Condition-Specific Pet Supplement Brand
Ecommerce brandA 21-year-old dog and cat supplement brand built around specific health conditions, where about half of customers keep reordering for years.
Ask $750K · Profit $194K · 3.9x · Website Closers
Oct 31
- Ask
- $750K
- Revenue
- $742K
- Profit
- $194K
- Margin
- 26%
- Multiple
- 3.9x
- Age
- ~21 yrs (2005)
- Label
- Solid Business, Fair Price
- Reason
- 21 years of sales, a 26% margin and SBA pre-qualification make 3.9x fair, provided the buyer takes on the owner's 40-hour week.
Why it's interesting
- Returning customers spend about $119 per order, against $89 for first-time buyers.
- It owns its audience: 9,600 email subscribers with a 35% open rate, three newsletters a week, and about 40,000 Facebook followers.
- A major online pet retailer started carrying two of its own formulas in September 2026, added a third in October, and has invited the brand to expand.
- It's SBA pre-qualified with 10% down, and moving seven formulas to custom manufacturing is projected to add about $38K a year in margin.
What to watch
- The owner works about 40 hours a week on marketing, purchasing and product development.
- Organic search, long its main source of new customers, has shifted with AI search; paid search only started in early 2026, so the cost of winning new customers is unproven.
- It sells supplements for conditions such as cancer, Cushing's disease and pancreatitis, which likely raises FDA and FTC claim risk, even though the listing reports no regulatory issues.
- 4–6 month manufacturing lead times tie up cash in inventory.
Who it fits
An ecommerce operator with supplement or pet experience, with about $75K down under the SBA terms, ready to work full time at first.
Ask the seller
- How have revenue and new-customer orders trended over the last three years, especially since organic search traffic shifted?
- What does paid search cost per new customer so far, and does it pay back on the first order or only on repeat orders?
- Does the $194K profit include pay for the owner's 40 hours a week, and which of those duties could the senior team member take on?
Growth plays
- Grow the online pet retailer account past three formulas, since the retailer has invited the brand to expand.
- Add auto-ship for the condition-specific kits, since chronic conditions mean ongoing doses.
- Make the informal vet referrals into a clinic wholesale program, starting with the veterinary hospital that has already asked.
Nov 2Added to Acumen Wire