Basketball Trophies - Discounts and Fund Raising Tips

Purchasing Basketball Trophies In Bulk Can Yield Significant Discounts
Most trophy shops offer bulk discounts when purchasing awards. The discount scale ranges depending on the number of trophies ordered. Purchasing a single trophy or up to 9 trophies will generally not earn you a discount. On the other hand, purchasing 10 to 14 trophies can yield you a discount of up to 10% off your purchase. 15 or more basketball trophies can yield you a discount of up to 15% off.

The discount scale is used to encourage bulk purchase and eliminate the need for trophy shops to maintain an inventory. If you are ordering quantities larger than 20 trophies don't be shy and ask for larger discounts.

Offer Assistance With the Assembly Of Your Basketball Trophies
Whether you are ordering plastic trophies or resin trophies, your trophy will undoubtedly come with a personalized name plate. Offer to place the name plates on yourself in exchange for a discount. The task of placing the name plates can then be transferred to a team mom or coach. Most awards shops will agree to this with league order, but may not agree for purchase of smaller orders.

Likewise, offer to design the plaques for your coaching team and this should eliminate the artwork fees. Artwork should be done in vector format to allow for scaling of the image.

Fund Raising Through Affiliate Programs
Approach an awards shop and inquire about an affiliate program. If they do not have one, propose one. Affiliate programs work best when the purchase of trophies are paid for by anyone other than the league. Usually this will be a sponsor, multiple sponsors or the parents of the players. A successful affiliate program will also have a win-win feature where the trophies are offered at a discounted rate and a percentage the sales are donated to the league. This can result in thousands of dollars coming back into league.

Sponsors Programs
First and foremost, sit down and draft up a sponsorship plan. Your plan should contain various sponsorship levels. The higher the amount one donates the higher their return should be. Offer your sponsors a recognition plaques, a basketball trophy, name recognition on your league's website, a back link from your website to theirs, banners posted at games, etc. With increased sponsorship donations you can now purchase basketball trophies without imposing on the parents and still receive a percentage of the sales.

You are now armed with the tools to implement a successful sponsorship program, fund raising program and a fiscally beneficial affiliate program while getting the best bang for your buck.