Make-A-Bat™

Make-A-Bat™ brings together two deeply rooted American traditions: playing baseball and collecting baseball cards — then adds personalization to create an entirely new collectible experience.

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

Your Photo. Your Card. Your Bat. Your Story.™

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Limited Edition Collectible

America's Pastime Meets America's Collecting Culture

Generations of Players. Millions of Fans. A Resurgent Collecting Culture.

Make-A-Bat™ brings together two deeply rooted American traditions: playing baseball and collecting baseball cards — then adds personalization to create an entirely new collectible experience. Baseball is more than a professional sport. It is a multigenerational ecosystem connecting children, parents, grandparents, players, coaches, teams, schools, communities, collectors, and fans.

At the same time, sports-card collecting is experiencing renewed growth as nostalgia, younger collectors, social media, online marketplaces, card shows, grading, and digital engagement introduce the hobby to new generations. Make-A-Bat™ connects these two powerful markets.

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

Baseball participation in the United States reached approximately 17.3 million players in 2025 — the highest level recorded since SFIA began tracking participation in 2008. 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 Baseball Card 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

The Baseball Ecosystem Is Enormous

Baseball participation in the United States reached approximately 17.3 million players in 2025 — the highest level recorded since SFIA began tracking participation in 2008. And participation represents only one layer of the baseball economy.

The Broader Baseball Audience

Youth Players

Travel Ball

High School

College

Minor League

Professional Baseball

Adult Recreation

Parents

Grandparents

Alumni

Fans

Collectors

Market Opportunity

Every Season Produces Moments Worth Celebrating

Make-A-Bat™ transforms those moments into personalized collectibles.

First Hit

First Home Run

Tournament Championship

All-Star Selection

Perfect Game

No-Hitter

Senior Night

Graduation

College Commitment

Championship Season

Coach Appreciation

Retirement

Hall of Fame Recognition

Family Ballpark Experience

Two Large Markets. One Personalized Platform.

17.3M

U.S. Baseball Participants

The highest level recorded since SFIA began tracking participation in 2008 — plus millions of parents, families, coaches, alumni, and fans.

$4.5B

U.S. Sports Trading-Card Market

Generated in 2025, projected to exceed $8.0 billion by 2033 — approximately 7.5% annual growth.

$10.5B

Broader U.S. Trading-Card Market

Reached in 2025, supported by renewed collector culture and participation from both new and returning consumers.

Market Opportunity

From Collecting Your Heroes to Celebrating Your Own Story

Traditional baseball cards celebrate professional athletes. Make-A-Bat™ expands that emotional experience to everyone who loves the game.

The Traditional Question:

"Who is your favorite player?"

The Make-A-Bat™ Question:

"What if you could have your own baseball card?"

Anyone Can Become the Subject:

A Little League Player

A Travel-Ball Athlete

A High-School Senior

A Coach

A Father and Son at a Ballpark

A Lifelong Baseball Fan

The customer's photograph, name, number, team colors, statistics, accomplishments, and personal story can become baseball-card-inspired artwork — and ultimately a premium physical collectible. Your Photo. Your Card. Your Bat. Your Story.™

Market Opportunity

A Multigenerational Customer Opportunity

One of the most compelling attributes of the market is its ability to span generations. A customer relationship that can begin with a child's first season and continue for a lifetime.

Kids experience the excitement of seeing themselves on their own collectible.

Parents preserve their children's baseball milestones.

Grandparents purchase meaningful keepsakes.

Teenagers and young adults share personalized digital collectibles through social media.

Adult fans commemorate ballpark experiences and favorite baseball memories.

Collectors already understand the emotional appeal of baseball-card design and display.

Market Opportunity

Creating the Personalized Baseball Collectibles Category

Make-A-Bat™ is not attempting to compete directly with traditional baseball cards. We are applying the culture, nostalgia, visual language, and emotional appeal of baseball-card collecting to the much larger universe of people who play, watch, coach, celebrate, and love America's pastime.

The Opportunity

The traditional sports-card industry monetizes the relationship between: Professional Athlete → Fan. Make-A-Bat™ introduces an additional relationship: Player / Fan / Family → Personal Moment → Personalized Collectible. That significantly expands the universe of moments capable of becoming collectible products.

Millions

Baseball Games Played Every Year

Millions

Photographs Taken

Millions

Individual Achievements

Millions

Opportunities for Personalized Collectibles

Make-A-Bat™ — Your Photo. Your Card. Your Bat. Your Story.™

Platform Overview

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


Platform Overview

Personalization & Production Services

Make-A-Bat™ applies the culture, nostalgia, visual language, and emotional appeal of baseball-card collecting to the much larger universe of people who play, watch, coach, celebrate, and love America's pastime — transforming any photo or selfie into baseball-card-inspired artwork on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible, available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. Your Photo. Your Card. Your Bat. Your Story.™ 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.

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.

Platform Overview

End-to-End Service Platform

Every partner receives a fully branded white-label ordering portal with end-to-end fulfillment and blind shipping — requiring zero infrastructure investment.

Graphic Design & Baseball Card-Style Artwork

Photo & Selfie Upload Portal

High-Resolution Photo Printing

Baseball Card Bat™, Selfie Bat™ & Photo 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™ applies the culture, nostalgia, visual language, and emotional appeal of baseball-card collecting to the much larger universe of people who play, watch, coach, celebrate, and love America's pastime. Through our proprietary personalization platform, any photo or selfie becomes baseball-card-inspired artwork on a premium handcrafted wood bat — available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. Your Photo. Your Card. Your Bat. Your Story.™ 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™


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™


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™


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.

Revenue Model

Diversified, Asset-Light Revenue Streams

Make-A-Bat™ sits at the intersection of baseball participation, sports-card collecting, personalized products, and digital engagement — transforming any photo or selfie into baseball-card-inspired artwork on a premium handcrafted wood bat collectible, available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. Your Photo. Your Card. Your Bat. Your Story.™ 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

01

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

02

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

03

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

04

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

05

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

06

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

07

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

08

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™ sits at the intersection of baseball participation, sports-card collecting, personalized products, and digital engagement — serving partners at every tier of baseball and softball, from youth travel organizations to MLB certified manufacturers. With 17.3 million U.S. baseball participants in 2025 and a sports trading-card market projected to exceed $8.0 billion by 2033, the platform addresses a multigenerational audience of players, families, fans, and collectors. Our white-label, asset-light platform with end-to-end fulfillment requires zero infrastructure investment, with 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 apply the culture, nostalgia, visual language, and emotional appeal of baseball-card collecting to the much larger universe of people who play, watch, coach, celebrate, and love America's pastime. Available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. Your Photo. Your Card. Your Bat. Your Story.™ 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 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, available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. 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 apply the culture, nostalgia, visual language, and emotional appeal of baseball-card collecting to the much larger universe of people who play, watch, coach, celebrate, and love America's pastime — available as a Selfie Bat™, Photo Bat™, or Baseball Card Bat™. Your Photo. Your Card. Your Bat. Your Story.™

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 — 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™. 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 fans 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™ sits at the intersection of baseball participation, sports-card collecting, personalized products, and digital engagement — creating the emerging Personalized Baseball Collectibles™ category. 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 Your Photo. Your Card. Your Bat. Your Story.™ 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™, and Photo 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™, and Photo Bat™.