Vendor Information

Welcome TRR Vendors

The TRR Committee welcomes vendors in the rowing community who wish to set up a tent at our regatta.  We provide ample space close to the boathouse where rowers and guests are concentrated.  For those who cannot attend, we also offer advertising on our two web sites and ad space in our Event Program at very affordable rates.

The regatta itself brings over 600 boats to the Merrimac River for a great day of racing and fun.  Accompanying those boats are the over 3,000 competitors that row them, and a few thousand friends and family, all within a short walk of where we locate the vendor area downriver from the boathouse.

If you can't make it to the regatta, or just wish to increase your exposure to the rowing community, we offer the options of advertising on our two rowing web sites and in the TRR Event Program. Our web sites generate high traffic, especially in the days before and after the TRR -- keep this in mind as you consider whether spending some of your advertising money with us is worth your while.

Please review the information below, and if you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to contact us for a fast and thorough response.  Our email address for vendor relations is located at the bottom of this page.

NOTE:  Please note that the TRR has a signed contract with N&D Sports for official TRR merchandise for 2013.  Merchandise may not carry any reference to the Textile River Regatta without prior approval from the TRR and N&D Sports.

Pricing

Note that there is a discount for paying today with PayPal. You do not need a PayPal account - any major credit card will work. Also note that payments are processed using our MRRA account and your credit card statement will read from "MRRA" or "Merrimac River Rowing Association". You will receive a receipt via email from PayPal. We do not store any personal or credit card information on our site.

Item	Description	Pay at Regatta	"Pay Now" Price	Pay with PayPal or Credit Card
VTENT	Vendor Tent 10'x10' or 10'x20', write to us if you need special accommodations or a larger area.  Pay today with PayPal or credit card and receive a $25 discount.	$200	$175
VWEBAD	Web site ad, small (125x125 max)	$50	$50
VPROGAD	Event Program Ad (we print and distribute 800+ programs on the day of the regatta).	$50	$50
Discount Combo Pricing
VCOMBO1	Tent + web ad, $25 off	$225	$200
VCOMBO2	Tent + web ad + Event Program ad, $25 off	$275	$250

New for 2013

• Pay Now for an additional $25 discount by using PayPal or a major credit card.  Use the PayPal links above to go through the purchase process.
• Web ads must be paid for before the regatta if you expect to see your ad on the web site before the high web site traffic periods.  Allow 5 business days to have your ad placed on the site; less if we already have your artwork.   Web ads run for 365 days begining on the day of purchase or placement, whichever is later.   Ads run on www.textileriverregatta.org and www.merrimackrowing.org (which hosts the Festival Regatta in June).

Details on Tents

• We mark off an area directly downriver of the boat house on the day before the regatta, you can set up your tent usually as early as the Saturday afternoon prior to the regatta.  The tents are all in the final 1000m of the race course and offer a great location near the rowers, guests and normal pedestrian traffic that is popular along this stretch of the boulevard.
• We reserve a stretch of curb for parking during the regatta specifically for vendors and you will be given a dashboard pass when you arrive. Note that this area is very heavily trafficked and spots fill up early.
• Locations will be assigned starting closest to the boathouse, in order of receipt of payment.  Space is Limited!  If you wish to pay on the day of the regatta, you must send us an email so that we will reserve a spot for you.
• Note that we do NOT provide the tent, only the space.  If you need a space larger than 10'x20', please let us know in your e-mail reservation.
• We expect to have a security guard patrolling the boathouse area overnight, but we cannot be responsible for any materials that you leave unattended at any time.
• Payments can be made by check payable to Textile River Regatta Committee, or using the PayPal links above.  Payments are due no later than the morning of the regatta.  Payment today with PayPal gets you an additional discount and also puts you in our reservation queue.

Details on Web Advertising

• Our two websites, www.textileriverregatta.org and www.merrimackriverrowing.org each generate a substantial amount of qualified traffic from the rowing community.  The TRR web site typically has most of its activity in the days surrounding the TRR, while the MRRA web site is spread more evenly during all of the warm weather months.  Our two websites have had over 30,000 visits and 150,000 page views in the past twelve months ending July 2013.   The TRR site alone will have approximately 6,000 visits in the days before and after the regatta.
• Your web ad will be prominently displayed in the left menu column as shown on this page and all other pages on the web site.  A small ad is considered no larger than 125 pixels square (the size of the LHS Pogies ad shown at left).
• If you have a particular image that should be used, send a link to that image in an email.  If you don't have a preference, we'll take the likeliest image from your web site and create the ad and link for you.  In either case, be sure to specify the URL where you want the click to go -- some people prefer to have a special landing page on their site when a click-thru comes their way.
• If there is significant response to these advertising offers, we will evenly distribute the ads across all of the web pages on both web sites.  So we are not guaranteeing that your ad will appear on every web page, but we are guaranteeing that you will be represented fairly and that we do expect every significant page on our sites to contain ads in the left margin.  We will also alter the order of the ads on each page so that your ad isn't always at the top or the bottom.
• Your ads will run for a full calendar year from starting on the date of payment or deployment, whichever is later.

Event Program Ads

• We have limited space available in our TRR Event Program on a first-come first-served basis.  If you don't specify otherwise, we will use the obvious image from your web site and show that image along with your company name and web site in the ad.
• In 2012, we printed and distributed 800 event programs free of charge to participants and guests.  We expect to do this every year.  In the event that finances prohibit this or that our allocation of ad space in the program is exhausted, we will offer you the choice of a refund or exchange the $50 for an extra year of web site advertising.
• No exceptions:  You must let us know if you want an Event Program ad no later than two weeks before the regatta date.

How To Order

• We try to make it as simple as possible for you in all respects.
• If you would like to set up a tent at the regatta, send your check or money order to the address below.  If you wish to pay on the day of the regatta, send us an email to reserve your space.
• For web site and Event Program ads, send your check or money order to the address below, or send an email and we'll get started.  If you have specific artwork you would like us to use, mention that in the email.  PLEASE MOVE QUICKLY: All requests for web site ads and program ads must be received by no later than Friday, September 27th, 2013.
• If you wish to pay on regatta day, please send an email and clearly mention in the email if you wish to (a) rent tent space, (b) place a web ad and/or (c) place an ad in the Event Program.

Payments and Correspondence

Make your check or money order payable to:

Textile River Regatta Committee

Send your check or money order to:

Textile River Regatta Committee - VENDORS
P.O. Box 1493
Lowell, MA 01852-1493

To send us an email and reserve your tent space or to sign up for a web ad or Event Program ad, or if you have any vendor-related questions, please send all email correspondence to:

vendors@textileriverregatta.org