Felony Case

How I Started And Grew A $50K/mo Phone Case Business

April 2nd, 2019
Andrew Moore
Founder, Felony Case
$120K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
Felony Case
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
started February 2012
$120,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
market size
$463B
avg revenue (monthly)
$123K
starting costs
$13.7K
gross margin
40%
time to build
210 days
growth channels
Word of mouth
business model
content-library
best tools
Shopify, Wave, Twitter
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
35 Pros & Cons
tips
14 Tips
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

Hi, I’m Andrew Moore, the founder, and designer at Felony Case, a Toronto based company designing unique iPhone cases. I founded Felony Case in 2012, and since then we’ve created several flagship iPhone case designs.

Our most notable designs are our spiked and studded cases, which feature hand screwed-in metal studs. When the stud fad began to fade, we knew we needed to reinvent our designs to stay relevant in a fast-changing environment. We went ultra-high-end with genuine python and stingray leather cases.

While these saw success with a certain demographic, I realized it’s easier to sell higher quantities of more competitively priced cases. Which lead to the creation of our Kaleidoscope Case — a current top-seller.

Felony Case started as a small shop on Etsy, and has grown to become an internationally recognized fashion iPhone case brand sold in top tier retailers like Nordstrom, Holt Renfrew, Indigo, Urban Outfitters, Revolve, Free People as well as across multiple e-commerce...

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