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Most fundraising programs offer several options for you to choose from and combine to create the most successful school fundraising program for your school’s PTA group or PTO group. Below is a list of three program options available for school fundraisers and information on each type is below:
- ON-LINE FUNDRAISING
- PRE-SALES FUNDRAISING
- PRODUCT IN HAND FUNDRAISING
ONLINE FUNDRAISING
Lets face it, we are squarely in the 21st century, and some companies are now beginning to offer online fundraising programs, such as we do here at Fundraising Provider™. Our program has been recognized as a leader in the fundraising industry because of our innovative approach. Advantages of our program include:
- User Friendly, Time Efficient Fundraising Software
- Recurring Revenue Opportunity
- Local Branding Options with your own Website.
- Product Distribution
User Friendly Fundraising Software: Our online fundraising software allows people to easily contact their entire list of friends and family in minutes. As a result, even people who are out of state can support your school fundraiser by ordering everything from coffee, gift wrap, jewelry, candles, cookie dough and kitchenware, to novelties and holiday items all online. Our products are then shipped directly to the customer themselves eliminating the need for your group to spend days distributing products.
When you sign up for with Fundraising Provider for your school fundraising, our system does all the work for you. Fundraisers can log into the system via our website send emails to local or even out of state family and friends, as well as post on their Facebook account that they are doing a fundraiser. These emails and posts on Facebook will include a link back to our store with a unique code for each individual who has signed up under your fundraiser. Any purchases made are credited directly to your Fundraiser and to the student’s Reward Points account. All sales are tracked in real time and can be viewed simply by logging into your account on our website. Students can track their reward points and spend them directly on the site as well.
Recurring Fundraising Revenue: Groups who sign up with our online fundraising program can take advantage of a year-round earning opportunities. Once a person has purchased a product after following a link in an email, a posting on Facebook or if they typed in a student code from one of your students fliers, your school gets credit. Each purchase made thereafter by that individual at our on line store, will also be credited to your fundraiser unless the customer changes their preference of which group or school they would like to support. We are the only fundraising company offering recurring purchases in our store such as monthly coffee subscriptions and monthly candle subscriptions. Offering great products is very important in choosing your on line fundraising company as this keeps them coming back and creates a continual stream of revenue for your group.
Local Branding Options: Use our Software to create your own website for your Fundraiser. We offer a our software to school fundraising groups for a low monthly price. Our Premium Marketing Package is offered for the low monthly rate of $14.95. Your fundraisers can sign up directly on your own unique domain name and then promote your own website to their friends, family and neighbors.
Product Distribution: Fundraising Provider can save hundreds of hours of man work the school administrators, teachers, parents and students through use of the efficiencies available through our website and direct to customer shipping process. Shipping is then done directly to the customer and no distribution is required to be done by students, parents or administrator.
PRE-SALES FUNDRAISING
A pre-sale is the standard fundraising option for most school fundraising activities. Usually the school signs up with a company who provides packets to be distributed to the students. These packets will contain catalogs, sign up forms and customer order forms.
Your school Fundraising Coordinator then determines a sales period (two to four weeks is standard) and hands out the sales packets to team members on the first day of the fundraiser.
Team members then take orders from family and friends during the designated sales period, and return the sales forms to the fundraising coordinator.
The fundraising coordinator then calculates the total, and places a group order with the company. Different companies do this in different ways. Often times its via mail, a local representative or online. Your school then receives your order in 2-3 weeks from the date of submission. The items are passed out the Team member who took the order and then distributed to those who purchased from them.
PRODUCT IN-HAND FUNDRAISING
Sometimes, a school or group likes to place a pre-order so that participants can have the product available right when their customer is purchasing it. This method works great for school fundraisers that want to sell outside grocery stores or at sporting events, for example.
The disadvantage of this method is that a school may end up with leftover coffee, candy or product if the group does not sell their entire order. This cuts into the amount of profit the school fundraising effort will earn.
Schools who do not wish to conduct a pre-sales fundraiser or purchase a pre-order package from a fundraising company are welcome to register and use our online fundraising company to generate revenue for their school fundraiser absolutely FREE!.
