Corporate padel: company leagues and tournaments
It is the only product a padel club sells that gets invoiced to a company, paid by bank transfer and played in the morning. And almost no club has it set up as a product.
Why it matters to your club
Corporate padel solves three business problems at once, and none of them has anything to do with padel:
- B2B invoicing, with VAT and 30-day terms. One client, one invoice, one payment. Nothing like chasing 40 individual transfers.
- It fills morning and midday hours. Companies play at 8am, at 2pm or at 6pm on weekdays: exactly the bands a club struggles to sell.
- It brings in new players who were not yours. The employee who discovers your club through their company league comes back at the weekend with their partner. It is the cheapest acquisition channel a club has.
Corporate tournament or inter-company league
Corporate tournament (a company event)
A company hires the club for a day: courts, a coach, an americano-style format, catering and prizes. It is invoiced as an event, at a fixed price. It is the way in: if it goes well, the following year they ask you for the league.
Recommended format: americano or mexicano, because it mixes levels and leaves nobody out in the first round. See how the format works.
Inter-company league
Eight or twelve companies from your area compete round by round. Each team is 4 or 6 pairs with a captain in charge. The company pays the team's entry and the club invoices each one separately.
Recommended format: a team league with fortnightly rounds and a fixed time band. See how to set the league up.
From zero to your first corporate league
Start with the members you already have
The first company team in your league always comes from a member who works at a large company on your industrial estate. Do not cold-call: ask at reception.
Prepare a one-page pack
Dates, format, number of players per team, price per team and what it includes. A one-page pack gets forwarded inside the company; a twelve-page PDF does not.
Price per team, not per player
The company wants one closed figure to approve in one go. Price per team, VAT separate, invoice in the company's name.
Name a captain per team
They answer for their team, confirm line-ups and receive the notifications. Without a captain, the club ends up talking to forty people.
Block fixed time bands
Two weekly bands reserved for the league, always the same ones. That is what turns the league into predictable occupancy rather than a mess of loose bookings.
Finish with a final and photos
The final with trophies and photos is what gets HR to approve next year's edition. It is your best sales material.
How far we help
Let us be exact, because corporate padel attracts a lot of overselling: Mixines handles the lists and the payments. The league calendar and the standings are yours.
What we do
- Each round as an event with a list: the cap, who is coming and who is missing, with its own fixed link.
- Payment through the club's terminal, or marked by hand when the company pays by transfer.
- A waiting list to cover last-minute drop-outs without calling anybody.
- Your club and nothing else: the company does not see a platform full of other clubs. Why that matters.
What we do not
- A round-by-round league calendar. That stays in your spreadsheet.
- Automatic standings. You collect the results.
- Invoicing the company. We give you the breakdown per team; your accountant issues the invoice.
- Automatic notifications to captains. The message is generated ready to send, but you send it.
Questions about corporate padel
How much do you charge for a corporate league?
It depends whether you include the courts. With courts included, the norm is between €400 and €900 per team for a three-month season. Without courts, between €100 and €200 entry per team with each round paid separately.
How many players per team?
Between 6 and 10 registered, so you can field 3 pairs per round with room for absences. Fewer than 6 and any absence forces you to postpone the whole fixture.
Do you have to invoice each company?
Yes, and that is one of the advantages: one client per team, with its own tax number and payment terms. Mixines does not issue invoices: it gives you the list of entrants and what has been collected per team, and your accountant issues the invoice.
What if a company drops out mid-league?
Put it in the rules: usually the matches already played stand and the outstanding ones are forfeited, with no pro-rata refund once the league has started.
Carry on here
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