you want to see the full package, reply to this email to request the NDA and full CIM. This deal is being presented to a select group of buyers. It will not be on the open market.

P.S. The combined owner economics on this business were $176K TTM (SDE plus distributions). The pro forma takes the SDE portion to $214K before a single growth lever is pulled. If you are sitting on capital and looking for a real business with real margins and real upside, this is worth a conversation.

Jorge Viveros
Acquire Weekly | Co-founder
[email protected]
(770) 862-9142

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