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Sports & Recreation Direct to Consumer
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What are the best sports & recreation products?
Here’s your answer below! The top sports & recreation products sold direct to consumer:
Tower Beach Club
www.towerbeachclub.comTower Beach Club is a direct to consumer brand based in Southern California. They eat, drink, and sleep the beach lifestyle and have a vision for the future of beach lifestyle products. Tower Beach Club focuses on the beach lifestyle niche and champion work/life balance with the 5-hour workday they invented. They were funded by billionaire...
Peloton
onepeloton.comPeloton is a direct to consumer brand that has injected new life into the experience of cycling for exercise. In addition to their immensely popular Peloton exercise bikes, the brand also offers a treadmill and a digital studio with over ten thousand boutique fitness classes available. Peloton is as much a media company as it...
Everything But The House
ebth.comEverything But The House brings extreme convenience for buyers and sellers in estate sales online, with a handy direct to consumer estate selling service. The buyer/bidder interface works just like a real auction—a countdown! Similar to the allure of Ebay, the bidding and countdown feature is both an opportunity to find unique items and great...
Fabletics
fabletics.comFabletics is a direct to consumer athletic apparel brand and currently part of the JustFab family of brands. Co-founded by Kate Hudson, this popular brand has millions of social media fans and followers, and has expanded their presence offline with 31 retail locations (and growing). Fabletics is focused on stylish, high-quality athletic apparel and accessories...
Outdoor Voices
OutdoorVoices.comOutdoor Voices is an Austin-based brand with direct to consumer activewear for men and women. This DTC leader sells clothing as “technical apparel for recreation,” with interchangeable layers made for all seasons and activities. Outdoor Voices offers an in-store experience through their own retail stores in Austin and seven other cities (as of our review...
RTIC Coolers
rticcoolers.comRTIC Coolers is a direct to consumer coolers brand with high-performance products at a very low cost, compared to other premium cooler brands with traditional middlemen. On their FAQ page, RTIC has one of our favorite summaries of how they deliver more value through less middlemen: We are a direct to consumer retailer. By cutting...
Aaptiv
https://aaptiv.comAaptiv is a comprehensive workout app that brings professional trainers directly to your earbuds! We absolutely love the workouts we’ve tried on the app. The variety of instructors, session lengths, difficulty, and music style are an incredible value for the money. For a low monthly price that’s less than the cost of one offline training...
Rep Fitness
repfitness.comRep Fitness is a direct to consumer gym equipment brand. Founded by 2 fitness enthusiasts, Rep Fitness enables you to build your own dream home gym, and know that you’re getting the best value for high-quality equipment. This No Middleman favorite delivers value by eliminating the cost and time of heading to a gym, with...
ROKA
roka.comROKA wetsuits are performance-focused direct to consumer athletic wetsuits, and ROKA also offers athletic eyewear. Based in Austin, Texas, the brand’s wetsuits were targeted to triathletes and other athletes looking for the fastest wetsuit available. Their eyewear is similarly focused, but also extends into casual styles like aviators and classics.
Tonal
tonal.comTonal is a direct to consumer fitness system that eliminates the middleman of gyms (and driving to them!) by bringing your gym and your live trainer to you. If you love brands like Peloton and Aaptiv (also No Middleman favorites), you’ll immediately get the value of Tonal’s home gym product and service. The amazing design,...
Store Your Board
www.StoreYourBoard.comStore Your Board is a direct to consumer storage racks and bags brand that sells a wide variety of sporting goods accessories. On their About page, the brand explains the many sports and uses covered by their products: “Be it surf, ski, SUP, bike or other boards and sports equipment, StoreYourBoard has a rack, storage...
Cairn
getcairn.comCairn is a direct to consumer outdoor subscription box that delivers a variety of camping, hiking, and outdoor gear on a monthly or quarterly basis. This No Middleman favorite helps outdoorsy consumers discover new products at a discount from retail prices. As of the day of our review, the monthly box with $50+ of goods...
Power Practical
powerpractical.comPower Practical builds “light, power, and fire gadgets that make life more practical,” as described by the brand’s About page. Their products deliver the impressive combination of value we love most: extremely useful, high quality design, and rock-bottom pricing. Power Practical sells electric lighters, flashlights, led lights and rope lighting, battery packs, and more. They began...
TREW
www.trewgear.comTREW is a direct to consumer outdoor apparel (outerwear) brand headquartered in Portland, Oregon. TREW gear is advanced technical wear that merges technology with style. This forward-thinking brand specializes in direct to consumer ski apparel, snowboard apparel, hiking apparel, and several other recreational accessories. The flagship TREW gear retail store was launched in February 2017. The...
Active Faith Sports
www.activefaithsports.comActive Faith is a direct to consumer premium sports apparel brand with a focus on Christian faith and messages. Their brand aims to help people “not only be active physically, but active in their faith,” according to their About page. They offer a wide range of sports apparel and activewear for men, women, and youth.
XTERRA Triathalon
xterrawetsuits.comXTERRA triathalon wetsuits are made by a direct to consumer wetsuits company based in San Diego. Their premium wetsuits are made for triathlon athletes and performance-focused swimmers. XTERRA’s suits use a limestone-based rubber that lets in less water than traditional petroleum-based wetsuits, helping athletes move faster through the water. The brand also sells paddleboards, regular...
Need Essentials
www.needessentialsusa.comNeedEssentials is a direct to consumer brand offering low profile, high-quality wetsuits, clothing, and activewear for surfers and outdoorsman alike. Their simple, clean aesthetic means they focus more on the quality of materials used in their products rather than trying to sell flashy lesser quality items. NeedEssentials uses little to no branded content or advertising...
Degree 33 Surfboards
degree33surfboards.comDegree 33 Surfboards is a direct to consumer surfboard brand that began in a one-bedroom apartment in 2006, with the simple goal to make some side money selling boards on Craigslist. The brand took off when when they found a real demand for carefully-crafted boards online, and teamed up with a professional surfboard shaper to...
How do we choose the best sports & recreation products?
We find and research the best sports & recreation products from brands that deliver exceptional value by selling their products direct to consumer.
First, we determine the sports & recreation brands that meet our definition of direct to consumer.
Next, we choose the best sports & recreation brands who deliver the most value by delivering (1) the lowest prices to consumers, or (2) premium benefits for standard prices, or (3) both. It’s rare to find sports & recreation products that deliver both the lowest prices and the most benefits, but we do occasionally find them!
If you know of any outstanding sports & recreation brands with products that are sold directly to consumers and delivering low prices, premium benefits, or both, please tell us about them! You can use our Suggest a Brand form here or drop us a quick email at yourfriends@nomiddleman.com.
What are the best types of sports & recreation products?
Here’s the quick answer, below! These types of sports & recreation products are sold by direct to consumer brands featured on our site:
(Note: if no types of sports & recreation products are shown above, and you think it would be helpful if we had some, please email us your product suggestions: yourfriends@nomiddleman.com. We appreciate all suggestions!)
What’s the catch? Do these brands pay to be listed here?
There’s no catch! And there’s no charge to the brands that qualify for our directory of the world’s best direct to consumer products and brands.
The No Middleman Project exists because we want to eliminate the unnecessary middleman, not add another one. That’s why we don’t sell products on our site, and we don’t take any commission or cut of product sales.
Instead, we focus on serving as an information source for consumers: we find the best direct to consumer sports & recreation products and connect you directly with the brand(s). Then we get out of the way!
Our mission and business model are the opposite of today’s dominant online and offline retailers, and the dominant search engines and ad networks who are now positioned as powerful middlemen, taking a cut from product sales (directly or indirectly).
NoMiddleman’s entire purpose is to connect you with the best sports & recreation brands and not impact the cost of the transaction in any significant way. We want to help brands keep their costs low, so they can continue to pass value through to you, in the form of lower prices or higher quality!
What are the best deals on sports & recreation products?
We offer two great ways to find the best deals and discounts on sports & recreation products!
- Search our directory and visit the brands directly to see if they have any promotions or sales on their sports & recreation products.
- Sign up for the No Middleman Direct Deals newsletter, for deals and giveways from the world’s best direct to consumer brands. You’ll be able to discover great brands and amazing deals on several types of products, which could include deals on sports & recreation products.
Not seeing the products or brands you’re looking for?
Don’t give up! There’s a chance it’s in our directory by a different name or search term.
Here’s what to try next:
Shorten your search. In the fewest words possible, name the sports & recreation product or service you’re looking for. Examples: mattresses, wine delivery, men’s socks, women’s belts, paddle boards, electric cars.
Browse by directory. Our directory of subcategories is below, and you can explore by clicking the names of the categories.
Still no luck? Let us know if there’s a brand (or product type) that you’d like to see in our directory! We’re always looking for the best direct to consumer brands and products, so we greatly appreciate your help in finding them! Please use this sports & recreation brand suggestion form.
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