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Case Study · E-Commerce / Marketplace

A new business line did $3M GMV in 12 months — run by 1 FTE.

An online marketplace with a consignment model, primarily selling high-end products. They had strong infrastructure and a loyal buyer base, but their revenue was concentrated in a single category. They needed a new supply source — and a hedge.

$3M GMV
First 12 months · largest launch in company history
The challenge

A new category that didn't exist yet.

The marketplace wanted to expand into a complementary product category — but the infrastructure to support it didn't exist. They needed authentication to verify product legitimacy, vendor partnerships to handle the verification process, automated data flows between customers and vendors, and a way to convert authenticated items into marketplace listings.

Building a new business line isn't just adding a product page. It's supply chain, partnerships, operations, and marketing.

What we built

End-to-end infrastructure for a new product category.

The complete infrastructure for a new business line: a customer-facing submission interface with an automated fulfillment walkthrough, integration with an authentication vendor to verify product legitimacy, and full automated data flow — customer submission, vendor authentication, results back to the customer, prompt to sell.

We structured partnerships with vertical industry players — preferred service for customers, guaranteed volume for partners. And we wrote the direct response marketing copy driving post-authentication conversions.

The entire operation was designed to run with minimal headcount. One person manages the whole thing.

The outcome

A new business inside an existing one.

The marketplace didn't just add a product category. They built an entirely new business line — with its own supply chain, partnerships, and economics — on top of their existing infrastructure. One person runs the operation. The automated systems handle the rest.

$3M
GMV in the first 12 months
60%
Authentication-to-listing conversion rate
1 FTE
Ran the entire operation end-to-end
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