Flight Club Has A Turnover Of US $100 Million, Second Only To Ebay

It is said that Flight Club currently has a turnover of US $100 million, accounting for about 1/3 of the US online Sneaker market, and is the largest Sneaker online professional market.

Focus at the end of last month

Flight Club, a multi-channel retailer, announced that Max Levchin, the co-founder of mobile payment company PayPal, founded Affirm in 2013, and jointly launched the installment order, which became the focus of the relatively small Sneaker market.

The initial model of Flight Club is vintagekicks.com, a community website based on Sneaker. The website has a large number of Sneaker fans, including collectors and large numbers of consumers, so there are lots of trading opportunities. However, most of the community users at that time traded on eBay.

Then, in 2005, a Sneaker focused entity was established in New York's 254 Greene Street, and then expanded rapidly. The store was moved to 812 Broadway, and another new store was also set up in Losangeles, along with online e-commerce websites and App.

Flight Club mainly sells Nike

And Air Jordan, New Balance new brun brand limited edition products, many sellers are from eBay active Sneaker collectors and resale experts, so the platform sales products have been widely promoted by Sneaker enthusiasts. It is said that Flight Club currently has a turnover of up to US $100 million, accounting for about 1/3 of the US online Sneaker market. It is the largest online professional market for the Sneaker, which may be next to the only one. According to the paction data, the website sold a pair of Jordan in 2005, and the price is up to $15 thousand.

In addition to the US market, Sneaker second is active in Asia.

The market also has an online platform similar to Flight Club. The Sneaker online trading App Goat, founded by Japanese Daishin Sugano Kanno Onobu, was launched in 2010. Currently, it has more than 25000 Sneaker data. Goat also operates in the form of commission. The commission rate is 9.5%, far below the 20% of Flight Club.

In addition to Flight Club and Goat, the market also has dozens of Sneaker online pactions, data and information applications such as SUPPLIED, Shoefax, Snickets, Campless and Unlaced.