Flip Flop Brand

8 Tips For Starting A Successful Flip Flop Brand (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own flip flop brand? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a flip flop brand:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a flip flop brand?
-> Pros and cons of a flip flop brand

Need inspiration?

-> Other flip flop brand success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a flip flop brand
-> Flip flop brand slogans
-> Flip flop brand names

Other resources

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a flip flop brand:

#1: Matt Griffin, founder of Combat Flip Flops:

We chatted with with Matt, founder of Combat Flip Flops ($500K/month). In our interview, Matt says:

Create a plan, put it to a spreadsheet, and ensure it’s financially viable. If it isn’t, go back to the board again and rework the plan until it is.

Read the full interview ➜

#2: Matt Griffin, founder of Combat Flip Flops:

We chatted with with Matt, founder of Combat Flip Flops ($500K/month). In our interview, Matt says:

Until you know how to do something yourself, don’t contract it out. Do a task until you know the full details involved.

Additionally:

There’s no secret sauce when it comes to promotion, advertising, and social media. You simply have to put in the work.

Read the full interview ➜

#3: Brad Munro, founder of Boomerangz Footwear:

We chatted with with Brad, founder of Boomerangz Footwear ($40K/month). In our interview, Brad says:

You can make more sales by selling a different product or slight variations of the products you are successfully selling now.

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#4: Brad Munro, founder of Boomerangz Footwear:

We chatted with with Brad, founder of Boomerangz Footwear ($40K/month). In our interview, Brad says:

I’m a big believer in Marketing guru Seth’s Godin’s principles around being ‘remarkable’. Whatever you’re selling should be unique and solve a problem so people ‘remark’ about it.

Additionally:

If you think you can sell the same crap that everyone else is selling but with your fancy new logo attached – you’re wrong! It will fizzle out faster than you can say “but I’m the uber of my industry – aren’t I?”

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#5: Brad Munro, founder of Boomerangz Footwear:

We chatted with with Brad, founder of Boomerangz Footwear ($40K/month). In our interview, Brad says:

It’s better to have a lot of little failures along the way instead of one big failure at some point that derails your whole business.

Read the full interview ➜

#6: Matt Griffin, founder of Combat Flip Flops:

We chatted with with Matt, founder of Combat Flip Flops ($500K/month). In our interview, Matt says:

Write down what you want to do, break down the subtasks, put them on the calendar, then hold yourself accountable. It’s pretty simple when you plan it out.