What Pró Spin does

Pró Spin is a Brazilian pure-play e-commerce retailer founded in 2004 and headquartered in Ribeirão Pires (with a São Paulo-area customer service office), specializing in tennis, beach tennis, padel, pickleball, badminton, squash, frescobol, and table tennis equipment. The company sells rackets, balls, footwear, apparel, bags, racket strings, accessories, and sports protection gear from 18+ major brands including Wilson, Babolat, Head, Nike, Adidas, Yonex, Tecnifibre, Prince, and Asics, and also offers a value-added professional racket stringing service. It serves Brazilian consumers nationwide via Correios (SEDEX and PAC) and third-party carriers, with no physical retail storefronts.

The technology stack is built on the Magento e-commerce platform (delivered by Bring E-commerce / Bring.com.br), with a proprietary online Racket Comparison Tool that lets shoppers filter rackets by skill level, balance, weight, head size, string pattern, length, and material. Payments are processed exclusively through Mercado Pago, supporting PIX, credit and debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Elo, American Express, Hipercard), and boleto bancário. Social login is enabled via Google, Facebook, and Microsoft Live, and the storefront is secured with SSL encryption.

The business model is direct-to-consumer transactional retail. Pricing is publicly listed in BRL with a 10% PIX payment discount, credit-card installments up to 10x without interest (minimum installment R$ 40.00), and free shipping above R$ 399.99 in the South/Southeast/Central-West regions and above R$ 499.99 in the North/Northeast. Customer acquisition is driven by organic social media (Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp Channel), an affiliate program, SEO, a tennis blog covering Grand Slam and Brazilian tournaments, and a product-review reward points system. The company operates with 51–100 employees and is privately held with no disclosed investors, funding rounds, or revenue.

Name

Pró Spin

Website

https://prospin.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Pró Spin is a Brazilian pure-play e-commerce retailer founded in 2004 that sells tennis, beach tennis, padel, pickleball, and other racket-sport equipment, footwear, apparel, and accessories to Brazilian consumers nationwide via its Magento-based online store.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tennis & Racket Sports Equipment Retail

NAICS

Sporting Goods Retailers (45911)

SIC

Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec (3949)

akta.pro primary industry

Racquet Sports (Tennis/Pickleball/Badminton/Squash) Retail (CRAMABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tennis Equipment & Accessories Retail (CRAMAFAA), Racquet Bags, Cases & Storage Retail (CRAMAFAG), Racquet Sport Balls & Shuttlecocks Retail (CRAMAFAH)

Keywords

• Tennis equipment retail
• Racket sports e-commerce
• Beach tennis gear
• Padel equipment store
• Sports apparel online

Headquarters

HQ city

Ribeirão Pires

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Product Sales (Retail E-commerce): Direct-to-consumer online sales of tennis and racket sports equipment including rackets, balls, footwear, apparel, bags, strings, and accessories. Revenue is generated through one-time transaction purchases. The company also offers professional racket stringing services with an additional 2 business day lead time.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Pró Spin operates a Brazilian online retail store that sells tennis, beach tennis, padel, pickleball, badminton, squash, frescobol, and table tennis equipment — including rackets, balls, footwear, apparel, bags, strings, accessories, and protective gear — alongside a professional racket stringing service. Customers purchase directly through the company's e-commerce website, supported by a proprietary racket comparison tool, nationwide shipping via Correios and carriers, and standard Brazilian consumer protections.

Product overview

Pró Spin is a Brazilian e-commerce retailer specializing in tennis and racket sports equipment. The core product portfolio centers on tennis rackets (Performance, Intermediate, Beginner, Children's sizes), beach tennis rackets, padel rackets, and pickleball paddles, complemented by an extensive accessory line including balls, racket strings, footwear, athletic clothing, bags, and sports protection gear. The company offers a proprietary racket comparison tool and professional stringing services. Major brand partnerships include Wilson, Babolat, Head, Adidas, Nike, Yonex, Tecnifibre, and others. The business operates both a full-price e-commerce platform and an outlet/clearance channel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tennis rackets Tennis rackets for all skill levels, segmented into Performance, Intermediate, Beginner, and Children's categories with sizes from 17 to 26 inches matched to child height. Intended for tennis players ranging from children to professionals.
• Beach tennis rackets Beach tennis rackets including Performance and Children's variants, available in carbon fiber materials. Intended for beach tennis practitioners of varying skill levels.
• Padel rackets Padel rackets for the growing Brazilian padel market, covering adult player needs for the sport.
• Pickleball equipment Pickleball paddles and balls serving the emerging pickleball segment among Brazilian consumers.
• Badminton rackets Badminton rackets for badminton players served through a dedicated online category.
• Squash, frescobol, and table tennis rackets Rackets for squash, frescobol, and table tennis, offered alongside the company's main racket-sports lineup to cover additional niche racket disciplines.
• Tennis balls Tennis balls available in tubes, economic packs, boxes, and children's variants, sourced from Wilson, Head, Tecnifibre, Dunlop, and Babolat. Suitable for tennis players across training, match, and youth use cases.
• Beach tennis, padel, pickleball, squash and other sport balls Balls for beach tennis, pickleball, padel, squash, frescobol, peteca, volleyball, American football, soccer, table tennis, and basketball, providing consumables across the racket and adjacent sports categories.
• Tennis and sport-specific footwear Tennis-specific footwear for men, women, and juniors, including court-specific designs for clay and hard courts, plus beach tennis, squash, padel, pickleball, running, casual, trail, and slide styles.
• Athletic apparel Athletic clothing including shirts, shorts, tracksuits, polo shirts, dresses, tops, sunglasses, and beach-tennis-specific apparel, available for men, women, youth, and children.
• Racket strings Racket strings sold in rolls and individual sets, in Nylon, Synthetic Gut, Polyester, and co-polymer materials from Babolat, Luxilon, Wilson, Tecnifibre, Prince, and Yonex. Both DIY buyers and players using the company's stringing service purchase these.
• Sports bags and backpacks Sports bags, backpacks, racket bags, and equipment carriers with sport-specialized variants for padel, beach tennis, and pickleball.
• Tennis and racket-sports accessories Tennis and racket-sports accessories including antivibrators, lead weights, cushion grips, masks, wristbands, overgrips, headbands, string paint, and ball pressurizers.
• Sports protective gear Sports protection gear including knee pads, hip protectors, gloves, ankle supports, shin guards, abdominal belts, arm guards, palm protectors, and wrist supports.
• Professional racket stringing service Professional racket stringing service performed by the company, covering tension calibration, string patterns (16x19, 18x20), and material selection (Nylon, Synthetic Gut, Polyester); adds 2 business days to dispatch time. Available to customers purchasing rackets or providing their own.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mercado PagocoreTechnology or IntegrationMercado Pago is the primary payment processing partner powering all transactions on Pró Spin's website. Processes PIX, credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Elo, American Express, Hipercard), debit card, and two-card combination payments. All transactions are processed in a secure environment through Mercado Pago's infrastructure.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Centauro: Brazil's largest sporting goods e-commerce retailer, operating a multi-category catalog (footwear, apparel, equipment) including tennis and other racket sports. Directly comparable in product breadth, customer base, and pure-play e-commerce model.
• Netshoes: Brazilian sporting goods and lifestyle e-commerce retailer (acquired by Magazine Luiza). Directly competes in tennis footwear, apparel and equipment, with a similarly broad racket-sports catalog.
• Tennis Warehouse: US-based specialist online tennis retailer (now part of adidas) with deep racket/bags/footwear assortment. Closely comparable as a category specialist with educational content and detailed product filtering.
• Tennis-Point: Largest European online tennis and racket sports specialty retailer. Highly comparable as a vertical specialist in tennis/padel/badminton equipment with content and gear-recommendation tools analogous to Pró Spin's approach.
• Do It Tennis: Family-run US tennis specialty e-commerce retailer carrying tennis rackets, apparel and accessories. Comparable as a long-tenured racket-sports-only specialist competing with broader sporting goods retailers.
• Decathlon Brasil: International multi-sport retailer with physical stores and a strong Brazilian e-commerce presence. Overlaps on tennis, padel, badminton and other racket sports, competing on assortment and own-brand pricing.
• Holabird Sports: US specialty tennis retailer with rackets, strings, footwear and apparel. Comparable to Pró Spin as a niche racket-sports-only online storefront serving competitive and recreational players.

Broad incumbents

• Mercado Livre: Latin America's largest marketplace and a major Brazilian e-commerce channel where multiple sellers list tennis and racket sports SKUs. Overlaps with Pró Spin on commoditized products and competes on price and shipping.
• Magazine Luiza (Magalu): Large Brazilian omnichannel retailer sporting apparel, footwear, and equipment (own store plus Netshoes). Comparable as a mass-market e-commerce destination where Pró Spin's specialized tennis assortment competes for share.

Others

• Wilson Sporting Goods (official site): Major racket-sports OEM whose brand storefront represents a vertical disintermediation threat. Listed as an industry participant/partner channel because Pró Spin is a Wilson authorized retailer, and direct brand sales are a structural risk to resellers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/prospintenis
• Facebookfacebook.com/lojaprospin
• Instagraminstagram.com/pro_spin
• TikToktiktok.com/@pro.spin
• Xx.com/loja_prospin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pro-spin

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Pró Spin