By now, we’re all familiar with Cameo. The place where celebrities can send personalized video messages to fans – for a price. There’s a lot of celebrities to choose from, and their prices vary greatly. So who’s making bank? And who from Florida is really bringing it in?
The actual money totals aren’t released publicly. But, odds comparison experts Sports Betting NY looked at how much sports stars from the NFL, MLB, NBA and WNBA could have earned from personalized video website Cameo. The math? Multiplying the number of reviews by how much they charge for each video. Now, the findings reflect the minimum amount of money each sports star has earned on the site based on confirmed sales. Many customers are likely to have not left a review, but you need to buy a video to leave a review.
Until someone decides to tell us exactly how much they’re making we can only go by estimate. One such star who has talked is Brian Baumgartner, who played Kevin on The Office. he claims to have pulled down more than a million dollars doing the Kevin character for Office fans for $195 each. Using the math, Brian’s 4,960 reviews times $195 = $967,200. So if only 168 people got the video and didn’t hit him back with a review, there’s the million dollars he speaks of. So someone making 10% more than the minimum number we’re calculating is probably acceptable.
I only brought in Brian to show the math. Let’s talk about athletes. Maybe you want a famous sports star for a birthday message. Or to kick off a company presentation. Or just to make you look like a boss on Tik Tok.
Which athlete from Florida is cashing in on Cameo?
The top earning sports star overall on Cameo is NFL Hall of Famer Ray Lewis, who has earned an impressive $231,660 since he signed up to the site. After Cameo takes their generous cut of 25%, this means he likely to have netted around $173,745 from 702 videos. Ordering a customized video from the former linebacker costs $330, with customers giving him an impressive average rating of 4.95 out of 5.
Ray is from Bartow, Florida. Less than 2 hours north of us here in Fort Myers. Ray dominated at The University of Miami and then later for the Baltimore Ravens.
