SidelineSwap Raises Money from eBay Ventures

Marketplaces
Written By Rick Watson

SidelineSwap - the world's largest online marketplace for sporting goods - makes it easy for athletes, fans and sports families to safely buy and sell their gear.

This is an interesting marker investment for the success of Sideline Swap which has been growing in what I think is one of the most interesting categories for marketplaces: used sporting goods.  I met the founder Brendan Candon some time back and the Head of Partnerships Doug Smith has been involved in the eBay market since the early days of the best-named eBay seller ever, 3 balls Golf.

Business Wire: SidelineSwap Secures Investment from eBay Ventures, Strengthening its Position as the Leading Marketplace for Sporting Goods

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

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