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[Beachcricket]

Paul it's nothing to do with age, people should provide a well constructed letter with P's and Q's.

Sadly I cannot find the email, however I did a sponsorship request from someone who made it sound like they were doing me a favour by offering to allow me to give him free kit.

[Tom]

Very common these days for the big/medium brand to give out 'sponsorship'. Essentially as a kit deal, maybe 40% off RRP.

The brand sells a full kit, at more than they would do to a shop. And the kid gets discounted gear.

[The Palmist]

When players ask for sponsorship and give you assurance that it will increase the sales. Why not offer them all the gear they want, make them pay and when they get you let's say about 10 times the sale, refund the initial cost back? This will give a reality check to most.

[Vitas Cricket]

When players ask for sponsorship and give you assurance that it will increase the sales. Why not offer them all the gear they want, make them pay and when they get you let's say about 10 times the sale, refund the initial cost back? This will give a reality check to most.

This scheme, and variants of it have worked for a few people i know, both in terms of increasing sales and also discouraging sponsorship applications from people who are just fishing for a deal.

[cricketbadger]

When players ask for sponsorship and give you assurance that it will increase the sales. Why not offer them all the gear they want, make them pay and when they get you let's say about 10 times the sale, refund the initial cost back? This will give a reality check to most.

this does sound like a good idea and scheme, would be effective for those players who stand by their word and try to spread the word about the brand, and increase its sales. And would also deter those who are only after a bit of free gear, because they wouldn't be bothered about the hard work involved. I'd definately do some commission based work to help a brand out and spread the word

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

I agree good idea keep your eyes open for next year I reckon

[Simmy]

i think my best chance of sponsorship is a shirt sponsor as im pretty sure u can see it for space!

[Bats_Entertainment]

Off topic, but what's happened to the TK tread that you posted on, Paul?

[Simmy]

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=25833.30

[Bats_Entertainment]

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=25833.30

Oh, yeah. You have to be logged in. Good words from Paul. I would definitely consider buying a bat from him.

[MD2812]

A guy at my village club got speaking to the guy who did out kit and got a full set of kit in return for introducing the captains to the brand each game. Would simply fire an e-mail to the captain after the game CC'ing the brand in.

Think it worked for everyone, the team kit/whites were decent quality so captains were interested, matey got free bat (he wasn't a fan) pads gloves thigh guards and the brand got to boost their mailing list with people who would hopefully be interested.

Bit of a 1 off though.

[PunterPonting]

Blenheim Cricket got an email from the same bloke. He wouldn't stop hassling even when told no. To be honest I've had a 'discount' deal with one of the big companies in the past and it was actually good value for me (they would have made a bit on my purchases but I saved plenty compared to buying from stockists), but I realise that most of the 20% off deals are pretty pointless...the other nice perk of the 'discount' deals is often you get to go to the factory to pick out the gear...