# How Giving Away Free Knowledge Built a Multimillion-Dollar Car Parts Business

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Podcast: [Shopify Masters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/shopify-masters-925543)
Published: 2026-06-09T04:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Sean Reyes noticed that every shock absorber looks identical from the outside—and none of the automotive brands detail what’s actually inside. So he built ShockSurplus, an education-first automotive parts company that turned that information gap into a bootstrapped, eight-figure business.

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