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B2C · barefoot running shoe brand

How Vivobarefoot grows

1 tactic and 1 figures from 1 interview.

About Vivobarefoot

What it is
Flat-sole running shoe brand; early Sweatcoin marketplace partner.

As described in the interviews, not independently verified.

Vivobarefoot's tactic

Sweatcoin · B2C · app that pays you to walk

Solved cold start; brands later queued for months to be featured

Rather than an Amazon-style catalogue they could not stock, ran a small curated list: about four products a day with a new product every day (about 12 a week), using their network to find ~12 brands willing to give value in kind because they liked the idea. Early rewards were real products paid 100% in sweatcoins, not coupons (e.g. Vivobarefoot gave 100 pairs of last season's shoes). Partners handle fulfilment, so redeeming users land on the brand's site and often buy more. Later added discount vouchers while keeping items unique; in some markets positioned as a product discovery channel for health and wellness startups.

Workedpartnershipsretention
Sub Club by RevenueCat · 2025-03-05

Vivobarefoot by the numbers

MetricValueContextSaid in
count100 pairs of shoes/one-timeLast season's shoes given in kind for the Sweatcoin marketplaceSub Club by RevenueCat
2025-03-05
19:39

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