Ugly Duckling

Our Traffic Is Back to Peak Levels And We Expect To Grow 30% in 2024 [Update]

Ishan Dutta
Founder, Ugly Duckling
$100K
revenue/mo
2
Founders
3
Employees
Ugly Duckling
from Los Angeles, California, USA
started January 2016
$100,000
revenue/mo
2
Founders
3
Employees
market size
$12.4B
starting costs
$26.8K
gross margin
60%
time to build
180 days
average product price
$60
growth channels
SEO
business model
content-library
best tools
Amazon, Prestashop, Facebook
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
31 Pros & Cons
tips
5 Tips
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Hello again! Remind us who you are and what business you started.

I’m Ishan Dutta, Founder and Owner of Ugly Duckling Color. We sell professional color online to stylists and hair colorists. We are particularly well known for the quality of our bleaches, blonding products, and toners, as well as our acid-based sulfate-free haircare. We’ve been around since 2015.

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Tell us about what you’ve been up to. Has the business been growing?

We hit our peak in 2020 when COVID hit. After that business has been down.

We had a big decrease of around 35% in 2021 and another 20% decrease in 2022. Then a further 10% decrease in 2023, although sales have stabilized now. I am expecting a positive year in 2024.

Our daily run rate in January this year so far is now well above our run rate in January...

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