Make-A-Bat™

Make-A-Bat™ transforms your favorite photo or selfie into a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible.

For serious collectors, our Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom—displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector.

Every Picture Has a Story™ · Every Bat Has a Legacy™

Confidential Presentation

Make-A-Bat™ Authenticated Baseball Card Display™

Protect the Original. Display the Legacy.™

Flagship Product

Make-A-Bat™ transforms your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible—available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. For serious collectors, our Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom—displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector.

Your Exclusive Journey — How It Works

01

Upload Your Photo or Card

Start with your favorite photo, selfie, or professionally authenticated and graded baseball card. Upload your image—your story is the foundation of everything we create.

02

Customize & Design

Our design team crafts a professional digital proof—rendering your photo, selfie, or card image in baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat. You guide the design every step of the way.

03

Approve Your Proof

Review and approve your digital proof before production begins. Every Picture Has a Story™—your legacy has to be perfect before skilled artisans handcraft it to heirloom standard using premium wood and museum-quality archival printing.

04

Display with Unmatched Pride

Your Make-A-Bat™ arrives ready to command the room. For collectors, your original card remains safely in its slab, vault, or collection—exactly where it belongs. Every Bat Has a Legacy™.

Why Passionate Collectors Choose Make-A-Bat™

Every Story Belongs on a Bat

From a favorite selfie to a graded rookie card—Make-A-Bat™ transforms any cherished image into baseball card-style art on a premium, handcrafted wood keepsake.

Zero Risk to the Original

The authenticated digital record becomes a museum-quality wood heirloom. Your original stays sealed, safe, and untouched—forever.

Premium Handcrafted Wood

Not a reproduction. Not a poster. A genuine, handcrafted wood bat—a tactile, substantial legacy piece worthy of the photo, selfie, or card it celebrates.

Museum-Quality Archival Printing

Every detail rendered with breathtaking fidelity—colors that pop, clarity that stuns, and longevity built to last generations.

An Instant Collection Centerpiece

A distinctive showpiece that elevates every space it enters—from the fan cave to the boardroom. Available as a Baseball Card Bat™, Selfie Bat™, or Photo Bat™.

The Ultimate Collector's Gift

For the fan who has everything—a legacy piece built for the true collector, worthy of their greatest card, their favorite photo, or their most cherished memory.

Our Promise to the Collector Community

Every Picture Has a Story™ · Every Bat Has a Legacy™

Make-A-Bat™ honors the work of professional authentication and grading services—never replicating or replacing them. We take the authenticated digital record they have verified and transform it into a premium, handcrafted display that lets a collector's passion live in the open, exactly where it belongs. Delivered end-to-end through our white-label, asset-light fulfillment model—built for partners including manufacturers, NIL programs, and sports organizations. Your card's integrity is inviolable. Your legacy is our mission.

Limited Edition Collectible

Make-A-Bat™: Every Picture Has a Story™

Transform your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible — available as a Selfie Bat, Photo Bat, or Baseball Card Bat. For serious collectors, our Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector.

How It Works

Upload Your Photo

Share your favorite photo — at the ballpark, with your crew, or suiting up in uniform.

Choose Your Style

Go classic with a vintage feel or bold with a modern design — your bat, your call.

Approve the Proof

Review your custom baseball card-style artwork before production. Perfection guaranteed.

Receive Your Custom Bat

Your premium handcrafted wood bat — delivered ready to display, gift, or swing. Every Bat Has a Legacy™

White-Label B2B Partnership

Make-A-Bat™: Turn Dormant Inventory Into High-Margin Revenue

Manufacturers, teams, and leagues are sitting on excess wood bat billets — undecorated inventory that ties up capital and collects dust in warehouses. Make-A-Bat's white-label fulfillment platform transforms that dormant inventory into premium personalized collectibles — Selfie Bats, Photo Bats, and Team Bats — sold under your brand, fulfilled by us, with zero infrastructure investment on your end. Your billets. Our platform. Your revenue.

The Problem We Solve

💸 Capital Locked in Inventory

Excess undecorated billets sit idle, occupying warehouse space and straining cash flow with no clear path to revenue.

🏗️ No Tech or Fulfillment Infrastructure

Building a personalization platform, print workflow, and direct-to-consumer fulfillment operation is costly and complex.

📉 Missed Revenue Opportunities

Without a turnkey solution, partners leave high-margin personalized product revenue on the table — season after season.

How the Partnership Works

Partner Provides Billets

Ship your excess undecorated wood bat billets to Make-A-Bat — or we produce directly from spec. Your inventory becomes the foundation of a new revenue line.

Customer Orders Online

End customers place personalized bat orders through your branded storefront. They upload photos, choose styles, and checkout — all under your brand.

We Print & Fulfill

Make-A-Bat handles everything: artwork production, quality control, packaging, and blind drop-shipping directly to the customer under your brand name.

Partner Profits

You collect the margin. No technology build, no fulfillment headaches, no new headcount. Pure revenue from inventory you already own.

Market Opportunity

Capturing Value in a Multi-Billion Dollar Market

Make-A-Bat™ transforms your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible — available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. For serious collectors, our Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. The market demand for these one-of-a-kind collectibles has never been stronger.

$5B+

Total Addressable Market

The proven market for licensed memorabilia, collectibles, and personalized sports products — across all channels and growing.

$750M

Serviceable Addressable Market

Directly reachable through bat manufacturers, sports organizations, and NIL athlete partnerships — a focused, winnable target for our white-label, asset-light platform.

180M

Global Fan Base

Worldwide baseball and softball fans served by a $12B+ industry — every one a potential Make-A-Bat™ customer. Every Picture Has a Story™

15M+

Youth Athletes

Youth baseball and softball players across the U.S. — one of the largest, most emotionally driven, and most untapped segments for our Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, and Baseball Card Bat™.

$2.8B+

Baseball Cards Booming

The global baseball card market is projected to reach $2.86B by 2034, growing at a 32.6% CAGR — directly fueling demand for our Baseball Card Bat™, Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, and Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ collectibles.

$24.7B

Sports Trading Cards

The broader sports trading card market is on track to reach $24.71B by 2033 — a rising tide that lifts the entire Make-A-Bat™ product line. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector. Every Bat Has a Legacy™

With a clear path to 0.25%–1.0% market penetration through strategic B2B partnerships, Make-A-Bat™'s White-Label Platform delivers end-to-end fulfillment, blind shipping, and NIL/partner capabilities — requiring zero infrastructure investment for partners. The result: a $1.875M–$7.5M near-term revenue opportunity within the SAM alone, backed by a scalable, asset-light model and a massive, motivated audience of fans, players, and collectors.

Platform Overview

From Your Favorite Photo to a Premium Keepsake — In 3 Simple Steps

Make-A-Bat™ transforms your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible — available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. For serious collectors, our Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector. Because Every Picture Has a Story™ and Every Bat Has a Legacy™. Payment is authorized at checkout but not captured until the customer approves their digital proof, ensuring full buyer confidence before production begins. B2B partners — including bat manufacturers, sports organizations, and NIL athletes — receive a fully branded white-label ordering portal with end-to-end fulfillment and blind shipping, requiring zero infrastructure investment while preserving complete ownership of their customer relationship at every step.

Platform Overview

Personalization & Production Services

Make-A-Bat™ transforms your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible — available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. For serious collectors, our Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector. Because Every Picture Has a Story™ and Every Bat Has a Legacy™. Partners receive a fully branded white-label ordering portal with end-to-end fulfillment and blind shipping — requiring zero infrastructure investment.

Four Core Products

Baseball Card Bat™

A favorite photo reimagined as classic baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible.

Selfie Bat™

A personalized selfie transformed into a one-of-a-kind handcrafted wood bat collectible.

Photo Bat™

Any cherished photo immortalized on a premium handcrafted wood bat keepsake collectible.

Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™

The authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card transformed into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. Not a reproduction. A legacy piece built for the true collector.

Partner Advantage

White-label partners — including manufacturers, NIL athletes, and sports organizations — launch immediately across any sales channel. We provide product photography, e-commerce image assets, and lifestyle marketing content, with complete blind shipping and fulfillment handled end-to-end.

End-to-End Service Platform

Graphic Design & Baseball Card-Style Artwork

Photo & Selfie Upload Portal

High-Resolution Photo Printing

Baseball Card Bat™, Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™ & Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ Production

Custom Painting & Premium Finishing

Logo & Corporate Branding

Digital Proof Approval — Payment Captured Only After Customer Approval

White-Label Platform & Branded Partner Portals

End-to-End Fulfillment & Blind Shipping

Product Photography & E-Commerce Photo Shoots

Lifestyle Product Photography & Digital Marketing Assets

NIL Athlete & Sports Organization Support

Inventory Management & Warehousing

Production Coordination & Quality Control

Personalization Product Line

Turn Your Memories into Legends

Make-A-Bat™ transforms your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible — available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. For serious collectors, our Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector. Our end-to-end fulfillment model means white-label partners launch with zero infrastructure investment. Every Picture Has a Story™. Every Bat Has a Legacy™.

Selfie Bat™

$49.99–$79.99 Suggested Retail

Upload your favorite selfie and our design team transforms it into baseball card-style art on a one-of-a-kind premium handcrafted wood bat collectible — bold, personal, and built to last.

Photo Bat™

$99–$149 Suggested Retail

Honor the people and milestones that define you. Family portraits, team photos, and once-in-a-lifetime moments become a tangible heirloom rendered in baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible.

Baseball Card Bat™

Custom Pricing

The ultimate team award, championship keepsake, or corporate gift. A fully customized premium handcrafted wood bat collectible featuring authentic baseball card-style artwork — ideal for NIL athletes, sports organizations, and partner brands.

Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™

For the True Collector

Takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece.

Revenue Model

Diversified, Asset-Light Revenue Streams

Make-A-Bat™ transforms your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible — available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. For serious collectors, our Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector.

Our diversified, asset-light platform scales that transformation into a full revenue engine. Through a white-label fulfillment model, we empower manufacturers, NIL athletes, and sports organizations to launch branded storefronts with zero upfront infrastructure cost — end-to-end fulfillment, design, and delivery handled entirely by Make-A-Bat™. Every Picture Has a Story™. Every Bat Has a Legacy™.

Revenue Streams

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Baseball Card Bat™, Selfie Bat™ & Photo Bat™ — photo-to-baseball card-style art collectible bat sales

02

Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ — museum-quality wood heirloom collectibles for the true collector, while the original card remains sealed, safe, and untouched

03

White-label platform manufacturing & custom decorating — converting bat billets into higher-margin branded products for partners

04

Design, personalization & photo-to-art conversion fees across all product lines

05

End-to-end fulfillment & production coordination — blind shipping with zero infrastructure investment for partners

06

Team and tournament programs — group personalization of Baseball Card Bat™ and Photo Bat™ at scale

07

NIL athlete storefronts — player-branded Selfie Bat™ and Photo Bat™ collectibles and partnership programs

08

Corporate recognition and enterprise accounts — custom gifting and awards via the white-label platform

09

Licensing agreements and platform licensing — Every Picture Has a Story™. Every Bat Has a Legacy™.

B2B Revenue Breakdown — Year 5

Balanced Across Every Level of the Game

Make-A-Bat™ transforms your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible — available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. For serious collectors, our Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. Our white-label, asset-light platform with end-to-end fulfillment serves partners at every tier of baseball and softball — from youth travel organizations to MLB certified manufacturers — with zero infrastructure investment, blind shipping, and higher-margin sales at scale.

Travel baseball organizations represent the single largest B2B segment at 25% of B2B revenue — reflecting the scale and opportunity within the underserved youth travel sports market. Every Picture Has a Story™. Every Bat Has a Legacy™.

Year 5 Account Goals

Intellectual Property & Validation

Built to Last. Protected to Win.

Intellectual Property Assets

Invented by Jimmy Dunlap and Marcus Robinson, the Make-A-Bat™ IP portfolio is a competitive moat — not just protection. A USPTO-issued Design Patent and Pending Utility Patent create meaningful barriers to entry while unlocking future licensing, NIL athlete programs, and white-label platform expansion — ensuring only Make-A-Bat™ can transform your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible, available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. For serious collectors, the Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector. Every Picture Has a Story™. Every Bat Has a Legacy™.

Issued Design Patent

Protects the proprietary visual and structural design elements of the Make-A-Bat™ platform — covering the photo-to-baseball card-style art rendering process applied to premium handcrafted wood bats across the full product suite: Baseball Card Bat™, Selfie Bat™, and Photo Bat™.

Pending Utility Patent

Covers the functional methods, processes, and systems underlying the white-label, asset-light, end-to-end fulfillment workflow — the engine that transforms a favorite photo or selfie into a premium wood bat collectible and Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™, a museum-quality wood heirloom blind-shipped with zero infrastructure investment required for partners.

White-Label Manufacturing Partners

The pilot program is open now. MLB-certified manufacturers with excess bat billets are invited to join as founding white-label partners — turning excess capacity into higher-margin revenue through Make-A-Bat™'s asset-light, end-to-end fulfillment platform. Make-A-Bat™ transforms your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible — and for serious collectors, the Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ transforms the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card into a museum-quality wood heirloom, displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector. Founding partners receive preferred economics, blind shipping infrastructure, and first-mover positioning before the platform scales — with zero infrastructure investment required. Every Picture Has a Story™. Every Bat Has a Legacy™.

Leadership Team

The Team Behind Make-A-Bat™

Uniting manufacturing excellence and product innovation to transform your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible — and for serious collectors, the Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat transforms the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card into a museum-quality wood heirloom.

Craig Olthoff

Co-Founder

Craig Olthoff is a sports industry executive with decades of experience in baseball bat manufacturing, product development, and sporting goods operations. His deep expertise in production management and commercial manufacturing gives Make-A-Bat™ the operational foundation to deliver the Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, and Baseball Card Bat™ at scale — as well as the Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™, a museum-quality wood heirloom for the true collector — all powered by an asset-light, white-label, end-to-end fulfillment platform that requires zero infrastructure investment for manufacturing partners.

Areas of Expertise

Baseball bat manufacturing

Product development

Manufacturing operations

Production management

Quality control

White-label manufacturing

Supply chain coordination

Strategic manufacturing partnerships

Marcus Robinson

Co-Founder, Inventor & IP Architect

Marcus Robinson is the entrepreneur and inventor behind Make-A-Bat™ — the platform that transforms your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible, available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. For serious collectors, the Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector. Driving Every Picture Has a Story™ and Every Bat Has a Legacy™, Marcus leads growth through intellectual property, NIL athlete programs, licensing, and technology partnerships — scaling the asset-light, white-label fulfillment platform to serve manufacturers, sports organizations, and collectors worldwide.

Areas of Expertise

Product innovation & IP development

NIL & licensing programs

White-label personalization

Technology platform development

Sports memorabilia & collectibles

Business & e-commerce strategy

Sports marketing & fan engagement

Investor relations & corporate strategy

Partnership & Investment

Let's Build This Together

Make-A-Bat™ transforms your favorite photo or selfie into baseball card-style art on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible — available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. For serious collectors, our Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ takes the authenticated digital record of a prized, graded card and transforms it into a museum-quality wood heirloom — displayed with pride every day while the original remains sealed, safe, and untouched. We are actively building a network of advisors, partners, and investors across the baseball and sports merchandise ecosystem. Our asset-light, white-label platform creates new revenue streams with zero brand dilution and zero infrastructure investment, anchored by a USPTO-issued Design Patent and Pending Utility Patent — bringing Every Picture Has a Story™ and Every Bat Has a Legacy™ to collectors, athletes, and fans worldwide.

Manufacturing Partners

MLB-certified and independent bat manufacturers seeking to turn excess bat billets into higher-margin personalized collectibles — including the Baseball Card Bat™, Selfie Bat™, and Photo Bat™ — through our turnkey white-label, end-to-end fulfillment platform with blind shipping and zero brand dilution.

Sports Organizations & Licensing Partners

Professional teams, licensees, youth associations, tournament operators, and college programs seeking premium handcrafted wood bat collectibles — including the Baseball Card Bat™, Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, and the museum-quality Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™ — delivered through our asset-light, white-label fulfillment model.

NIL & Athlete Ambassador Programs

Agencies, NIL collectives, and athlete-brand partners ready to transform player photos into a Baseball Card Bat™, Selfie Bat™, and Photo Bat™ — creating branded memorabilia storefronts that bring Every Picture Has a Story™ and Every Bat Has a Legacy™ to fans with zero infrastructure investment.

Strategic Investors

Investors seeking exposure to a high-margin, asset-light platform at the intersection of sports memorabilia, athlete licensing, personalization technology, and e-commerce — with end-to-end fulfillment and protection from issued and pending USPTO patents powering the Baseball Card Bat™, Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, and Authenticated Baseball Card Display Bat™. This is not a reproduction. This is a legacy piece built for the true collector.