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Lynch: A single TikTok generated two million views and $10k for Solodrop

Corey Lynch · Startup Acquisition Stories with Cory Lynch, Founder of Solodrop · Oct 31, 2023 · at 8:45

Corey Lynch, founder of Shopify theme Solodrop, discusses early marketing experiments before selling his company on Acquire.com.

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“So I made a TikTok account and within like a month, I think I got like 1.5 to two million views on a couple videos and it did really well. Yeah. And it generated like, I don't know what it was. I think it was like getting close to like 10 K in revenue for the business.”

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Solodrop generated close to $10,000 in revenue within about a month from a TikTok marketing campaign that received 1.5 to 2 million views.

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