Ep 383 How to Avoid Getting Trapped in a Low Valuation Industry: How Swag.com Founder Jeremy Parker Positioned His $30M Business as a Technology Company to Attract Industry Leader Custom Ink. Acquire a 7-figure domain for free, leverage blue chip clients,

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">In 2016, Jeremy Parker co-founded Swag.com to offer branded promotional products for businesses. Parker and his team developed a powerful online platform that enables customers to order products through their unforgettable website.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Thanks to Swag.com's innovative approach and memorable domain name, the company generated $30 million in revenue by 2020. However, when Parker began to explore acquisition offers, potential buyers viewed Swag.com as just a distribution company, which is typically valued in low single digits of EBITDA.</span></p> <p><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> Fortunately, Parker met the founder of Custom Ink, who recognized that Swag.com was more than just a traditional promotional products business - it was a technology company.</span></p>