Pickleball paddle OEMs can increase sales, improve margins, and diversify their customer base with IPMA certification.
By removing costly certification barriers for small brands, IPMA enables more companies to sell your OEM paddles, creating more opportunities for growth, profitability, and long-term stability.
1. Blanket Paddle Approvals for Pickleball Paddle OEMs
If you produce paddles sold under multiple brand names with no major material or structural changes, IPMA provides blanket approvals.
One testing fee for the OEM covers multiple paddles for your clients. Each private label or contract customer can proudly display the IPMA Tested seal without paying for duplicate testing.
Benefits: Faster onboarding for new brands, more profitable customers, and a significant competitive advantage for OEMs.
2. Lower Certification Costs for OEMs to Boost Paddle Sales
Small brands don’t need to spend thousands on certification, freeing up funds for inventory, marketing, and growth.
IPMA certification removes a major barrier to small brand success, turning saved costs into increased orders and higher manufacturing volume for OEMs.
3. Affordable, Profitable Paddle Branding for OEMs
With transparent IPMA testing standards, you can help clients create paddles that are credible, professional, and cost effective.
This allows small brands to compete while giving you, the OEM, flexibility to offer customization, better margins, and a wider variety of branded paddles.
Result: Brands grow faster, and your production line stays busy.
4. Diversify Your Customer Base
Relying on one or two large brands can make your business vulnerable to pricing pressure and unpredictable orders.
IPMA membership helps OEMs attract more small, independent brands, all backed by trusted paddle testing standards. Diversifying your customer base builds stability, protects margins, and ensures your business isn’t dependent on a single large customer.
5. Build a Stronger, Healthier Pickleball Industry
By joining IPMA, OEMs become part of a movement that supports accessible quality and fair play across the pickleball market. Manufacturers, brands, and players all benefit when more paddles meet trusted standards and OEMs can profit sustainably.
6. Grow Your OEM Business by Helping Customers Succeed
By lowering the barrier to entry for small brands, IPMA enables more companies to sell your OEM paddles, increasing reach, strengthening margins, and stabilizing your business.
Less certification cost. More credibility. More customers.
➡️ Join the International Paddle Manufacturers Association and grow your paddle manufacturing business through trust, affordability, and collaboration.