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About 5 minutes. Create an account, fill in your profile, and your target list of local businesses populates instantly. You review it, remove anyone you don't want contacted, and outreach kicks off once your Instagram is verified (~24 hours).
Credit card for your subscription (Starter is $99/yr or $19/mo), your school and hometown info, and an Instagram handle (required for verification — we confirm you're a real athlete before contacting businesses in your name). TikTok is optional. Profile photo is optional but recommended — businesses respond at a higher rate when there's a face.
Two steps. First: you DM our Instagram (@nilpro) from the handle you signed up with, and we reply with a one-time code you enter in your dashboard — this proves you actually own the account. Second: we cross-reference your social content with the school and sport info you provided. If anything looks off, we may ask for a roster screenshot or a short video (5 seconds of you saying your name and school) before outreach starts. This protects you from someone signing up in your name, and protects local businesses from being pitched by people pretending to be athletes.
Yes — full refund anytime before you approve your target list. Once outreach starts, no refund (we've done the work), but you can cancel future renewals anytime. Most refund requests come in the first 48 hours, which is well within the window.
NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA student-athletes (any division): yes, nationwide as of July 2021. HS level: roughly 40 states with specific restrictions. International student-athletes on visas face additional rules — consult compliance first. During signup we check your state and school and flag anything needing extra attention.
In most cases yes. Every school has its own rules — most require filing deals above a threshold (commonly $600/yr, or any deal). We provide a pre-filled disclosure packet for every deal you close so filing takes minutes, not hours.
No. NILPro is a software tool. At signup you build a “deal menu” — checking boxes for deal types you'll accept (e.g., cash per social post, product/service trades, in-store appearances). We pitch that menu to local businesses. We deliver their responses, but we never negotiate on your behalf. Counter-offers, price changes, or any deviation from your menu always come back to you to decide. No commission, no representation, no agency capacity. You do not need to register us.
Yes, in states where HS NIL is legal. Parent or guardian co-signs your account. Contracts include parent signature lines. We email your parent at signup to approve the account before any outreach begins.
Paced deliberately to stay out of spam filters, give you time to handle replies, and avoid overwhelming businesses in your area. A full round of hundreds of businesses queues up over a few weeks, depending on your tier.
Anytime. One click pauses all outreach. Resume, restart, or cancel.
It shouldn't — you review the full target list before any outreach, and anyone blacklisted is permanently excluded. If it does happen (bug, data error), email us — we apologize to the business and give you a month free.
They are from you — sent through your own connected email account (Gmail, Outlook), with your address on the From: line, signed with your name, your school, and your sport. NILPro drafts the message; you send it. A small disclosure at the bottom notes you're using NILPro tooling. Replies go to your inbox; we mirror them to your dashboard so nothing slips.
Honest answer: most athletes in our beta landed 1–3 deals in first 90 days, mostly product/service. Cash deals are less common and tend to come from repeat outreach or referrals from businesses that know you. Mileage varies with sport, market, and social following.
Product/service closes at roughly 3× cash. Weekly free meal. Gym membership. Monthly haircut. Family discount. These are the bread and butter of local NIL and what we prioritize in outreach.
Absolutely not. You keep 100%. We charge the subscription (Starter from $99/yr or $19/mo) and that's it. We never touch payment, never hold money, and have no claim to anything you earn.
Directly from the business to you — Venmo, Zelle, check, direct deposit. Have a small conversation about payment method during deal negotiation. For product deals, the “payment” is the service or product itself.
NIL income is self-employment income. Business paying you $600+ in a year issues a 1099. You report it on your personal taxes. We provide year-end earnings summaries. Tax-prep add-on coming in year two.
Every athlete gets a unique link. A friend signs up via your link AND pays → you earn +50 pitches added to your current year per referral. Linear stacking — 4 paid referrals = +200 pitches, 10 = +500. No tier upgrades, no milestones, just more outreach. See the full breakdown →
No. Coach partnerships are discounted team rates and operational support only — we deliberately avoid paying coaches for referrals because it creates conflict-of-interest issues for athletes.
Email us at hello@nilpro.com — we respond within 24 hours on weekdays.
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