Your Player's Fundraiser - Our New Sponsor

Julie- I made an account and will market this as much as I can through my friends and baseball acquaintances. Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help out.

~Josh

Josh,

Welcome, that is so cool! I just received an email confirming your signup. Consider yourself our first guinea pig... errr, I mean non-family test pilot for the new venture.

You will receive an email in a little while, giving you some of the info you need to get started.

Thanks,

Julie

this looks to be a great idea. My college player is past the fund raising age but will certainly "pass this site" on to friends and family.

Just signed up also

I'm happy to share the link via my facebook page... do you have a FB page too?

Great idea!!

MN-Mom,

I have signed up and am wanting to use it for our HS Booster club. I will provide feedback and questions as we proceed.

It is kind of funny as we were just talking about this very type of site a couple of days ago!

We wondered why there wasn't a site where people could shop and designate a portion of their purchase to a group they wanted to sponsor.

There are a few regional sites but nothing we could have used......

Thanks everyone! We're excited to see several HS Baseball Web members signed up for fundraisers already!

55mom,

We do not have a Facebook page for Good Sport Gifts yet, but will start one this weekend.

I should also mention that we are still adding inventory to the gift shop. There are over 200 products available now, but we have about 100 more to add.

Julie

Julie-

Great idea! I signed up and will definitely pass it on to both our school and have my son use it to raise money for his travel.


Laura

Will the products being sold on your site expand over time? They are a bit limited for this to be a viable fundraising option long term.

Welcome to the site Coach Bob!

Coach Bob,

Welcome to the HS Baseball Web, and thanks for asking:

Will the products being sold on your site expand over time?

Yes!

We have about 200 products now, and I'm busy uploading almost 100 more products. We will continue to expand our product line, and would appreciate your suggestions.

Initially we focused on two ideas with our product selections:

1. The most frequent fundraising buyers are adult females - moms, grandmas, aunts, neighbors. So we are offering lots of jewelry, fashion accessories, candles, lotions, kitchen and home decor items.

2. The hardest-to-buy-for gift recipients are adult males - dad, father-in-law, teenage nephews. So we included guy gifts like Phiten baseball necklaces, wildlife themed travel mugs / thermoses / watches, some movies and a few gadgets. The "guy gifts" were mostly chosen by my 25-yr-old son and my husband.

But we would love to hear your ideas for items that would sell to YOUR fundraising target market!

Any other members who would like to suggest additional products, please check out the store at:

GoodSportGiftShop.com

Thanks,

Julie

Also, to answer the question a few people have asked me:

Yes, you can simply shop without signing up for a fundraiser. Just type "HS Baseball Web" in a comment on the checkout screen, so we won't wonder whose fundraiser to credit. The fundraising commission on those orders will go toward supporting the HS Baseball Web.

GoodSportGiftShop.com

Thanks!

Julie

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Does this Hello Kitty® Sculpted Treat Plate come in baby blue? If it does I might be tempted to buy a dozen. I love sculpted treats!

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Hi Julie,

Can the fundraiser be done as a team rather than as an individual?

Thanks

Good luck with this Julie, it seems like a great idea.

Note to fellow posters, given the benefit this Forum provides to the entire country of US High Schoolers and the fact that the host family still has to go into their own pocket to fund it:

CAN WE ALL AGREE TO REMIND ANY COMMERCIAL POSTER THAT A MINIMUM DONATION OF PERHAPS $25 FOR THEIR POST WOULD NOT BE ASKING TOO MUCH?????? And if they don't donate their post should be removed. Too radical? Perhaps, but the risk of someday this site disappearing because it can't sustain itself would leave a black hole.

And to know that they did donate perhaps some type of indication by them of their donation is in order?

I'm thinking of those Bat company posts, clinic posts, travel team players wanted posts maybe. They would have to pay far more for the targeted advertising that this site provides.

Just sayin ......

BaseballMom10,

Yes, the fundraiser can definitely be done as a team.

We focused first on the option for the individual player because we received questions from parents and players like "How can I raise money to cover the cost of going to a showcase?". There are some fundraising options for teams already, but we couldn't find many for just one player.

But teams can definitely sign up, and we will provide info and resources for them to publicize their fundraiser on their website, Facebook, Twitter and emails.

More info:
http://www.goodsportgifts.com/

Thanks!

Julie

Hi Julie-- it is interesting to read about the need for funds to run the site as I have a company that manufactures baseballs,bats and gloves and twice I contacted you about advertising and never even got a response back.

Scissorbill,

I'm sorry, I just noticed your post now. I apologize if your inquiry did not come thru - I certainly would be happy to speak with you about advertising. Can you please send me a PM with your company info?

Thanks,

Julie