Outpost & Co. · San Clemente, California

Why a website. With receipts.

We only make claims we can source. Here is the case for owning your own address on the internet, in numbers — whether you run a business or you are the business.

For the local business

The people already looking for you need somewhere to land.

81%

of consumers research a business online before buying from it.

Clutch, State of Small Business Websites 2025
84%

of consumers see a business with a real website as more credible than one with social media alone.

Consumer credibility surveys, 2023–2025
28%

of local searches end in a purchase within 24 hours. Nearly half of all Google searches are local.

Google local search research
20–35%

of referred customers are lost at the "verification step" — the moment someone hears about you, looks you up, and finds nothing.

Google consumer research, via Clutch 2025
+1,200%

growth in traffic referred to websites by AI tools like ChatGPT in eight months. 39% of consumers already shop with AI. If AI can't read you, it can't recommend you.

Adobe Analytics, 2025
The short version: your customers check. A five-star business with no website loses the sale it already earned.

For the athlete

Your name is a business. Most of the industry hasn't claimed theirs.

48%

of 152 of the most represented athletes in the world — across WME/IMG, CAA, Wasserman, Octagon, Excel, Klutch, and Roc Nation — have no owned website at all. Only about a third have a real one.

Outpost audit of agency rosters, July 2026
~3.5%

of your followers see an average Instagram post — down from 10–15% in 2020. The audience you built is rented, and the rent keeps going up.

Social platform reach analyses, 2025
3.3 yrs

average NFL career. NBA: 4.8. The contract ends. The name — and everything built on it — is what continues.

Statista career-length data
$4.5B

the NIL market's 2026 size by Opendorse's latest estimate — up 50% in a year. Deals flow to athletes who are findable and vettable.

Opendorse Annual NIL Report 2026
$62B

global athlete endorsement market in 2025, projected to nearly double by 2034. Brand managers Google you before they call you.

Dataintelo athlete endorsement report
80%

of fans say they're more likely to trust a recommendation from their favorite athlete. That trust deserves a home you own, not an algorithm.

OpenSponsorship athlete marketing data
The short version: when a brand manager, a journalist, or ChatGPT looks you up — what do they find? A dead link, a fan site, or your actual story?

We build it first, then show you. A finished site with your name on it, live before anyone asks for a meeting.

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