Case Study |

Overview

Surf9 is a leading nationally distributed licensee that sells highly researched, expensive paddle board products.
Ratings and reviews were extremely important to Surf9 as high-ticket items are heavily researched by shoppers prior to purchasing.
•Surf9 wanted to increase review volumes and boost star ratings to satisfy its retailer and support sales
In the first year 12 months, Surf9 collected over 17,500 authentic reviews
Surf9 contacted Wholescale to deliver results

74%

Conversion Rate

50+

Reviews Daily

87%

5-Star Split

4.8

Rating

How Wholescale answered Surf9’s challenge

Wholescale worked with Surf9’s marketing team to spearhead their rating & review collection program. Product sampling was cost prohibitive for them as their products retail for $700 +.

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An alternative solution

Even though luggage is highly fragmented, iFLY used ratings & reviews to separate itself from its competition.

From 0 to

17,500+

New Reviews collected in 12 months

Without Wholescale… Surf9 would have had to have spent $4,500,000+ in product sampling programs to achieve the same review volume outcomes

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