The challenge
Barefoot shoes are a small niche in Malaysia. Most brands ship from overseas, so the price on a brand’s website is not what a Malaysian buyer pays once shipping and duties land. Local reviews are thin, and the honest question, “will this fit my feet and what will it really cost me?”, has no good answer in one place.
What we built
bearfoot.my is an affiliate guide with one rule, taken from its tagline: no fluff, just feet.
- A catalogue on real prices. 126 shoes across 5 categories, synced from the affiliate partner’s store every morning. Each price is converted from the partner’s US dollar price and shows the date it was last checked.
- Nine brands compared. Saguaro, Vivobarefoot, Xero Shoes, Atlas Originals, LONO, Merrell, Freet, Whitin and WIP Shoes, side by side.
- An import cost calculator. Works out the real cost of buying from an overseas brand, with SST and customs processing fees, so a buyer can compare it with a locally stocked pair.
- 36 buying guides. Flat feet, sizing, road versus trail and transition advice, written for Malaysian buyers. New articles come from an n8n pipeline that checks for duplicate topics, builds, deploys, and stays editable in Sveltia CMS.
How it earns
The site earns through the affiliate partner, with a reader discount code in the top bar. Every shoe page links out to the partner’s store, and each outbound click is tracked as an affiliate click in GTM.
The site is live at bearfoot.my.