Local team sponsorship

[dimspace]

Originally Posted by Gee333

My buddy had the idea of funding his race car by selling small blocks on his car to people on a 'net forum for $50-100 each. In return they'd get there name written on the car in one of the blocks. Of course, the more prominent or larger blocks would cost a bit more.

Maybe you can do a similar thing and have everyone's name that "sponsored" your team on the jersey along with your normal sponsors.

I think the general idea and jersey would create buzz in the media, at races and on the 'net. Then people like me could feel like they are a part of something that we couldn't normally be a part of.

Just a thought...

Good luck!

thats along the lines im thinking...

tell ya, if the missus bought me a share in sponsorship of a cylcing team, even if it was tiny, for christmas id be well chuffed..

i think one thing thats critical is a good working website, with the riders on it, races you plan attending, results etc.. sponsors like an online presence, and it does help build support.. even people outside of the US can keep an eye on the project then and see results etc..

wonder if cycling news would stump up a couple of quid...

do you have a doping policy btw?

[Big_Blue_Dave]

Originally Posted by dimspace

100 shares, 50$ a pop, get the press interested, they like interesting weird stories, yes, i know we hate twitter, but things spread there like wildfire.. 100 people in the world with £30.. cant be that hard... dont know how youd organise how they would receive sponsorship though.. ive always fancied having a bike team.. youd need agood website so that sponsors could follow results etc though.. give previews of races, regular blog..
www.ownabiketeam.com is available.. lol
its actually similar to the model that rapha condor use.. main sponsors and then part public owned..

but doesnt cost anything just to put the whole team sponsorship up for £5k.. if nobody buys it youve lost nothing..

a team website, with the front page headlined "own a part of your own bike team"... sponsor the team etc.. details of the team, inviting sponsors at $50 a pop, or for say $100 they also get a team shirt... would need a lot of organising though...

This actually happened over here with a football/soccer team that was bought by numerous people for something like £35 per share. I think they bought a non-league team called Ebbsfleet United and then raised another £20,000 to buy a striker. People then voted on all matters of the club and had to renew each year. I am not sure exactly how the uptake of renewals went but I can imagine it was pretty good considering the price. They play in the Blue Square Premier League and won the FA Trophy last year.

All I am saying is it could work for you too.

[excelerator]

Just fyi, we have been operating since 2007. Our website is www.teamexcelerator.com. I built it using a free html editor. For 2010 we actually have a real website guy running our site for us so it won't be so basic.

Thanks for all the great input. I'm going to chew on this "pixels for sale" type idea with the my managing partner with the team.