Updated Membership Numbers

[Juro]

Last year we were up to 10,000 by the end of February. That would have been helped by being preseason favourites and the strong effort in 2011\. Not sure when they started pushing the "membership is the only way of guaranteeing a seat at Leichhardt" line.

Unless something big comes up, it looks like we will be behind at the start of this year.

 

[slm9]

Numbers I posted on league unlimited. Thought people here might be iterested.

"Here are some numbers over the last few years that I’ve collected. Not 100% sure of the accuracy but numbers from various newspaper articles and membership threads from previous years. If there are any major inaccuracies let me know and I can fix up. Current numbers are the latest from this thread."
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[Juro]

Interesting that only 8 of the teams have increased year on year from 2009 to 2012\. Obviously 2013 has a long way to go.

 

[innsaneink]

Good work sim, thanks

Looks like Souths could be the only club to continually improve over the last 4 seasons

 

[Juro]

Have members on here been registering with the NRL 'claim your territory' site? (http://member.nrl.com/)

It is pretty embarrassing that Souths are winning Balmain with only 2 members. We are winning in Leichhardt but only with 3 members.

And casting my eye down Campbelltown way, there are a few suburbs with Wests Tigers logos (Minto (2), Ruse (1) and Raby (3)). But we are losing in Campbelltown (Souths winning with 3) and Leumeah (Souths again with 1).

Pretty every other Sydney club has their heartland pretty well claimed. But we are just not there.

 

[Deano1]

I've added mine for what it's worth. I know it's only a mickey mouse NRL promotion but you've got to admit it doesn't look good seeing those wascilly wabbits all over the map….especially in areas we should be owning!

 

[innsaneink]

Have members on here been registering with the NRL 'claim your territory' site? (http://member.nrl.com/)

It is pretty embarrassing that Souths are winning Balmain with only 2 members. We are winning in Leichhardt but only with 3 members.

And casting my eye down Campbelltown way, there are a few suburbs with Wests Tigers logos (Minto (2), Ruse (1) and Raby (3)). But we are losing in Campbelltown (Souths winning with 3) and Leumeah (Souths again with 1).

Pretty every other Sydney club has their heartland pretty well claimed. But we are just not there.

Meh, does it matter?
I tried once it didnt work, cbf any more…
The numbers are the numbers, you can paint all the pretty pictures you want

 

[innsaneink]

A comparison:

Both clubs, Im guessing all - promoted this lark
Ours is now at the bottom of page 2 on our website

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**Have you 'claimed your territory'?\
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The NRL have launched a fun new game where NRL club members can 'claim their territory' for their club by registering their membership and postcode.**
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Postcodes, towns and countries will be claimed by the club with the most registered members.
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It's time for you to show which club has the best members, head over to http://member.nrl.com/ and 'claim your territory' to show Wests Tigers members lead the pack.
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Not a member yet? Make sure you show you're a true fan by signing up today!

Theirs is still on the front page of their website

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**Attention all Rabbitohs Members! By becoming a Member of your club for 2013 you have become one of our most valuable and important people this season. Now it’s time to go one step further and claim your territory on behalf of your club.** By registering your Membership here, you will claim your home town for your club and go into the draw to win some great prizes!
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If you live in your clubs backyard or opposition territory or even overseas, it doesn’t matter – register and claim your piece of land for your club. The club with the most registrations in an area will claim that territory.
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So register now, spread the word, tell your friends and family to get on board, join the Rabbitohs and Claim your territory!
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Not a member? Signing up is easy and there are Memberships to suit you whether you can make games or not. Interstate, International, Baby, Pet Memberships, they’re all there. There’s even a handy “help me choose” function. Sign up today by clicking here.

I guess with them having 3x the amount of members to us, theyd keep their promo going

Just seems we still can learn a thing or two…just look at the respective images, and the opening lines in the articles.

Before everyone jumps on my back, my post isnt to bag, its trying to be constructive and learn from those clearly leading the way

Come on WTs!!!
Onwards & upwards.

 

[wtfl1981]

Renewed 4 Memberships and added 4 more for 2013

Lets hope my seating is not stuffed up for 3rd year in a row

WTFL

 

[system]

Have members on here been registering with the NRL 'claim your territory' site? (http://member.nrl.com/)

It is pretty embarrassing that Souths are winning Balmain with only 2 members. We are winning in Leichhardt but only with 3 members.

And casting my eye down Campbelltown way, there are a few suburbs with Wests Tigers logos (Minto (2), Ruse (1) and Raby (3)). But we are losing in Campbelltown (Souths winning with 3) and Leumeah (Souths again with 1).

Pretty every other Sydney club has their heartland pretty well claimed. But we are just not there.

Yes but it's obviously not working properly. I have entered our 6 in Ryde and its says 3 so it's bollocks

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[system]

Have members on here been registering with the NRL 'claim your territory' site? (http://member.nrl.com/)

It is pretty embarrassing that Souths are winning Balmain with only 2 members. We are winning in Leichhardt but only with 3 members.

And casting my eye down Campbelltown way, there are a few suburbs with Wests Tigers logos (Minto (2), Ruse (1) and Raby (3)). But we are losing in Campbelltown (Souths winning with 3) and Leumeah (Souths again with 1).

Pretty every other Sydney club has their heartland pretty well claimed. But we are just not there.

Actually it now says 4\. It indicative of the whole membership numbers being banded around, crap. There is no way the Bunnies have over 20,000 registered paying members. I don't care what anyone says its rubbish.

I know that not enough Tigers out there who go to game regularly are not members and that is wrong. Become a member and support the club and the team.

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[Fade_To_Black]

I can understand why our numbers are a bit iffy after the way WT supporters were kept in the dark during the whole drawn out Sheens debacle, not to mention the blow up from the Heighno/Beau situation.
Really surprised that the Dragons and Rabbitohs have nearly twice as many members as us, maybe they have a stronger fan base in other states as well?
The Sharkies numbers for last year were horrendous, don't know why because they were always going to have a pretty good year last year.

 

[slm9]

835 members in the last week.


 

[happy_tiger]

Look I don't see any ads up here for our memberships ads . Could someone possibly post one

I know the Broncos are a 1 club ,1 city entity , but their ad is brilliant on the TV .

Wish I knew how to post it to show you the quality

 

[wtfl1981]

We have the biggest and widest fan base for sure but just cannot turn them into members….

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

We have the biggest and widest fan base for sure but just cannot turn them into members….

The club is a quagmire at the moment, and our memberships are expensive for what they are. That's why they are having trouble turning them into members.

Just another thought though, I wonder what our merchandise sales are compared to other clubs? I always see people walking around in the latest Tigers gear in Penrith and I wonder whether while we're down on membership revenue, we could well be up on merchandising revenue compared to other clubs?

 

[wtfl1981]

I would have to agree that our merchandise sales must be strong as WT gear is seen everywhere.. From stickers on cars to jerseys for young and old… Do you think that the free rides souths and canterbury get at anz stadium allow them to have bloated bumbers as they dont have to wear the stadium costs?

Our 3 ground arrangement is also a hurdle for membership

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[Cultured_Bogan]

I would have to agree that our merchandise sales must be strong as WT gear is seen everywhere.. From stickers on cars to jerseys for young and old… Do you think that the free rides souths and canterbury get at anz stadium allow them to have bloated bumbers as they dont have to wear the stadium costs?

Our 3 ground arrangement is also a hurdle for membership

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Canterbury and Souths have an 80,000 seat stadium to fill up, that's why they can afford to offer cheap memberships. We have two boutique suburban grounds which only hold approx 20,000 and as such WT look to squeeze as many bucks as they can out of them.

Merchandising is a year on year revenue stream and probably should count for something as well. Just because you choose not to pay for a $300 membership as you feel it doesn't represent value for money, it doesn't mean you won't spend $300 on jerseys and other merchandise.

 

[slm9]

Today's tele had an article about memberships. Quoted the Tigers @ 6,665 on the 10 Feb 2012 and 7,951 on the 10 Feb 2013.

So 1,286 more membership than the same time last year.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Might get another late rush if they decide to hock the "single game membership" again this year.