Alan Brouwer

Co-founder, WithLove · 1 appearance on the record.

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He is best known for co-founding BestSelf.co with Cathryn Lavery, launching the SELF Journal through a Kickstarter campaign. He later founded e-commerce consultancy Quantum DTC and co-founded children's wellness brand WithLove.

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Disclosure

BestSelf gave backers a full journal PDF before physical delivery

“We also gave away our the entire journal via PDF. So before they even received a physical copy, they could print it out and start using it right away.”

Alan Brouwer Mar 7, 2016 ▶ 12:26 How to Sell 10,000 Units of a Physical Product Fast with Cathryn and Allen Episode 192

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BestSelf generated $16,721 in Shopify sales in its first 12 days

“16,721 dollars and 43 cents.”

Alan Brouwer Mar 7, 2016 ▶ 13:24 How to Sell 10,000 Units of a Physical Product Fast with Cathryn and Allen Episode 192

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BestSelf generated $68,000 in pre-orders after its Kickstarter campaign

“And then post Kickstarter, we were accepting pre-orders. We did another 68,000 in pre-orders since September.”

Alan Brouwer Mar 7, 2016 ▶ 14:26 How to Sell 10,000 Units of a Physical Product Fast with Cathryn and Allen Episode 192

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BestSelf grew to 19,355 email subscribers in ten months

“Since May of 2015, we have over, we built, we went from zero to just under 8000 email subscribers. [922] Nathan Latka: How many? [924] Alan Brouwer: 19,355.”

Alan Brouwer Mar 7, 2016 ▶ 15:11 How to Sell 10,000 Units of a Physical Product Fast with Cathryn and Allen Episode 192

Disclosure

BestSelf used Shopify specifically to enter its Build a Business competition

“The second reason is because Shopify does this competition where you, if you open up a new store it's called build a business competition, and whoever gets the most sales or the top three people who get the most sales, top three stores, they'll get some sort o…”

Alan Brouwer Mar 7, 2016 ▶ 8:23 How to Sell 10,000 Units of a Physical Product Fast with Cathryn and Allen Episode 192

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
How to Sell 10,000 Units of a Physical Product Fast with Cathryn and Allen Episode 192	Mar 7, 2016	3m

Alan Brouwer

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