Partner Opportunities

NACS Foundation Online Auction   Complete Online Form Now!

Whether your company is new to the college store market or a company that's been serving college stores for years, the NACS Foundation's Online Auction is an immediate way to increase exposure for your products and services, get them on the shelves of more college stores, and drive more traffic to your booth at CAMEX!

How It Works
The NACS Foundation is now accepting quality items and packages for the online auction catalog. You merely make an in-kind donation of your products, services, or credit memos, and then ship to the winning bidder. All packages must include freight and delivery.

What Should Our Company Donate?

Books & Credit Memos
General Supplies
Gift & Insignia Items
Hot Stuff Showcase
Peripherals
Soft Goods/Apparel
Software
One-of-a-Kind Items

Don't see a category listed? Call the NACS Foundation and we'll be happy to add categories to our list to meet your donation needs.

Back again this year! All online auction participants can be included in the NACS Hot Stuff Showcase guide and display product at CAMEX for a fee. Call a NACS ad sales representative for more information at (800) 622-7498 or e-mail advertising@nacs.org.

In-kind Levels:

  • Retailer $2,500+ Wholesale Value
  • Broker $1,000-$2,499 Wholesale Value
  • Merchant   $500-$999 Wholesale Value

Benefits:

  • Company logo on all HTML e-mails with link to company web site ($2,500 level)
  • Company logo on online auction web site home page with link to company web site ($2,500 level)
  • E-mail series (four minimum) with link to 4,000 NACS members driving them to online auction site
  • Hot Stuff Showcase identifier on online auction web site (Hot Stuff Showcase partners)
  • Featured item of the week on online auction web site home page ($2,500 and $1,000 levels)
  • Company recognition in online auction catalog
  • A link from NACS Foundation Silent Auction web site to your company's web site
  • Product images in online catalog
  • Sales leads of all buyers who place bids on your donated item
  • Company ad in Torchlight—a Foundation e-newsletter ($2,500 level)
  • Recognition in final CAMEX program (DROP DEADLINE: Dec. 31, 2008)
  • Foundation sponsor identifier in final CAMEX program (DROP DEADLINE: Dec. 31, 2008)
  • Company name on sponsor signage at the NACS Foundation booth (DROP DEADLINE: Dec. 31, 2008)
  • Recognition in all appropriate Foundation communications
  • Acknowledgement on Foundation web site
  • Partner badge ribbons for CAMEX booth staff
  • Special CAMEX booth signage

Questions?
If your organization would like to reserve a place in the online auction catalog with an in-kind donation or would like additional information on becoming an Online Auction partner, contact DeAnn Hazey at (800) 622-7498, ext. 2286 or by e-mail at dhazey@nacs.org.