S16.E13: Hella Awkward; DomeDock; Riverbend; Dig World

[CrazyInAlabama]

New 3/14/2025

Sharks- Mark, Robert, Kevin, Lori, Daymond

Hella Awkward by Awkward Games- an icebreaker game. Seeking $200,000 for 10%.   Seller Brittane says the game is a great icebreaker for parties or other gatherings.   140 questions in four categories, plus an add on pack of additional questions.  Each person picks a card with a question on it, and everyone else answers it.   Sales are $600,000 since 2021.   Margins are huge.  $600,000 in 2024.  They sell in Target, Walmart, and other stores.    33 1/3% for  Brittane, 33 1/3 for her brother and 33 1/3 for another investor.   Kevin wants to take over distribution, $200,000 for 25%.    Robert offers $200,000 for 10%.  Lori offers $200,000 for 12%.    Mark and Daymond didn’t get a chance to offer.

Robert makes the deal at $200,000 for 10%

 

DomeDock- a storage solution for hats. Seeking $100,000 for 5%.  John and Chelsea from Texas invented this.   A way to store ball caps.  It’s like a filing system for hats, stacked on top of each other.   All of the hats stack on top of the bottom plastic clip.  $7.5 million in sales lifetime.  Margins are fantastic.  They sell online on Amazon, used to sell on their own website, but all on Amazon.   $885,000 end at $1.4 or $1.5 million for 2024.  They have a utility patent.  They learned a lot watching Shark Tank.   Knockoffs get taken down.  They are talking going into retail.     Mark is out. Robert is out.  Kevin is out.   Lori says hire a company to go after the knockoffs, so she’s out.   Daymond offers $100,000 for 20%. Kevin says $100,000 for 15%

Kevin makes the deal for $100,000 for 15%.

 

Riverbend Resources- Poultry Care-a chicken feeder.  Seeking $300,000 for 10%.  Feeders for backyard chickens.  Seller Eric invented the  Poultry Pro Feeder turns any plastic container into a high capacity, water proof, virtually no mess.   They have the Poultry Pro Waterer, holds up to 5 gallons.   Daymond has chickens, uses the old fashioned feeders, and has two donkeys to protect them.   $2 million sales, sold direct on Amazon, and direct to consumer. Margins are great.  Patents in place, and went to retail.   There are tons of knockoffs, and they’re suing them.   Robert, Mark, and Lori are out.  Kevin is out.   Daymond offers $300,000 for 25%.

Daymond makes the deal $300,000 for 20%

 

Dig World Construction Equipment park-a construction-themed park for families. Seeking $200,000 for 10%. Seller Jacob is the co-founder, give you a chance to run big equipment, like excavators, even kis can do this safely.    Family friendly.    Extreme Sandbox was adult oriented, Dig World is family friendly.   $24.99 entry cost per person. You have to be 32" tall to drive anything.  Drive skid steers, UTVs, and other equipment.   $2.5 million per company to franchise and set it up.  They buy the equipment, and own the land.    2 1/2 years in business.  $1.2 million 2023, $1.5 million 2024.  $100,000 franchise fee.   Exclusive to the local geographic area.   Franchisees raise $2.5 million to $5 million, 22 prospective franchisees, Jacob will receive 7% of sales from the franchises.   Jacob owns the franchise part, and that's the only part he's trying to sell to the Sharks, not the original Dig World.     Daymond is out.  Lori is out.  Kevin is out. Mark is out.   

Robert offers the $200,000, but wants 10% of Dig World and 10% of the franchises. 

Update-Beatbox Beverages , deal with Mark Cuban.  It’s a seltzer beverage.  Made the deal 10 years ago, are up to 250 employees, in 120,000 locations including Walmart.   Sales are over $350 million lifetime sales. They partnered with Shaq too.  

Edited March 15 by CrazyInAlabama

[tired and hungry]

8 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Sales are over $350 million lifetime sales. They partnered with Shaq too.  

I don't understand why these people never mention their actual profits. Nobody cares about lifetime sales! You could be making 5 bajillion dollars in sales but that doesn't mean your profits are the same. It's so shady like why fool the audience with such big numbers?

Edited March 15 by tired and hungry

[SG429]

6 hours ago, tired and hungry said:

I don't understand why these people never mention their actual profits. Nobody cares about lifetime sales!

Likewise, when they report high sales $$, even when it only represents a small number of high-priced units sold.

On-topic, Diggerland USA in New Jersey has been a very popular construction/water park attraction for many years.

[tired and hungry]

For the Domedock, they seemed to be only using those flimsy mesh caps. I wonder if it works on all caps coz there are some caps that are made with very thick sturdy materials.

Appreciate the Dig World guy was all about business even after sharing his story. In this case the story about his son is kinda relevant to his business so makes sense to share it I guess. He shared the story without any tears and just went on with the pitch. I rememeber there was a pitch where the woman straight up started bawling about a death of a family member that happened like more than 5yrs ago and it was so awkward...

[Tango64]

That card game looks like a recipe for starting arguments and ruining relationships. You’re supposed to go to Thanksgiving and ask dad who should bring home the bacon and then ask mom what she doesn’t like about you? Yeah, that will make for a pleasant visit with no lasting repercussions.

If you’re looking to stir things up and create rifts with family and friends, this seems like a great tool. If you’re looking to just play a fun game that gets people interacting, this is going to backfire. 

[DEL901]

2 hours ago, Tango64 said:

That card game looks like a recipe for starting arguments and ruining relationships. You’re supposed to go to Thanksgiving and ask dad who should bring home the bacon and then ask mom what she doesn’t like about you? Yeah, that will make for a pleasant visit with no lasting repercussions.

If you’re looking to stir things up and create rifts with family and friends, this seems like a great tool. If you’re looking to just play a fun game that gets people interacting, this is going to backfire. 

And how do you know who won?  First to get punched or first to make someone cry, perhaps?

[Vanderboom]

23 hours ago, DEL901 said:

And how do you know who won?  First to get punched or first to make someone cry, perhaps?

Think of the marketing!

Do you secretly hate your family? Want out of this friend group? Do you want to spice up your Human Resources department's day? Have we got a game for you!

[Shrek]

If there's one thing I really despised with a vengeance about going to meetings/training courses all my working life it was the "ice breaker", no matter what it was. 

Funny thing is my first wife was a regional HR director & whenever I went to meetings after marrying her the look of disbelief from her HR people in the field running the meetings when they realized I was her husband was a look to behold, they couldn't believe who she had married and as I had been with the company for 20 odd years they all knew me or of me but thought there was no way it was me she had married.

Just to give you an example of how much I despised these meetings/training courses, one day one of my peers was told that there was no such thing as a "bad attitude" & when he argued about it was asked to draw one, he drew a picture of me. 

Edited March 17 by Shrek

[Madding crowd]

There are also a lot of games out there like Cards Against Humanity and other ones that don’t require asking such personal questions. I don’t see any card game selling enough to pay back the sharks. Cards Against Humanity made a lot of money but it was a very new twist on card games and now there are tons of these.

My son would have loved Dig World when he was a kid. He loved going to public works days when he could just sit in trucks, being able to move things would have been heaven. It’s a very expensive idea though and again not likely to make money for a long time . There are also a million different hat storage things out there, this one is not unique.