The Shoe Community
Are you confident in your shoe brand concept, but feeling disconnected from other shoe brand founders?
The Shoe Community is an online space where shoe start-ups and small shoe brand founders help solve each others’ problems.
Enjoy the confidence you feel in your brand decisions when you have a community of shoe brand founders to support you every step of the way!
Who is The Shoe Community for?
Shoe brand founders at any stage – from start-ups at concept phase to established businesses.
What do I get when I join The Shoe Community?
- Membership of our private Facebook group
- Meet and learn from other shoe brand founders
- Resources and contacts
- Sustainable material and component supplier list
- Factory contacts
- True women's size converter: USA, UK, EU
- Free live Zoom masterclasses - with Susannah Davda + special guests
- Deep dives into specific aspects of starting a shoe brand
- Access to previous masterclass recordings
- How to find a shoe manufacturer
- How much does it cost to start a shoe brand?
- How to build an audience before you have shoes to sell
- How to work with a freelance shoe designer
- How many styles of shoe should you launch with?
- Design and IP protection for your shoe brand
- How to name your shoe brand
- How to sell shoes online
- Pre-ordering and crowdfunding for your shoe brand
- How to build a sustainable shoe
- How to produce your shoe samples locally - and manufacture further afield
- How to connect with your shoe brand audience using social media
- My crowdfunding success - with the founder of Tofers
- How to build your confidence as a shoe brand founder
- Building a performance shoe brand
- How to source from the Far East
- How to source your shoes in Portugal
- How to build an audience with TikTok
- Online retail success for your shoe brand
- Essentials of accountancy for your shoe brand
- Building an effective website for your shoe brand
- How can a shoe technologist improve your quality & fit?
The Shoe Community is an invaluable resource I found shortly after I decided to step outside of my box and found a footwear brand for extended women’s sizes. Susannah is knowledgeable, friendly, and creates great content for startup founders. The community members are also friendly and share a sense of camaraderie. Through the Shoe Community, I located my first partner factory and gained great tips for my first crowdfunding campaign, during which I raised $8,000. Susannah Davda and the Shoe Community will always be a part of Etta Grove’s history. Thank you.
Alexis Howard Owner & Creative Director
I had a really good experience with The Shoe Community, Susannah is a wealth of information. It was so refreshing to have an expert who not only has knowledge about the design aspects of shoes, but with marketing, sales, branding, and much more. My only regret is not knowing about The Shoe Community sooner!
Noreen Adedeji Entrepreneur
The Shoe Consultant is a great resource for people who are looking to build their shoe brand. From concept to design and from manufacturing to sales, Susannah will help you at any stage of the process. Gaining insights from people all over the world is what makes The Shoe Consultant worth being a part of. With her help, I look forward to creating & selling a successful shoe brand!
Yanique Johnson Entrepreneur
Susannah is your go to consultant for all things footwear! Knowledgeable, approachable and a keen supporter of budding footwear designers. There are not enough words to describe Susannah…oh and an astute professional. Thank you for making it look so easy.
Marion Ayonote Luxury brand founder + designer
I have been so impressed with all the information available on your Facebook group [The Shoe Community private group]. I can’t wait to get through all of the videos. It has been really insightful already!
Kelly Conway Entrepreneur
You have made a process which at first seemed sooooo unachievable a reality and allowed me to see it to fruition and I am only half way there. I can’t thank you enough and I wish for you to keep up the amazing work you are doing.
S. McKay Entrepreneur
[In answer to “What do you like about The Shoe Community?”] It is the sensation that I am surrounded by members who want to share ideal information in order to produce excellency within the shoe industry. I love the master video classes.
Cesar R. Entrepreneur
[on The Shoe Community masterclasses] Really interesting to hear from successful shoe founders and it’s made interactive even if you cannot make it live.
Saffron Entrepreneur
[on the ‘How Much Does it Cost to Start a Shoe Brand?’ masterclass] I got down about three pages of notes so it was definitely very very useful! It was great to hear from you both and I logged out feeling very inspired!
Melissa Entrepreneur
[on the ‘How Much Does it Cost to Start a Shoe Brand?’ masterclass] All very interesting. Thanks again for a very insightful presentation.
Jon Entrepreneur
[on the ‘How Much Does it Cost to Start a Shoe Brand?’ masterclass] Enjoyed watching this. Great that Andrea was so open about costs/challenges she faced. Nice summary checklist – reminded me about legal fees! Thanks for sharing!
Alastair Entrepreneur
The masterclass was great and it was a good way for me to understand the level of investment involved. The class gave me the perspective I needed to understand what is involved and the steps and commitment required to launch a shoe brand.
Hannah Entrepreneur
Who runs The Shoe Community?
I do! I’m Susannah Davda, founder of The Shoe Consultant and The Shoe Community.
I have been working in the shoe industry since 1998, and helping people to start and grow their footwear brands since 2015.
I am passionate about helping shoe brand founders like you to achieve success.
What’s the investment?
Membership of The Shoe Community is just GBP £20 per month, and includes access to all live masterclasses.
Feel free to join us for one month and see how much you love it!
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