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Athletes Market to Their Fans

Athletes are your channel.
35.4%
of personal referrals convert

Word of mouth is the most valuable marketing there is. Athletes share products with their friends and followers, earning commissions on every conversion. Authentic recommendations from trusted voices drive real results.

Word of mouth, at scale

The most valuable marketing there is

This is not a content play. It is one human reaching out to another they know and saying: this is a great product, and you can help me by trying it. Our athletes can reach 1.7B+ people, one relationship at a time, in texts, DMs, and stories.

Not your typical influencers

These are not influencers who have worked with 200 brands and sent 100 affiliate links to every friend. They are new voices with unique experiences and world views, and the people closest to them have likely never seen an affiliate link from them before.

The commission does the motivating

Commissions are sized so athletes have a real reason to push your offer, and athletes are paid the moment a sale verifies. The customers they refer hold their value: fintech partners measure us on funded accounts and new transacting users, and peer to peer is how they hit them.

This is an ambassador deal. An athlete shares this offer with their people and earns on every order.

How it works

1

Athletes opt into your campaign

Our app is verified student athletes on every campus across the United States. The ones who fit your brand raise their hand to share it.

2

They share their own link

Each athlete gets a unique sub-ID link to share with followers, family, and friends. Every sale is attributed.

3

You pay on verified sales

Commission on tracked conversions only, and the athlete is paid the moment the sale verifies. Nothing upfront, no retainers.

You pay on verified sales. Nothing upfront.

  • Word of mouth is the most expensive, most enviable, hardest to obtain marketing there is. This is how you buy it on performance.
  • Peer recommendations are 100% ad-blocker immune and retain 10.8× better than Meta ads.
  • Athletes are paid instantly when a sale lands, so the motivation never cools off.
  • No retainers. Pause anytime.
1.7B+
combined follower reach
63.8%
funding rate for a digital banking partner
31.6%
of referred sign-ups went on to make a verified purchase
100%
ad-blocker immune

This is your solution if…

  • You sell to a broad consumer audience, not just students
  • You are ready to invest in valuable, scalable word of mouth
  • You want reach ads cannot buy: trusted, personal, ad-block-proof

Not your solution?

If you cannot pay a commission on sales because you have no e-commerce or a long sales cycle, get reviews or run a white glove content campaign instead.

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Sound like your solution?

Fifteen minutes. We will tell you honestly whether this model fits your brand.