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You are getting this because at some point you signed up on SneakerHistory.com, or SoleCollector.org, or becausesneakers, or you made an account in The Archive.
For some of you that was a long time ago. A few of you got a welcome email when you signed up, and most of you have not heard from me since, if at all.
That is on me, and it is the first thing I am fixing. And I want to introduce what I am building here.
What This Actually Is
Four sites, one obsession.
Sneaker History for the stories behind the shoes. SoleCollector.org for the eras worth remembering. becausesneakers for what is dropping and what it costs. The Sneaker Newsletter for the business side, which is the part I have worked in for over two decades.
They have always been four separate things that pointed out at you and never pointed back. There was no room where the people reading them could talk to each other.
The Community Is Open
What I am building here is part early 2000s sneaker forum, part 2026 sneaker Discord. The threads that stayed up for years, and the chats that move all day, in one place that neither one of those ever managed to be.
Twelve channels, one room, all four sites in it.
Introductions if you want to say hi. WDYWT for whatever is on your feet, beaters included. New Pickups for anything you just got, retail or thrift or a box you forgot you owned. Nostalgia and Sole Collector for the eras and the magazine. Buy/Sell/Trade, because people kept asking for it.
It is free, there is no algorithm deciding who sees what, and nobody is going to sell it out from under us. Follow who you want, and everything shows up in order.
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If You Would Rather Not Hear From Me
That is completely fine, and I mean it.
The unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. One click and you are done, no hard feelings and no winback sequence chasing you around. I would rather have two hundred people who actually want this than two thousand who tolerate it.
Or if you only want part of this, pick what lands in your inbox. One site, all of them, or just Today in Sneaker History. Tick what you want and that is all you will get.
For everyone still here, the next one is a real issue, and it will show up on something closer to a schedule than the last few years managed.
I can't do this without you. If you want to see something, hit reply and let me know. Day Ones features are in the works and in your inbox soon. Hopefully it inspires some conversation.
Tell someone you like their kicks today. You never know how far a compliment will take you. And we all know how good it feels to be on the receiving end of some appreciation.
One pair at a time.
-Nick
