experience case studies fun thinking about

2018 · Sales & Distribution

Tony’s Chocolonely

Early US employee. The Amazon channel and the economics behind the sales.

what I did

the story

I was roughly the tenth US employee. I built the first US Amazon channel, which likely runs in the millions today. I found the shipping model had gone cash negative on old quotes and rebuilt it, saving an estimated few hundred thousand dollars. I loaded every product into 1WorldSync so grocers could pull consistent data, and I made the copy and decks behind distribution deals with Target, Kroger, and Fred Meyer.

The lesson was that marketing creates value through channels, operations, and economics, not only through advertising.

outcome

Launched a US Amazon channel now likely in the millions.