How Weekly Product Drops Helped Scale a Niche Brand

What happens when you turn a passion project into a brand built around a niche community?

In this episode, Brian Roisentul sits down with Claire Wolfson, co-founder of Bean Goods, a playful e-commerce brand inspired entirely by wiener dogs.

Claire shares the journey from launching the brand in 2011 as a side project while working full-time design jobs, to building a loyal community and scaling the business into a thriving e-commerce brand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxItmuV-E80

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

• Turning a Passion Project Into a Full-Time Brand

• Building a Niche Ecommerce Brand Around Wiener Dogs

• The Early Days of Selling on Big Cartel

• How Instagram Helped Find the Brand’s First Customers

• Why Knowing Your Margins Changed the Business

• Implementing a Weekly Product Drop Strategy

• Creating a Community Through Facebook Groups

• Navigating the Pandemic Ecommerce Boom

• Growing a Brand While Staying Profitable

• Exploring Wholesale, Licensing, and New Product Categories
  

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• BSR

• Subscribe to The DTC Insider weekly newsletter

• Brian Roisentul on LinkedIn

• Claire Wolfson on LinkedIn

• Bean Goods

• Book a call with Brian

  
  

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