Your members' CURRENT IT spend has POWER. With SPEND Advantage it pays your Association a dividend.

SPEND Advantage (Spend Placement Earns Network Dividends) is a purchasing program operated by SpearPoint Technology Advisors for any association, alumni program, or institution. Your members buy the same technologies from the same suppliers at the same or better pricing, with a simpler path to buy and no additional cost or expense. Each purchase pays a royalty to the member company and a royalty to the Association, in dollars, funded by the supplier's existing cost of sale.

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SPEND Advantage is MORE.

Your current technology spend earns a royalty back to your company automatically, paid in dollars. No new budget, no fees, nothing extra to manage. Everything about the program adds up the same way: MORE.

MORE money back to your company

A defined share of the supplier's channel compensation is paid to your company as a royalty on every placement and renewal. Real dollars to your IT budget, not points.

MORE funding for the Association

The Association receives its own royalty on the same spend, in dollars, and directs it to the programs its members value most: leadership development, chapters, events, and outreach.

MORE reach for your community

Your participation strengthens the Association community around you: chapter programming, leadership development, and the Association's foundation giving.

MORE control

You decide what spend is included. Enroll the suppliers and services you choose; nothing moves without your say-so, and nothing changes about how you buy.

MORE information

A certified Trusted Advisor brings market intelligence across 400+ suppliers to every decision you face. Advice in your interest, not a sales pitch.

MORE time back

Your Trusted Advisor handles the sourcing legwork: quotes, comparisons, escalations, and renewals, so your team stays focused on running technology, not buying it.

MORE confidence

A certified Trusted Advisor advocates for you across 400+ suppliers, answers to a program code of conduct, and keeps sales pressure at bay.

MORE transparency

The smartest price standard, held by your Trusted Advisor: same or better pricing, full visibility, and never a premium for participating.

MORE proof

Prove it on a single purchase. Share one upcoming renewal, supplier, or need, and a Trusted Advisor shows you the royalty it would pay back. No commitment, no change to your pricing.

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Same price. Same suppliers. No additional cost or expense. Full stop. Your technology review shows the royalty your portfolio would pay back.

And at the same time, your spend strengthens your entire Association community.

Spend Placement Earns Network Dividends.

The Association is the community its members already belong to: connecting leaders through local chapters, developing the next generation through leadership programs, and giving back through the Association's foundation in the communities where members live and work. Every purchase through SPEND Advantage funds that mission with money the supplier was already going to spend, and SpearPoint operates the program so the Association never handles a supplier, a contract, or a commission.

SPEND Advantage, operated by SpearPoint Technology Advisors
$7.50 to the AssociationOf every $100 of gross commission SpearPoint receives, paid as a cash royalty under the standard program.
$7.50 to the memberOf every $100 of gross, paid to the member company as a cash royalty on placement and renewal.
$7.50 platform, $77.50 residualSpearPoint keeps $7.50 for the platform; the residual goes to the advisor of record who did the work.

The standard program, per $100 of gross commission.

Suppliers pay a commission on the spend an advisor places. The distributor passes 85% of it through to SpearPoint; that is the gross. The standard Association program then runs a simple waterfall off the top of gross: 7.5% royalty to the Association, 7.5% royalty to the member company, 7.5% to the SpearPoint platform, and the 77.5% residual to the advisor of record. Every share is paid in dollars. Enter a monthly spend figure to see the shares. Rates are configurable per program; the commission rate is a blended assumption, not a quote.

Monthly program-eligible spend routed

Distributor pass-through is fixed at 85% of supplier commission.

Gross commission received

$1,530

per month, from spend × commission × 85% pass-through

Association royalty (7.5%)

$115

cash dividend to the Association

Member royalty (7.5%)

$115

cash royalty to the member company

SpearPoint platform (7.5%) and advisor residual (77.5%)

$115 platform, $1,186 residual

Royalties are paid in dollars, on placement and on renewal, and reported next to the spend. Any figure stated as a share of member spend depends on the blended commission assumption above and should be treated as an estimate to be re-modeled for your Association's supplier mix.

See how it works with your own numbers.

The fastest way to understand SPEND Advantage is a simple technology review: share an upcoming purchase, renewal, supplier, or need, even one you haven't fully defined, and a trusted advisor will help you evaluate it, with no commitment and no change to your pricing. Association leaders can ask SpearPoint for a program briefing the same way.

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