8 Eyewear: From Idea, to Launch, to Growth (And Quitting the Job)

[Jake]

Jon?

Olsson

 

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[InMotion]

Finally got some time to concept tonight.

Nice shades Vick.

Out of curiosity, why are these "99% UVA/UVB protection" instead of "100% UVA/UVB protection"?

I know nothing about lense manufacturing, but that's one thing I notice when I purchase sunglasses.

 

[slodki]

Have you thought about FB advertising and targeting countries in the Southern Hemisphere? Australia and New Zealand are rolling into summer now - perfect timing.

You would have to charge for shipping from the US - but that won't be a deal breaker.

Could target car followers, motocross riders, people who fish...

 

[Vick]

Olsson

lol oh, no i havent.

 

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[Vick]

Have you thought about FB advertising and targeting countries in the Southern Hemisphere? Australia and New Zealand are rolling into summer now - perfect timing.

You would have to charge for shipping from the US - but that won't be a deal breaker.

Could target car followers, motocross riders, people who fish...

I ship from Canada. And yes, I am looking into international shipping

 

[Twista]

Have you ever thought of letting customers pick out their own custom colors? Nike does it with their shoes

 

[Vick]

Have you ever thought of letting customers pick out their own custom colors? Nike does it with their shoes

ya. but its too much work.

cant make everyone happy. its impossible.

they can have any color they like. as long as its black. lol

 

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[Vick]

Quick Update. Super busy lately.

Anyway. Pleased to announce our first Team rider.

Paul Smith

http://instagram.com/idofmx333

https://www.facebook.com/paulsmithfmx

 

[rkmalo1]

Paul Smith

http://instagram.com/idofmx333

https://www.facebook.com/paulsmithfmx

Excellent move! MX crowd will eat these up. SPY Optic owes much of their success to my teenage years idol, Jeremy Mcgrath:

http://www.spyoptic.com/family/mx/jeremy-mcgrath/

 

[ljb7]

I love checking in on this thread and seeing you continuing to make progress.

And now that I have, I'll be back in roughly a weeks time

Seriously though, awesome product and I'm really happy for you!!

 

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[Vick]

I did it! Finally breached 2k in sales in 1 day awesome sauce
I'm betting its due to xmas rush. But whatever, a sale is a sale.
1 of the orders was for 4 pairs. Crazy.
Next goal is 3k in 1 day.

 

[csalvato]

I did it! Finally breached 2k in sales in 1 day awesome sauce
I'm betting its due to xmas rush. But whatever, a sale is a sale.
1 of the orders was for 4 pairs. Crazy.
Next goal is 3k in 1 day.
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Congrats!!! You are an inspiration!!

 

[Aidan]

God damn Vick, I want to hug you. Keep it rolling brother!

 

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[RHL]

Rep transferred. You are making it happen man!

 

[csalvato]

BTW for interested parties: @Vick posted a screenshot of his $2k revenue day from his Shopify dashboard and removed it. I don't think that the image needs to stay up here in the public space, but you should know that this info HAS been verified to some extent.

 

[DaisyH]

Vick, I'm fairly new here and for some reason am just coming across your story & posts!
Well done! I'm rooting for you, especially as one Canadian to another.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Next goal is 3k in 1 day.

Just a point of information, with significant sales, a branded product, and I assuming a positive profit margin, you've just created yourself a nice little company, perhaps already worth $250K to $1M depending on growth. And there is no limit to that number. You now have a pricey asset in your portfolio. You might be a millionaire on paper, and you don't even know it.

 

[Jake]

Just a point of information, with significant sales, a branded product, and I assuming a positive profit margin, you've just created yourself a nice little company, perhaps already worth $250K to $1M depending on growth. And there is no limit to that number. You now have a pricey asset in your portfolio. You might be a millionaire on paper, and you don't even know it.

Somewhere in the thread he said it costs him $48 per pair..so even with expenses a $2k sales day should easily be $1k profit.

Congrats, Vick. Amazing how fast you went from launch to this..and I imagine that it will snowball from here even if it is a seasonal bump.

 

[ddzc]

I've been in this thread since it was created and I absolutely love it...one of my favs on the forum. Good job kicking a$$, loving the updates more and more. Keep it up, kill it!

 

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[Vick]

let the BLACK FRIDAY madness begin

www.IWEAR8.com

also, new blacked out website.

 

[Catalyst]

Hope you kill it tomorrow @Vick We have been rocking and rollin all day today already

 

[gostorm21]

Quick tip: at least on my computer, your updated website (awesome, by the way) has a shopify favicon instead of your kickass logo. Just thought I'd let you know; best of luck to you tomorrow!!!

 

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[Vick]

Quick tip: at least on my computer, your updated website (awesome, by the way) has a shopify favicon instead of your kickass logo. Just thought I'd let you know; best of luck to you tomorrow!!!

thank you fixed

 

[Deon]

Good "luck"!!

Been reading this thread and the progress is amazing. The screenshot of sales you had posted just brings an amazing feeling that words or a simple description can't match! Glad I caught a glimpse of that

 

[Vick]

Well. One thing is for sure.

There were a ton of people waiting for this Sale. Good thing I decided to do it.

EDIT - Not to sound cocky, but I made more money sleeping last night, then I do in 1 month at my current job.

Inspiration my friends

 

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[Jake]

Well. One thing is for sure.

There were a ton of people waiting for this Sale. Good thing I decided to do it.

EDIT - Not to sound cocky, but I made more money sleeping last night, then I do in 1 month at my current job.

Inspiration my friends

Guessing you broke your 3k target already? Didn't take long lol.

 

[wilddog]

let the BLACK FRIDAY madness begin

www.IWEAR8.com

also, new blacked out website.

Damn, that's gorgeous!

What theme is that, if you don't mind me asking?


Keep killing it!

 

[Vick]

Damn, that's gorgeous!

What theme is that, if you don't mind me asking?


Keep killing it!

Parallax

 

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[Vick]

I cannot believe what is happening.

Orders are coming in every 5-10 min.

Shed a little tear of joy.

Maybe I can leave my job in January at this rate.

Thank you @MJ DeMarco and this forum!

 

[Jake]

What changed besides the discount? Running new ads? or did the discount somehow go viral?

Happy for you Vick.