Budgets

Assign individual merchandise budgets, set recurring allowances, require purchase approvals, and track spending for esports players and staff.

What Are Budgets?

Budgets are an account management feature that allows organizations to assign purchasing credit to individual users. Each user receives a designated allowance that can be used toward merchandise orders, with optional approval requirements and configurable reset schedules.

Budgets are useful for distributing player stipends, esports team apparel funds, and staff allowances without manually tracking each person's spending.

How Budgets Work

  1. Assign a Budget: Add a user by email address and specify the amount of purchasing credit allocated to that person.
  2. Configure the Reset Schedule: Choose whether the budget resets monthly, quarterly, or does not reset automatically.
  3. Set Approval Requirements: Enable or disable purchase approval requirements for each user according to your organization's purchasing policies.
  4. Monitor Spending: Review allocated amounts, remaining balances, and spending activity through your account dashboard.

Budget amounts and approval settings can be managed individually, allowing different users to receive different allowances and purchasing controls.

Budget Controls and Reset Options

Individual Allowances

Assign a specific amount of purchasing credit to each user. This allows organizations to distribute merchandise funds according to individual responsibilities, eligibility, or purchasing needs.

Recurring Budgets

Configure budgets to reset monthly or quarterly when users receive recurring merchandise allowances. For one-time or manually managed allocations, select the option without automatic resets.

Purchase Approvals

Enable approval requirements for users whose purchases need additional oversight. Approval settings can be configured individually rather than applying the same requirement to everyone.

Budget allowances control purchasing credit, while Team Access manages user roles and permissions across the broader account.

Common Uses for Budgets

Player and Team Stipends

Assign individual apparel allowances to esports players, coaches, or staff so each person can select merchandise within their allocated budget.

Recurring Merchandise Programs

Use monthly or quarterly budget resets for organizations that provide ongoing purchasing allowances to their members or staff.

Purchases Requiring Approval

Enable approvals when an administrator or purchasing manager needs to review how allocated credit is used before an order proceeds.

Tracking Budget Activity

Budget activity is available through your account dashboard, allowing administrators to review spending and remaining balances without maintaining separate spreadsheets.

This provides a centralized view of allocated purchasing credit and helps organizations manage recurring allowances, monitor usage, and maintain oversight of merchandise spending.