Turn student clubs into your lowest-cost marketing channel for universities
Student founders in martech face high customer acquisition costs and difficulty proving ROI to budget-conscious university admins and small businesses.
Ambassadorly lets student founders recruit and manage campus ambassadors who promote martech tools to university admins and small businesses. The platform tracks referrals, pays micro-incentives, and automatically produces ROI attribution reports showing exactly how many leads came from each club.
Student founders building martech tools targeting universities and small businesses
Built-in student payment rails and university admin dashboards that prove campus-driven acquisition ROI
friendly
Post opportunities to student clubs and track applications
Unique links and attribution for every ambassador
Automated PayPal/Venmo payouts for student performance
Shows university admins exactly which clubs drive signups
Ready-to-use outreach messages for clubs
Gamified rankings for ambassadors
Formal approval flow for official club partnerships
Track performance across several martech products
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| club_id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| university_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| ambassador_id | uuid | No |
| converted | bool | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/referrals/trackRecord referral conversion
/api/payoutsProcess ambassador payments
20 ambassadors
Unlimited
Unlimited
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 35 | 20% | $175 | $2,100 |
| Month 6 | 220 | 22% | $1,210 | $14,520 |
Launch, track, and prove ROI of your campus ambassador program in one place
Reach out to 20 student entrepreneurship clubs via Instagram and offer free setup. Create a simple Notion template showing sample ROI numbers and DM it to founders in r/Entrepreneur and university Discords.
Enterprise ambassador management
Way too expensive for student founders
Built for $25/mo student budgets with university ROI focus
Network effects from growing club relationships and referral data
Universities are actively seeking cheaper acquisition channels post-budget cuts
Low ambassador engagement
Gamification and easy payout flow
Success: 15 want to run ambassador programs
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