Distribution On College Campuses
THE PROOF
One brand's results across 12 campuses:
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| Units Sold | 7,871 |
| New Customers | 2,763 (87.2% brand-new) |
| Repurchase Rate | 35.8% |
| Year-over-Year Growth | 373% |
| Total Impressions | 412,700 |
When they sent a push notification, sales spiked 335% that day.
When they ran a home screen banner, units sold jumped 98% the same week. The second
banner run: 116%. The third: 227%.
THE PROBLEM
You're spending on campus marketing. Events. Ambassadors. Flyering. Sampling programs.
"How many students actually bought our product?"
You don't get sales data.
Brands dump six figures into campus activations and walk away with a folder of event photos and social posts and no idea whether it moved product.
THE SHIFT
Campus Commandos has partnered with campus delivery services to offer something no other campus marketing agency can:
Distribution + Marketing + Real-Time Sales Data. All in one package.
Your product gets stocked on campus. Students order it through a delivery app that accepts campus dining dollars. You run targeted sampling, in-app ads, and activations to drive trials. And sales are tracked
THE CAMPUSES
17 Major Universities
THE PACKAGES
Three ways to get your product on campus - choose your level of dominance.
PACKAGE 1
CAMPUS SAMPLING ACTIVATION
What You Get:
- Full on-campus sampling activation managed by Campus Commandos' field team
- Your product stocked and available for purchase
- Exclusive category placement in-app
- Track every sample, every sale, every conversion
How It Works:
- You say yes → Campus Commandos scopes your sampling activation across selected campuses
- Purchasing team begins ordering your product through your distributor (or you ship direct)
- Product arrives at campus locations within one week
- Product goes live in app - available for purchase immediately
- Sampling activation launches - Campus Commandos field team executes on the ground
- Sales portal goes live - you get real-time dashboard access
Best For: Brands testing campus distribution for the first time. Prove the model. Collect the data. Scale from there.
TALK TO US ABOUT PACKAGE 1PACKAGE 2
FULL ADVERTISING PACKAGE
What You Get:
- Up to 100,000 product samples distributed across all 17 campuses
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Full in-app advertising suite:
- Category exclusivity (your brand owns the category tile on the home screen)
- Sponsored search on all competitor keywords (you show up first when students search your competitors)
- Home screen banner placements
- Priority category placement
- Push notifications to all App Users
- Product stocked and sold at all 17 campus locations
- Real-time sales portal with full conversion tracking
What You Provide:
- Creative assets for banner ads
- Product images for each SKU
- Suggested retail pricing
- Product (shipped to warehouses or purchased through distributor)
Best For: Brands committed to owning campus presence for a full academic year. Maximum in-app visibility, sustained sampling, category dominance.
TALK TO US ABOUT PACKAGE 2PACKAGE 3
THE FULL SUITE
Everything. Every channel. Every campus. Total dominance.
What You Get:
- Everything in Package 2, plus
- Up to 150,000 product samples (including 50,000 in-order bag samples)
- Fleet branding — branded delivery backpacks across all campuses (150M impressions/semester)
- Campus ambassadors and micro-influencers
- Campus org and Greek life tie-ins - direct connections to fraternities, sororities, sports clubs, and student organizations
- 2-year exclusivity option - lock competitors out for 2 full academic years
- Real-time sales portal with full conversion tracking
Best For: Brands looking to own the college market. Category dominance. Competitor lockout. Every touchpoint covered. The "no one else matters on this campus" play.
TALK TO US ABOUT PACKAGE 3Not sure if your category fits?
Ask us. We'll pull the sales data for your category on our campuses and show you what's possible.
WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT
Every other campus marketing agency
"We'll get you impressions and brand awareness!"
Every other campus marketing agency
"Here's how many students tried your product, how many bought it, how many came back, what they bought alongside it, what your market share is, and exactly how much revenue your campaign generated."
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