6 Baseball Gear Store Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Start A Baseball Gear Store

Here are some real life success stories of starting a baseball gear store:

1. Plate Crate ($3.9M/year)

Josh, the founder of Plate Crate, came up with the idea for his business while playing independent baseball and struggling financially during the offseason. After realizing there were no subscription boxes for baseball, he decided to start his own and launched Plate Crate in 2015. Since then, the business has grown immensely, with over $300K in monthly revenue and a successful expansion into Soccer Crate.

How much they make: $3.9M/year
How much did it cost to start: $1.5K
Current team size: 3

I Created A Baseball Subscription Box & Grew It To $3.9M

Plate Crate is a monthly subscription box for baseball enthusiasts, which started as a side hustle by the founder with just $800, and now generates over $300k of monthly revenue after six years of consistent growth.

About

Josh started Plate Crate almost 9 years ago

Revenue

Josh grew the business to $325K/month

Costs

It cost Josh $1500 to start the business

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