Have you organized several
fundraisers over the years for your church or school group, sports team, or
other organization? If you have, you
know that in most cases it can be a lot
more work than you bargained for - and more than those who participate
really want to get involved in.
Fundraising discount cards are an ideal solution when you need to raise
either a little or a lot of money, and you want to do it quickly with little
effort. If this is your first encounter
with the discount cards, you'll be interested to learn all about them, their
profitability, the benefits, and how it all works.
Fundraising discount cards
are super-easy to sell. Why?
People all over the U.S. love
saving money, whether they're on a tight budget or not. For just $10, the card bearer will save a ton
of money over a one-year time period from the date of purchase. Savings include discounts of 10% to 25% on
average, and buy-one-get-one-free offers at merchants such as fast-food joints
and restaurants, hair salons, gyms, car care services, florists, and more. In most cases the card can only be used once
per day at any given merchant, but you can see if it's used regularly the
savings will be substantial.
Your group or organization
can raise an unbelievable amount of money in just weeks.
Depending on the size of your
group and how many cards you order/sell, you can easily raise thousands of
dollars in just weeks. How many other methods have you used to raise funds that
you can say that about? Candy bars,
cookie dough, candles, catalog sales, popcorn, t-shirts - this stuff is all
great, but nothing compares to the profits you will enjoy with the cards. Most individuals who participate can easily
sell at least 10 cards, so if you have 50 who will engage in the selling, you
can expect to sell 500 to 600 cards.
When you order this amount, your profit margin is 70%, which means your
fundraising efforts will result in $3,500 or more! Larger groups can expect to raise $10,000,
$20,000, $50,000 or even more - this is practically unheard of in the
fundraising industry.
Merchants and your local
community benefit too
Think merchants will be
hesitant to get involved with fundraising discount cards? Not usually; after all, the merchant enjoys
free advertising, increased exposure - and most importantly, more business
because of the traffic the cards bring in with people wanting to take advantage
of the deals.
Because the offers on the
cards are targeted to your own local merchants rather than those that are
national, your community benefits as well, and the economy is stimulated. With fundraising discount cards, it's sort of like you're keeping it "all in the family", because everything is
local. You don't find that with other common fundraising products.
We know it's hard to give up all of those old
favorites, whether it's baking cookies and other baked goods to sell, putting
together church cook books, huge multi-family yard sales, car washes, and all
of the other methods and products that have been successful for so many
years. You don't have to give up anything to enjoy the success of fundraising discount cards - just thrown them in with whatever else you're doing, and see your funds grow faster than you ever thought possible!
