$120,920
$26,411
2.84x
This outdoor brand manufactures the only metal-ring Nalgene bottle tether on the market, engineered for climbing, whitewater rafting, and hiking. The business has booked over 10,000 lifetime Shopify orders at a 70% gross margin.
The founders openly acknowledge they “made a mistake bootstrapping into marketing expertise” and now devote just one to two hours per week to the business as they pursue separate careers. Even so, trailing-12-month SDE has grown to $26,411 as margin tripled from 7%–21% on a leaner Meta program returning 3.2x ROAS. In 2024, when actively managed, the same operation generated $346,877 in revenue and $36,897 in SDE.
A marketing-capable buyer inherits immediate levers. A 2025 stockout left September–December DTC sales at $15,000 versus $97,000 the prior year, a missed peak quarter for the current owners, which disciplined Q4 stocking would recover. A product variant that is an over-80%-margin SKU, which was paused for bandwidth, is ready to relaunch. Placement in three REI stores (Cambridge, Boston, Concord) has validated retail sell-through, and the Greenlight program offers a path to nationwide rollout. The 15,000-person email list, TikTok, and Amazon remain underleveraged. The hiking gear category is projected to grow 8.4% annually through 2030.
The business is offered price-plus-inventory at cost. A total of $29,354 of stock ($97,041 MSRP) is currently on hand, sparing a buyer the three-month vendor lead. Manufacturing is US-based; Liberty Mountain Sports, the exclusive North American Nalgene distributor, handles wholesale. Both founders will sign non-competes and provide a 40-hour transition, and a pending USPTO design patent and trademark transfer at close.
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Chris has always been an entrepreneur at heart. His first internet start-up was at age 15, reselling electronics on Ebay, where, as an early adopter, he had a 4 digit password until Ebay forced him to update in 2015. He has helped start various online businesses, including an SEO agency, online real-estate brokerage, and flash sale website before entering the VC-backed high-growth start-up world. There, Chris honed his skills in mobile product management at RetailMeNot (IPO 2013) before moving on to leadership and executive roles at Mobile Travel Technologies in London (Sold to Travelport in 2015) and Student.com in Shanghai, China. He was also a founding member of the first Amazon aggregator, 101 Commerce.
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