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  "company": "Espolòn Tequila",
  "headline": "Espolòn refunds surge pricing to own Friday nights, cuts competitor friction.",
  "topic": "{Stash Edge — Community Play}",
  "source_name": "Marketing Dive",
  "source_url": "https://www.marketingdive.com/news/espolon-tequila-combats-surge-pricing-with-ride-hailing-refund-program/832452/",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Community Play}\n◆ GOLD · Ride-hailing partnership promo · Espolòn Tequila\n\nEspolòn refunds surge pricing to own Friday nights, cuts competitor friction.\n\ndon't discount your product—remove friction from the buyer's total transaction. Espolòn isn't cutting the price of tequila; it's cutting the hidden cost of getting out on a Saturday night. If you sell a product that's bought for occasions (spirits, activewear, date-night goods, event supplies), identify the friction that surrounds the purchase—parking, delivery fees, service charges, surge pricing—and partner with the platform that collects it. Offer to refund the external cost. It costs less than a product discount and feels more generous. Run the program on your highest-volume nights (Friday–Sunday for beverages; check your own data). Partner directly with one ride-hailing app (Uber or Lyft, not both initially) and distribute the offer via email to past buyers and SMS to opted-in prospects. Use the tagline: 'We cover the surge.' Ship a sample of Espolòn to that app's driver fleet so they become advocates.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/espoln-tequila-2026-10-09t06-3\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/espoln-tequila-2026-10-09t06-3\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/espoln-tequila-2026-10-09t06-3",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Community Play}\n◆ GOLD · Ride-hailing partnership promo · Espolòn Tequila\n\nEspolòn refunds surge pricing to own Friday nights, cuts competitor friction.\n\ndon't discount your product—remove friction from the buyer's total transaction. Espolòn isn't cutting the price of tequila; it's cutting the hidden cost of getting out on a Saturday night. If you sell a product that's bought for occasions (spirits, activewear, date-night goods, event supplies), identify the friction that surrounds the purchase—parking, delivery fees, service charges, surge pricing—and partner with the platform that collects it. Offer to refund the external cost. It costs less than a product discount and feels more generous. Run the program on your highest-volume nights (Friday–Sunday for beverages; check your own data). Partner directly with one ride-hailing app (Uber or Lyft, not both initially) and distribute the offer via email to past buyers and SMS to opted-in prospects. Use the tagline: 'We cover the surge.' Ship a sample of Espolòn to that app's driver fleet so they become advocates.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/espoln-tequila-2026-10-09t06-3\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/espoln-tequila-2026-10-09t06-3\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/espoln-tequila-2026-10-09t06-3",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Community Play}\n◆ GOLD · Ride-hailing partnership promo · Espolòn Tequila\n\nEspolòn refunds surge pricing to own Friday nights, cuts competitor friction.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/espoln-tequila-2026-10-09t06-3",
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      "title": "Espolòn refunds surge pricing to own Friday nights, cuts competitor friction.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nPer Marketing Dive, Espolòn Tequila launched a ride-hailing refund program to offset surge pricing on weekend nights, directly addressing buyer friction in high-friction moments and creating a reason to choose the brand over competitors.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): don't discount your product—remove friction from the buyer's total transaction. Espolòn isn't cutting the price of tequila; it's cutting the hidden cost of getting out on a Saturday night. If you sell a product that's bought for occasions (spirits, activewear, date-night goods, event supplies), identify the friction that surrounds the purchase—parking, delivery fees, service charges, surge pricing—and partner with the platform that collects it. Offer to refund the external cost. It costs less than a product discount and feels more generous. Run the program on your highest-volume nights (Friday–Sunday for beverages; check your own data). Partner directly with one ride-hailing app (Uber or Lyft, not both initially) and distribute the offer via email to past buyers and SMS to opted-in prospects. Use the tagline: 'We cover the surge.' Ship a sample of Espolòn to that app's driver fleet so they become advocates.\nWhat that means for you: don't discount your product—remove friction from the buyer's total transaction. Espolòn isn't cutting the price of tequila; it's cutting the hidden cost of getting out on a Saturday night. If you sell a product that's bought for occasions (spirits, activewear, date-night goods, event supplies), identify the friction that surrounds the purchase—parking, delivery fees, service charges, surge pricing—and partner with the platform that collects it. Offer to refund the external cost. It costs less than a product discount and feels more generous. Run the program on your highest-volume nights (Friday–Sunday for beverages; check your own data). Partner directly with one ride-hailing app (Uber or Lyft, not both initially) and distribute the offer via email to past buyers and SMS to opted-in prospects. Use the tagline: 'We cover the surge.' Ship a sample of Espolòn to that app's driver fleet so they become advocates.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Marketing Dive: https://www.marketingdive.com/news/espolon-tequila-combats-surge-pricing-with-ride-hailing-refund-program/832452/.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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