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You can contact out support team from the website anytime. We’re available to help you by phone or email 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please note that we don’t have an inbound number for phone support, so we’ll call you.

Yes, student-athletes can sign up and leverage the Athlete Ventures platform without their university being a member-institution. The university will not receive the dashboard, reporting, and analytic functionality provided by Athlete Ventures, but will still be able to approve NIL contracts and disclosures.

Yes, student-athletes can share their profiles and initiate contracts with non-Clients. At that point, the sponsor has the choice on whether to become an Athlete Ventures client.

To get started, complete the sign up process here

We only support one account per customer. This means that if you have an account tied to you, you’ll need to regain access to your original account to use Athlete Ventures. If you’ve forgotten you account password or what to change it, tap the forgot password link on the login page of the Athlete Ventures website to send a password reset email to your email address on file.

If you want advanced social media analytics for Instagram, you need to update your Instagram account to a business or professional profile, connect your Facebook and Instagram accounts, and link your Instagram to Athlete Ventures. You can easily update your settings and gain access to performance data
  • 1. Update your Instagram Account to a Business or Professional Profile
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  • 2. Connect your Facebook and Instagram Accounts
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  • 3. Link your Instagram Account to Athlete Ventures
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Once you have updated your Instagram account to a business or professional profile, connected your Facebook and Instagram accounts, and linked your Instagram to Athlete Ventures, your social media analytics will begin pulling into your Athlete Ventures profile for sponsors and agencies to see.
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Engagement RateTo calculate your engagement rate, we divide content interactions by accounts reached and multiply by 100. For example, if your post reached 10,000 accounts and earned 2,000 interactions, your engagement rate is 20%.
Follower GrowthYour follower-count is the first thing prospective sponsors will look for. Working to understand the driver behind your growth rate will set you up for long-term success and continued growth. Here are some questions to ask yourself when you check in on your growth number.
  • Do you see your growth rate spike after a specific type of post?
  • Do you see your growth rate increase after someone tags you in a post?
  • Do you see your growth rate increase after you engage with other users’ content?
Identifying the driver of your social reach will help you understand what you can do to continue this growth.
Follower DemographicsThe follower breakdown is probably the most underrated tool on Instagram. You can gain demographic info into who exactly is viewing your content. If your follower breakdown aligns with a sponsor’s target market, you’re well-positioned to earn paid opportunities.NOTE: In order to keep your Instagram connection with Athlete Ventures, you will need to link your Instagram account every 60 days. This is a precaution to protect the data that is shared to sponsors and agencies.

Milestones mark a point in time or progress and on Athlete Ventures they’re no different: we’ve integrated them into our contracts to help focus on your next initiative—as well as the project schedule, deliverables, and budget—into smaller and more manageable chunks. Think of project milestones as a way to help keep things on track! They can help with project management by setting expectations, avoiding misunderstandings, and incorporating feedback as everything moves forward. How can you incorporate milestones into your next project timeline? Let’s look at what milestones are and how they can help you get the results you’re looking for.
Milestones outline the contracted work by breaking it into smaller segments. Milestones are a defined stage of progress towards a goal. Use of the word milestone in this context means that the payment is based upon progress in completing what the athlete and sponsor have agreed to. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you get started:
  • Each milestone needs to have a purpose, completion date, and set payment installment amount of money (minimum $50 per milestone), service, or product. These should be discussed and agreed upon by all project stakeholders.
  • Milestones are pre-funded, one at a time, with the funds held in Escrow. Once the work for a particular milestone has been approved (or after 14 days if you don’t respond), the funds will be released to the professional or agency.
  • Milestones are sequential. Each milestone needs to be completed before work toward the next one begins.

You can use milestones to divide your contract into a series of phases, due dates, or deliverables based on your needs. Milestones are individually funded and provide a way to work through a large project in smaller steps.
Set Milestones
For a successful start, the sponsor and athlete should align, and agree upon, all milestone amounts ($50 minimum for cash milestones), deliverables, and deadlines prior to beginning work.
Review Milestones
Over the course of the contract, the athlete will submit work for milestones for your review. You’ll have 14 days to either request changes or approve the work. The funds you deposited in escrow will be released upon your approval of the work, or within 14 days if you take no action. If you would like the athlete to edit their submitted work, it is important to reach directly to the athlete for guidance – you can also use our in-platform messaging feature to contact the athlete.
NOTE – Failing to respond to a milestone submission within 14 days is considered to be approval and the escrowed funds will be automatically released to the athlete.
Best Practice: Setting Milestone Expectations
For each milestone, you’ll detail exactly what the athlete agreed to provide in return for the funds you will deposit in escrow. This way, both the sponsor and athlete know what deliverables are expected, the deadline for deliverables, and that the funds are there for when it is time to pay them.
Be as specific as you can in setting expectations. This is your chance to formalize the agreement about what is to be delivered, when, and for how much money.

We recommend linking a checking account rather than a savings account to avoid potential transfer reversals. Read more about how to link your bank. To withdraw your funds smoothly, you must first receive milestone approval from the Sponsor. Any restrictions on your account could also make the withdrawal process take longer than expected.

All student-athletes must enter their tax status. Click here to provide this information.

Student-athletes can simplify and streamline income tax reporting to the IRS by using Athlete Ventures as their exclusive NIL platform. Athlete Ventures aggregates income information from various sponsors and NIL transactions into one 1099 that can then be shared with your preferred accounting partner. Additionally, Athlete Ventures links these tax reports directly to the IRS for ease of income tax reporting. For additional questions, we suggest reaching out to your preferred accounting partner for more information.

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