Ready or not, summer is almost over already! School will be back in session before we know it, and there is much to be done as summer comes to an end. Aside from gathering all of the needed school supplies and back-to-school clothes, there is also getting back onto the right sleep schedule and preparing for after school activities. In the midst of a new school year, what better time to work on fundraising for your high school? Selling high school apparel with Rokkitwear lets you raise money and guarantees that the majority of the royalties go back to the school.
Rokkitwear is a group of enthusiastic people with lots of experience in creating and delivering licensed merchandise to high school, collegiate and big box retailers. We set out to solve a major problem facing high schools today – finding new sources of revenue or ways to raise money. Outside of the school spirit shop, most high schools receive little, if any, of the profits that local store fronts, screen printers, embroidery shops, and on-line retailers derive from the sale of customized products bearing school logos, insignias, names, or other identifying marks. We believe that the school should benefit from each and every sale of a product bearing its name. To address this challenge we partnered with the Licensing Resource Group and the National Federation of High Schools to change the way the market works and put a healthy royalty payment into the hands of the school for each product that is sold.
First, you can check our list of schools that are signed up with Rokkitwear to see if yours is already on the list. If not, simply contact us or register for your online store and we will get you signed up. There is no charge to create an online store. Upon activation Rokkitwear will send the primary school contact a marketing kit, website link, and discount codes for the school to promote awareness.
When promoting awareness and marketing the spirit shop, the first step is to install the Rokkitwear link on the high school website, athletic site, booster site, and the district website.
The second step is to promote awareness through school and district newsletters, email blasts, and via social media. Schools need to think through the primary way to reach each target market – students, parents, and alumni. Communicate through social media outlets like Facebook and twitter for students, email and newsletters for alumni.
When doing your back to school fundraising, it is critical to promote awareness both within the high school community and to the district at large. District-wide promotion is the one area that deserves the most attention and provides the largest opportunity for generating revenue for the high school. Most high schools and districts do not have the luxury of serving their community with a bricks and mortar store and those that do have an on premise spirit shop at the high school have limitations with purchasing inventory to provide a comprehensive selection of style, color, and size options.
So get your high school spirit gear ordered and get selling!
Its Easy to get started with Rokkitwear. The online stores are FREE and you keep 15% of all merchandise sales
