About Us

Since 1997, McDart has stood for  a wide selection  at  low prices  in the darts sector.

Competence and reliability

Since its founding in 1997 by Ralf Rademacher, initially as "Profi-Dart Service" and later as "Darts-Discounter", the company has focused on offering up-to  -date  and  affordable  darts products.

Our biggest priority in the "Internet age" is to deliver to customers as quickly as possible.

In recent years, we have succeeded in having over 95% of orders delivered the next day by our partner DHL, for which we received payment by 3 pm.

We constantly offer  our own in-house developed innovations  and  the latest products  from major manufacturers on the market, such as Unicorn, Bulls, Target, Winmau and others!

A brief look at the history and milestones of McDart GmbH and its predecessors.

In 1994,  Ralf Rademacher started working as a sports consultant at the company Lütticke Automaten and came into contact with the sport of DARTS for the first time.

In 1995  , the first darts show with darts legend Eric Bristow was organized at the American Dart in Benolpe.

1996  First business registration for the sale of sporting goods and trophies

1998  First major darts shows with Eric Bristow and Jamey Harvey in Benolpe, Ahrweiler and Solingen

1999  First sales stand on the “Lions Tour”

2000  First sales stand at the German Championship at the Löwen tournament darts in Bingen

2000  The name  McDart  was born

2001  The first online shop was developed and launched.

In 2004  , a second, revised shop went online.

In 2004,  German sports television broadcast the Darts World Championship live for the first time, thus bringing the sport of darts closer to a large audience.

In 2005,  the first 7-second advertisements featuring the McDart logo were broadcast on DSF.   

In 2006,  McDart organized the first steel darts shows with Wayne Mardle in Rodgau, Essen, Benolpe, Troisdorf, Bonn and Hagen.

In 2006,  McDart cooperated with NFX Media in the creation of the third edition of the online shop.

In 2006,  after hiring two temporary workers, the first permanent employee was hired.

In 2006,  McDart organized the biggest steel darts tournament to date in Munich, featuring top stars Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, and Adrian Lewis, as well as 125 top German players. "Meet The Power" was born, and this was arguably the catalyst for darts in Germany.

In 2007,  McDart organized "Road to Purfleet" in Geiselwind. This event was the first to award a qualifying spot for the World Championship in England.

In 2011,  darts professional and Sport1 commentator Roland Scholten signed a cooperation and sponsorship agreement with McDart.

2011  A second permanent employee is hired.

In 2012,  McDart organized several shows with Raymond van Barneveld, Roland Scholten, and Colin Lloyd.

In 2013,  top German players Max Hopp, Tomas Seyler and Dragutin Horvat signed a cooperation agreement with McDart.

In 2013,  the shop in its current form was created and went online. McDart now employs 3 permanent staff and 4 part-time workers.

2014 The search for a larger shipping warehouse enters its next phase. In May, we move into a new space of 850m².

In 2014, McDart and Sport1 agreed on a partnership to launch a joint Sport1 online darts shop. 

In 2015, the next major update for the McDart online shop was planned to make shipping more efficient. McDart now employs 4 full-time staff and 4 part-time workers.

In 2016, initial ideas were discussed regarding the construction of a new, in-house shipping warehouse with an office building. Later that year, the search for a suitable building site began.

In 2016, McDart organized 21 dart shows throughout Germany, with Phil Taylor always present as he wound down his career.

In 2017, we organized the first Cologne Darts Gala at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. The lineup included Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen, Dartyl Gurney, Simon Whitlock, Bob Anderson, and Wayne Mardle. The 8,500 available tickets sold out quickly. Peter Wright hit a nine-dart finish on stage, and Michael van Gerwen won the tournament and a new Nissan Micra.

2017 The plans for the new building take shape. In cooperation with the local community, the perfect building site is found.

In 2018, the second Cologne Darts Gala took place, this time setting a world record for a darts show with 14,900 spectators. Players Phil Taylor, Raymond an Barneveld, Rob Cross, Stephen Bunting, Daryll Fitton, and Tony O'Shea were driven to the stage in golf carts. The players were thrilled by the atmosphere, and it was an unforgettable evening in front of the record-breaking crowd. 

In May 2018, the groundbreaking ceremony for the new building took place.

In early December 2018, our new location will be officially opened. The new shipping warehouse with an attached office building will be constructed on a 10,000 m² plot of land, covering 2,500 m². At that time, McDart will offer secure jobs to 7 permanent employees and 4 temporary workers.

In 2019,  after a short settling-in period in the new premises, we managed to ship up to 3000 orders per day during the Darts World Championship.

2020: After a fantastic start to the year with record numbers, Covid paralyzed society from March onwards, and thus us as well. All events were cancelled, and we began to wonder what the future would hold. But during the lockdown, Germany seemed to have discovered darts.

In 2021, the demand for darts equipment exploded, despite or perhaps because of the pandemic, and we now employ 13 permanent staff and 6 temporary workers. Due to global supply chain issues, we are relocating the production of our own products from Asia to Germany and neighboring countries. 

In 2022, we opened our first brick-and-mortar darts shop. The pop-up store, a collaboration with Dartershop Dillenburg, was located in the City Galerie shopping center in Siegen and covered 270 square meters. It was open from December 1st, 2022 to January 15th, 2023.

In 2023 we will relaunch our online shop with a major update and focus on future-proof technologies. 

In 2023, on behalf of TUI Cruises, we organized the first TUI Darts Cruise from Bremerhaven to England and back in cooperation with Pütz Automaten. Phil Taylor, Roland Scholten, Florian Hempel, Max Hopp, and Gordon Shumway were on board, along with a mobile darts shop at sea. Darts shows, tournaments, and workshops were offered on board.

In 2023 , we will once again open a pop-up store in the City Galerie Siegen. This will again be in cooperation with Dartershop Dillenburg. The shop will be open from December 1st, 2023 until the end of February.