League Incentive Ideas for Sports and Team Photography?

CKBPhoto · Feb 13, 2011

Hi everyone, I'm looking to jump into the world of sports and team photography. I have photographed my local wrestling club team and individuals (70+ kids) for the past few years and also the middle school wrestling and cheer teams. Anyhow, I was just wondering about some league incentive/fundraiser ideas. Do you have a standard you give $1 per package, a certain percentage, a certain percentage plus free product, etc. I usually print through Millers as I have found this the most convenient and am very happy with their product. I was thinking of offering the league free photo buttons of every player so they can sell them to make a profit but wasn't sure if I should offer a percentage of sales as well. Thanks in advance for all of your input!

lilysmom · Mar 3, 2011

Bumping this to the top. (Since the thread isn't super old and there aren't any responses yet.)

I was wondering this, too, because it seems like I have a good chance of being the new local little league photographer since the lady who's done it in previous years has retired.

KmH · Mar 4, 2011

In many types of business, incentives as mentioned in the OP, are called kickbacks and are at the least a serious ethics violation, or at worst (depending on the jurisdiction) illegal.

tirediron · Mar 4, 2011

You can offer incentives such as group discounts, or an 'X' percent discount if 'Y' or more persons participate. You could also offer to donate a set amount of your sales to youth sports or something; that sort of incentive would be fine, but a "Hey, make me the official team photographer and I'll cut you in for a buck a session" is bad practice and/or (as mentioned) illegal.

gsgary · Mar 4, 2011

Over here it is normally 10% of profit, if you want to make more sales get yourself a dye sub printer and print on site, i have a dog event (agility) i usually take action shots but this time i'm going to set up a studio for dog portraits i think there will be more money (printing on site with a dye sub printer) get the sale will they are keen