He Quit Superyachts to Sell Kilns on Shopify

The Unofficial Shopify Podcast · Oct 27, 2026 · 45m

"This is the largest purchase they make after a car and a house."

Matt Davy spent his twenties fixing engines on 450-foot superyachts, earning six figures tax free. He ran a high-ticket dropshipping store from the engine room, picked pottery because his partner is a potter, then switched to selling his own pottery wheels. Kiln Crafts hit its first £1M in about 900 days. The second million took seven months.

Matt explains why his customers want a phone call, how draft orders became his best-converting Klaviyo flow, and what changed the month he moved his business into Claude Cowork.

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