SAMPLEKICKZ is all about sneakers, to be more precised, RARE SNEAKERS! So
if you want something that you dont see in the everyday sneaker store or
if you want to get something that wont be clashing with anyonelse down the
mall, then Samplekickz is the right place for you.

But of course, we do carry some general stuffs too. As our slogan states:
“You want it, We will find it”.

We are based in Hong Kong, which is one of the fastest growing market for
sneakers in the past few years, so you can be sure that we get the best
and most uptodate stocks.

And lastly, since march 2006, apart from the online store
www.samplekickz.com , we also opened an actual shop (MR..SK) in Hong Kong,
so if you are ever in town, do try to find time to pay us a visit, you
will see alot of rare stuffs in store as well. Our address is Shop 232
Floor 2/F, Winning Commerical Building 46-48 Hillwood Road, Kowloon, Hong
Kong.

Hi, I am the owner of the site. The site was started as a front door to my on-line store. I have been selling on ebay for a long time and finally decided to also have my own site.

Once the on-line store was established, then feedback from customers suggested that i add a site that offered the latest information on Jordan and Nike shoes. I also am an avid Jordan and Air Force One sneakerhead. Here you will find some of the latest information of Jordan, Air Force One, Dunk, and SB shoes. It offers killer wallpapers of upcoming releases and also has a nice section with sexy girls flaunting Jordans and other Nike shoes. Offers great information on release dates, etc…
Thx Waldo for your review

Damn nice to see stores like this. HolyZapatos could run under the title “sneaker craft store”. Lots of customs and some streetart over there.

Chicago’s finest customs with lots of content above and beyon the cookie cutter custom sites. Fall clearance sale is now on with tons of SB’s and other goodies in the store and links to the HolyZapatos! eBay store.

Also check out holyzapatos.blogspot.com for all kinds of Chicago sneaker and art news.
(Thx for your review Michael)

I ordered a pair of sneakers from this website, and I have 2 admit that I was astonished how well they run their business.

Their sneakers are awesome, and they sell 4 pretty reasonable prices. In addition, unlike these other illigitemit websites, they actually give u contact info other than an email adress. They give u a location address, and a phone number THAT ACTUALLY WORKS !
(Thx for your review Timothy)

Comment from us:
Even though one doesnt get the feeling for sneaker culture in their shop it looks like a very well run sneaker shop who even provides live chats and has a sneakerology with background information about shoes and sneakers.

We are two friends who run the site. We started up in April 2003. We started this to sell the sneakers we like for ourselves.

We have both been playing basket ball for about 10 years and have always been into sneakers. We have a store in Denmark, but quickly learned that we had to deliver world-wide if we wanted to sell more limited stuff. Our site is a bit different from others because we take all the pictures ourselves and spent lots of time on perfecting them. We also have measurement charts for each models as the sizes in the sneaker world are a mess. If you go to the site you will find limited editions and good old classics.
(thx for the review Daniel)

Comment from us:
Nice to see that you guys have a lot of smaller brands besides Nike such as Umbro, Fred Perry, Le Coq Sportif, Paul Smith and so on.

Freshsoles.com is a store/site located in Lulea, Sweden. Our site carries adidas, Addict,Keep diggin, Mixwell, Milkcrate athletics, Nike, New Balance, Puma, Reebok, and more.

The store opened on the 23 February 2006 and we started the site one month after we opened the store. The reason we started the store/site is we’re sneaker lovers/addicts and want to keep the sneaker loving to grov.
(thx for the review Lars)

Go onto Google and type Nike Air Force One, Basketball Shoes, Nike Shoes, Jordan Shoes, Shoe Magazine, or Air Max 95 and you’ll see that Instyleshoes.com is always ranked #1 or #2. Coincidence? I think not. Instyleshoes.com has been the force behind the shoe community since its inception and that title isn’t going anywhere for a long time to come thanks to Tammy, Jackie, and Larry who now run the business.

Very few people are still around in the shoe world remember this but Mullholand.com/nike/ was where Instyleshoes.com was born. If you go to archive.org you’ll see some interesting pics and prices from back in the day! Steve Mullholand started Instyleshoes in 1999 and his goal was to create a high-end sneaker site, one with excellent pictures and professional customers service. Back then there were just a few sites and none of them were professional so it was a big deal. I can remember an article written about Steve and he said he just sold a technology company and put the money into shoes. He bought two pairs of shoes to start off with and had 1,000s within a year. And to bring it way back, do you remember when Steve had a secret webpage called “area 53″? And it had Gray XIs for $99!

Instyleshoes.com took a hard stance on fake shoes early on as well. To this day Instyleshoes.com is known for selling only authentic shoes and taking on fake shoe companies constantly. I think this is one of the claims to fame for Instyleshoes.com and you can trust that you will get your shoes 100% of the time. Many of the other sites today don’t take customer service serious and you never know if you’ll get your refund or price adjustment. Of the 28 pairs of shoes I’ve bought from instyleshos.com they have all been perfect with the exception of one FedEx problem and they fixed that for me for free!

Starting in 2002 Steve and his girlfriend Nicole traveled around the world seeking the rarest shoes they could find. They have been to 4 contents and 30 countries and have found some of the most amazing examples of old school sneakers.

In 2002 Instyleshoes.com started a forum called ISS Forums which developed into a cult following. People from all over the world came to the forums to talk about shoes and buy / and sell them. To this day I’m impressed that Steve had the insight to create a market place on his forum as it is in direct competition with his site. Shows that he is in it for the community and not just for the money. Back there was only one popular site, NikeTalk, and nobody thought ISS had a chance. But Steve came out of the gate with free picture hosting, much better forum software, release dates calendar, and a feedback system. Not to mention the best moderating team this side of HK. And when people saw how successful the Instyleshoes.com forum became they all followed and tried to do their thing. None have lived up to ISS’s standard which has 41,000+ members as of 8/06.

In 2003 I remember seeing a post about a magazine and I thought here we go! If Instyleshoes.com is behind it then it will be hot. I bought the issue and for the first time ever I could actually read a shoe magazine! (all the others were in Japanese!). And of course Sole Collector has become extremely successful and is actually better than the Japanese magazines that spawned it.

A lot of great things about Instyleshoes.com but there is one area that they did have problems with. When Steve created the magazine I could see that he traveled less for shoes and grew his consignment area more. In fact, Instyleshoes.com was the first online store to take consignment sales seriously and it blew up. But a long post was created about some people getting paid late, really late, and I was one of them. Tons of people replied to the post weren’t involved in it and the forum that hosted it just wanted to see negative things happen to Steve. Well Steve came in and corrected all of the problems and to this day it is one of the most popular areas of the site. I’ve sold 50+ pairs in just the last month and have been paid on time each and every time. I guess all businesses go through growing pains but it is how you deal with the problem that marks your place in history.

So this single directory Mullholand.com/nike/ grew into a multi-national company that sells high-end shoes, is a high-trafficked site, and created a high-end magazine. Entrepreneurship at its finest.
(thx for the review Lisa)

Kix-Files online shop was established May 2005 and had since been updated twice to its current version.

All of our items are supplied by authorized dealers of respective brands in Hong Kong and Japan and are 100% authentic guaranteed. A large part of our inventory is dedicated to Nike footwear but we have expanded our selections to include toys and clothing as well.

We would like your input on other brands and items you would like us to include. All suggestions are welcome.
(thx for your review Mike)

Kickback is a sneaker store in Berlin, Germany. They have been up and running since 2005 and are located in the eastern part of Berlin, more precisely in the up and coming neighborhood of Friedrichshain.

Nike, New Balance, Asics, Onitsuka Tiger and Creative Recreation are some of the sneaker brands they carry plus they also have a nice selection of apparel from Mishka, 10Deep, WoodWood, Ontour, Staple Design and others on display.
Definitley drop by when you are in Berlin to shop or just chill and check out the fly store layout!
(thx Dolores for this review)

Sole Provider located in Sydney offers a range of sneakers from Nike, Adidas, and New Balance, including Air Max, Jordans, Dunks, SBs & plenty more.

Some words from the Sole Provider Crew:
My partner and I have been running Sole-Provider for about 3 years now. We started our business as we saw a real hole in the market in Australia as far as online sneaker stores go. Shipping to Australia is expensive, and local stores aren’t offered the range from the brands that larger countries get, so what we’ve tried to do is source sneakers heads in Australia are after from overseas and make them available locally. We’re still really the only site of our kind in Australia.

Isabella has sent us her review of Sole Provider:
Sole Provider stocks the best range of nike as their comprehensive range has styles from retro to contemporary. Sole Provider are fast delivers, good communicators and friendly people. Sole Provider: “Hows the weather up their Isabella?” Isabella: Very fair just like your prices