Nashville, Tennessee

Ice cream.
On the water.

DockPops is the ice cream truck for lakes, rivers, and waterways. We pull up to your dock, your sandbar, your boat. Cold treats, warm days, zero drive-thru lines.

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Ice cream boats in TN
3
Major lakes nearby
6mo
Boating season
How It Works

Hear the jingle. Flag us down.

Same magic as the ice cream truck you grew up with. Different surface.

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🎵

Hear the Music

The DockPops boat cruises popular routes on Percy Priest, Old Hickory, and Center Hill. You'll hear us coming before you see us.

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Flag Us Down

Wave from your dock, your boat, or the sandbar. We pull up alongside and open the freezer. No app download required.

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🍦

Grab a Pop

Choose from classic favorites and our own DockPops originals made fresh at our commissary kitchen. Cash, card, or Venmo.

The DockPops Difference

We don't just sell ice cream. We make it.

Most ice cream boats resell the same Blue Bunny and Good Humor you find at any gas station. We're building a commissary kitchen to create our own frozen goods.

  • ✓ Proprietary recipes you can't get anywhere else
  • ✓ Commissary kitchen for production, storage, and quality control
  • ✓ Wholesale distribution to local shops and farmers markets
  • ✓ Year-round revenue from retail, not just summer boat sales

Phase 1: The Boat

Pontoon boat fitted with commercial freezers, cruising Tennessee's busiest lakes with pre-packaged treats and our first original flavors.

Phase 2: The Kitchen

Commissary kitchen producing DockPops-branded frozen goods. Ice cream bars, popsicles, and frozen novelties made with local ingredients.

Phase 3: The Brand

Wholesale to marinas, general stores, and farmers markets across Tennessee. The boat becomes the marketing. The kitchen becomes the business.

The Opportunity

Food trucks own the streets.
Nobody owns the water.

There are zero ice cream boats operating in Tennessee. Every lake community is underserved. The playbook exists on land. We're taking it to the water.

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First Mover

No ice cream boats in Tennessee. Percy Priest Lake alone sees millions of visitors per year with zero floating food vendors.

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Higher Margins

Vertically integrated production means 60-70% margins on our own products vs. 30-40% reselling national brands.

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Captive Audience

People on the water are hot, stuck, and have no other options. Conversion rates are through the roof when there's no competition.

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Inherently Viral

An ice cream boat is content on autopilot. Every customer takes a photo. Every lake day post mentions us. The boat IS the marketing.

Every lake needs an ice cream boat. We're starting with Tennessee.

DockPops is building the playbook for floating food businesses, from permitting to production to the perfect popsicle.

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