Shoezeum On Owning $1 Million Worth of Kicks

www.vladtv.com - When it comes to sneakers as a business, Jordy of Shoezeum is no stranger. Growing up in the era of Michael Jordan, Jordy discussed with us the development of his own shoe selling business along with the creation of his Shoezeum. Making the swap meet his friend, Jorday managed to strike gold through his love for kicks as being a culture and a business. Ultimately reaching around 15k pairs of shoes at his peak, Jordy estimated that at one point he sat on roughly $1M worth of shoes.
As a result of making large amounts of money through the reselling of Nike's products, Jordy was officially banned by the brand in 2009. Shutting down the business in 2010, Jordy decided to go another route by building his very own shoe museum to capture the history of Nike.
Sending letters to Nike about his project, Jordy was able to actually meet some of the Nike brand execs such as Mark Parker and Tinker Hatfield, just to name a couple.
Check out the exchange in our video above and let us know if you think it was right for Nike to ban Jordy in our comments section below.

[@ListenJus]

He's a true hustler, in every sense of the word...

[@ryanparks.poundsdollarseur8261]

He is a professional sneakerhead, his knowledge of nike is immense its a shame nike dont asign him to open an actual museum and display all the shoes in glass cabinets

[@kushdaddy144]

He's the reason why sneakers are marked up so high. Fucking reseller

[@Kncld]

kushdaddy144 what do you mean he is? you mean the idiots who pay more than what the damn shoe is worth are the reason why.

[@lynorichyy7305]

Ryan Parks. POUNDSDOLLARSEUROS Def a Curator

[@trenitty81]

kushdaddy144 exactly my thoughts

[@larry89]

Buy low, sell high... Business 101 y'all.

[@Iamdharris12]

yep I bought some ovo 10s and made a shit ton of retail

[@Iamdharris12]

+D Harris resale

[@psinformer1]

It's weird to me how all of these people that have hundreds of sneakers, didn't get many as a kid

[@LastBEARSFAN54]

Great interview, as a "sneakerhead" myself, I could listen to him talk for hours. - SALUTE

[@jmejnovotney8942]

Worrrd I was thinking the same exact thing

[@TylerSane5]

It's funny how Nike uses kids to make there shoes but they can't let someone out sell them in shoes!.

[@kamala80]

Great interview! I hope there are more interviews with Jordy.

[@chronicstamped]

this dude is the definition of the word hustle

[@raypeterson3021]

This guy has the most amazing sneakers story ever created and I give him the ultimate props after hearing this I am proud of this guy and I won't forget him for his methods of hustling to the top and that moment with Tinker Hatfield had to be priceless in his mind he can die a happy man someday and go to sneaker heaven God bless dude

[@KMILL210]

Best video I've seen on Sneakerwatch. Well done.

[@RobbieRegal]

This Is in need of a movie !!!! Please make this a dope hip movie!!!! Hollywood should do it

[@Keo0oo]

Amazing, the least most viewed recent video on vlad's channel, probably the most beneficial. Good job Jordy, I hope you prosper friend.

[@justinchakeres9024]

What are the rules for shopping at nike

[@jmike2039]

Don't outsmart Nike I suppose. It seems odd for a company in a capitalist society to tell consumers they can't do what resellers will do for any product past present or future

[@scottsmit1115]

great story!!!

[@2KStoner]

Wow that was a great story

[@SILMANTV]

So they banned him for buying too much of their product? Ehh.. Where's the rest

[@999across]

The obvious & better question is when does collecting becoming hoarding. I usually don't collect sneakers unless they're made in the UK/US or countries where workers rights w/ unions who represent their workers i.e. Japan. And while my collection might not be extensive I feel good knowing my clothes & kicks were not made in a sweatshop where kids & adults are forced to work crazy hours w/o bathroom breaks or even a living wage. The fact the people buy into the hype of Nike & others retailers w/ unreasonable prices & total disregard for their workers is unconscionable & it only proves people are easily manipulated by the media & social hype alike. Support local economies & Unionized Workers.

[@azaelwright5108]

I'll buy you shoes to we all got to start somewhere

[@Lbelm77]

Meanwhile in Africa...

[@psinformer1]

So he took down the shoezeum?

[@autopilot7353]

Lol did he have any adidas at all

[@jamesharden2308]

Great story

[@cheymilion3168]

i couldve gotten the greatest nikes for him, i wouldve loved too.

[@yungcee321]

Get them for me?

[@immasoxfanbaby]

nice story

[@cainhalo1469]

This guy is smart

[@lemonboat4417]

Mister egg head has lost some weight

[@nxtra]

Amazing!

[@thisguyiscrazy4419]

cool story

[@DuneSpice]

Great, video! Wow!

[@SS-sw8de]

This dude is dope!!!

[@pimpinnevaslipin]

*Can't knock the hustle*

[@Anaheimfunk]

Insane!!!!

[@droidnutt1130]

I like bananas!

[@JaySavageTV]

Interesting interview... keep up the diversity Vlad.

[@kevinx9225]

So the greedy land lord loses in the end. Who knows, had they been able to keep that location over time, look how big it could have become. They land lord gets and extra one or two thousand in the short term for being a dick.

[@SawzyRS]

20 minutes of my life im never getting back

[@bradr3541]

The only thing interesting about this guy is he had all these sneakers. Yet instead of showing sneakers we have to listen to him babble for 20 minutes? You aren't famous for your stories bro.

[@georgejurgens1515]

You should get you're head out of you're ass and take notes from this dude Bitch