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  "slug": "mountain-dew-2026-08-03t09-1",
  "company": "Mountain Dew",
  "headline": "Selling 5-cent commemorative cans tied to brand history and scarcity.",
  "topic": "{Stash Edge — Scarcity & Drops}",
  "source_name": "PepsiCo",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Scarcity & Drops}\n◆ DIAMOND · Limited-edition bundle drop tied to heritage milestone · Mountain Dew\n\nSelling 5-cent commemorative cans tied to brand history and scarcity.\n\nThe steal is pricing below the cost of distribution. When you price a limited drop at near-zero or symbolic value, the scarcity becomes the story. The buyer feels they stole it, not that you sold it. Run this with your own heritage moment: find a founding date, a milestone year, or an anniversary, then price a small batch at a symbolic price tied to that year (e.g., $1995 for a 1995 launch). The price is the narrative. Media picks it up because the number tells the story for you.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/mountain-dew-2026-08-03t09-1\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/mountain-dew-2026-08-03t09-1\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/mountain-dew-2026-08-03t09-1",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Scarcity & Drops}\n◆ DIAMOND · Limited-edition bundle drop tied to heritage milestone · Mountain Dew\n\nSelling 5-cent commemorative cans tied to brand history and scarcity.\n\nThe steal is pricing below the cost of distribution. When you price a limited drop at near-zero or symbolic value, the scarcity becomes the story. The buyer feels they stole it, not that you sold it. Run this with your own heritage moment: find a founding date, a milestone year, or an anniversary, then price a small batch at a symbolic price tied to that year (e.g., $1995 for a 1995 launch). The price is the narrative. Media picks it up because the number tells the story for you.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/mountain-dew-2026-08-03t09-1\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/mountain-dew-2026-08-03t09-1\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/mountain-dew-2026-08-03t09-1",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Scarcity & Drops}\n◆ DIAMOND · Limited-edition bundle drop tied to heritage milestone · Mountain Dew\n\nSelling 5-cent commemorative cans tied to brand history and scarcity.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/mountain-dew-2026-08-03t09-1",
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      "label": "Substack · Fending",
      "title": "Selling 5-cent commemorative cans tied to brand history and scarcity.",
      "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 👇\nMountain Dew marked nearly 80 years by selling limited-edition commemorative can bundles for five cents, per PepsiCo's announcement—a price point that anchors urgency and heritage.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): The steal is pricing below the cost of distribution. When you price a limited drop at near-zero or symbolic value, the scarcity becomes the story. The buyer feels they stole it, not that you sold it. Run this with your own heritage moment: find a founding date, a milestone year, or an anniversary, then price a small batch at a symbolic price tied to that year (e.g., $1995 for a 1995 launch). The price is the narrative. Media picks it up because the number tells the story for you.\nWhat that means for you: The steal is pricing below the cost of distribution. When you price a limited drop at near-zero or symbolic value, the scarcity becomes the story. The buyer feels they stole it, not that you sold it. Run this with your own heritage moment: find a founding date, a milestone year, or an anniversary, then price a small batch at a symbolic price tied to that year (e.g., $1995 for a 1995 launch). The price is the narrative. Media picks it up because the number tells the story for you.\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 — PepsiCo: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi6AFBVV95cUxPVHlvbTNXbUdrb1BXVWt2Y0pLSkQ0MEFlVVctT0F3aVVQcjVtdkhrZ3pJaUN3VW1mczJCYUtyckgtYWcwa2J6QjR2MFRKVkk2U3RtRWZvUlBzbEoySXRKYUFjcFNvbWd1Ukl3ZmdPQXpQYlJPenBteUg5VWV2VzVBS2I2OHBwRUp6RkJQWUVPdTlwQlcwWXVuZzlaNTlhOVhCNHEyc1FnbFlXZnE0YjhTUTZOTnJwSHdxM0U5WkRMTUR4SnZFLVNjaDhpLS1OVXNBTEt5MWx4R2pjX0p2c1JjdFlUdGVmRWxW?oc=5.)\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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