In 2008 founder and CEO Jason Atkins had just exited a previous company and was deciding what to do next. After years of intensive business travel, he wanted to build a company that could operate less than 1 kilometer from his house so he could walk to work and be close to his family. It also occurred to him at this time that there were probably plenty of other talented, passionate folks in the area who were having to commute 60-90 minutes or more per day to work in their chosen fields and he figured he would be able to create some jobs for them. He determined that his guiding principles would be:
With these values in mind he struck upon an idea to bring new technology to a business that even to this day some companies are running using postal mail and mound after mound of paper. Jason began interviewing hundreds of channel incentives managers, brand managers and retail sales associates in order that the new platform might best suit the needs of all users, end-to-end.
After eight months of intensive research and code writing, 360 Incentives won its first beta client, appliance manufacturer Sub-Zero, who remain a client to this day.
360 Incentives is a company founded with the idea that the world of manufacturer sales spiffs, rebate programs and other marketing incentives could be handled using the latest technology and saving people time, paper and delivering a really unbelievable user experience.
In the plainest language possible, at 360Incentives our work is fulfilling sales spiffs, consumer rebates, instant rebates, sell-through allowances and other such programs for manufacturers and distributors.
In an industry where programs have historically been designed to willfully create “breakage” (e.g. create conditions in the program that make it less likely that the company will have to pay out the incentive due to the payees simply giving up on getting paid), 360 works with their clients to make sure that this last touch a brand has with their stakeholders is a great one.
We provide a process that is fast moving, fast paying and transparent throughout. And, in an industry where the standard for auditing of these claims is around 3%, 360 Incentives is pleased to offer 100% auditing of all claims for compliance and fraud. New clients find that they are usually saving 8-9% of the value of their campaign spend (usually 7 or 8 figures!) within the first 90 days of launching with us and we are proud to say that since our inception we have never lost a client. This commitment to delivering unbelievable experiences has enabled us to work with huge global brands: GE, Whirlpool, Samsung, LG, Electrolux, Sub Zero Wolf, Frigidaire, Danby, Bosch, Lennox and Unilock to name a handful. Working with a client base of world-class, global companies helps push us ever further toward excellence. That’s totally cool.
