BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- ProfitWing Inc., a new media company, and three leading fantasy football leaders, today announced an exclusive agreement to distribute the nation's 'first fantasy football gift card' to retail outlets this month. This card will be available at high-volume U.S. retail and grocery outlets and will sell for $25. The gift card bundles is over $100.00 in retail value.
According to recent Fantasy Sports Trade Association research, approximately 19 million people are actively playing fantasy sports with Fantasy Football being the most popular.
"With the growing popularity of Fantasy Football and the growing gift-card market, retailers want to support and display fantasy sports products," said David Clemons, president and founder of ProfitWing. "We have partnered with premium fantasy sports companies to bring consumers a valuable and complete fantasy football experience consisting of tools, games and magazines."
The participating sponsor companies in the Fantasy Football Gift Card(TM) offering are:
-- Sporting News; includes a one year subscription of Sporting News
magazine
-- Head2Head Sports; online game allowing users to select players and
compete against other fantasy football teams
-- FantasyFootballStarters.com; draft, trade and line-up tools that help
analyze and predict a winning team.
"Fantasy Football is becoming a very common interest among both men and women who love the game of football," said Larry Goldstein, Circulation Director with Sporting News. "This gift card represents the best of class tools, games and magazines and a complete fantasy football bundle, this is a great gift for the sports enthusiast."
"A retail gift card provides the ideal packaging and broad distribution to reach the huge universe of football enthusiasts. Our success will be validated by those in search of finding a unique and fun gift for the special sports fan in their life, "said Kevin Gralen, President of Head2Head Sports.
With the NFL preseason kickoff in early August and in full swing by the end of October, the participating sponsoring companies believe this is the year for fantasy football at retail and are excited to measure the sell- through of the cards during the season and for the upcoming holidays. "Fantasy football is becoming so popular it's a perfect fit," said Jeff Coruccini, president of FantasyFootballStarters.com. "The timing couldn't be better by making this available to traditional fantasy football fans as well as friends or family members who want to give a valuable gift for the holiday season."
For information about the Fantasy Football Gift Card product please visit http://www.fantasyfootballgiftcard.com/
About ProfitWing Inc. is a marketing and new media company with focus in retail distribution of premium content and consumer delivery systems. As an integrated company headquartered in Boise Idaho, ProfitWing owns unique internet brands such as FantasyFootballGiftCards.com and PushMobileMedia.com. Learn more at http://www.profitwing.com/
About Sporting News: Sporting News is a multi-media sports company catering to passionate sports fans. Its content is available through a weekly publication, Sporting News Magazine; a national radio network, Sporting News Radio; and a leading community-based website, SportingNews.com. Sporting News Magazine feeds the appetite of passionate sports fans with inside analysis and expert opinion that helps them to "See A Different Game". A division of American City Business Journals, Inc., Sporting News is the nation's first weekly sports publication, which debuted in 1886. http://www.sportingnews.com/
About: H2H: Head2Head Sports has been recognized as an industry pioneer in creating the fast-growing fantasy sports market when they started their company in 1994. Head2Head provides highly engaging fantasy contests on their branded website and via co-branded and private-label marketing relationships. In 2006, Head2Head was awarded industry recognition by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association for both their online salary cap games and live, on-location contests. Head2Head Sports is owned by Sports Enthusiast Media LLC. Learn more at http://www.head2head.com/
About RSGFS: FantasyFootballStarters.com founded in 2004, RSGFS is a Phoenix-based new media content provider focused on providing winning advice for the nation's 19 million fantasy sports players. Our goal is to become the No. 1 choice for predictive fantasy sports analysis tools, delivered directly to consumers through the Web, mobile phones and retail stores -- in short, wherever sports fans are. Learn more at http://www.rsgfs.com/.
For information about the Fantasy Football Gift Card or to schedule interviews or access images contact David Clemons at (435) 703-2297 or David.Clemons@ProfitWing.com
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