Through their vitual shopping mall (DSCoupons.com), DonationStreet is helping non-profits in their fundraising endeavors by allowing them to tap into the multi-billion dollar online sales market. Jupiter Research estimates that this market will reach $117 billion in 2008. DonationStreet works with over 900 top merchants – from Enterprise Car Rental to Land’s End, REI to Gap, Moosejaw to Best Buy and Wal-Mart, to provide the ‘shopping experience’ for the non-profit supporters.
In addition, DonationStreet utilizes a proprietary program that searches the web for promo codes, special sales and the like, from their base of retailers. These deals are always being updated, insuring an incentive for repeat visitors. Patrons access DSCOUPONS.COM through the non-profit organization’s website, saving the non-profit thousands of dollars in web set-up expenses. For every purchase made through DSCOUPONS.COM, the non-profit receives a portion of the sale and a portion goes to the company. This fee is paid by the online store.
With the online marketplace growing exponentially and the non-profit donation base declining, this is a great alternative fundraising opportunity for non-profit organizations. DonationStreet provides the perfect incentive for people to shop online and at the same time support the charity or non-profit of their choice. The only requirement of the non-profit is to promote the service to their constituency and supporters. DonationStreet has made it as effortless as possible to make the portal accessible to all charities, regardless of their technical sophistication.
Once a charity has joined, they can simply link through DonationStreet Links or the more technically sophisticated Town Banners, Today’s Coupons, et al. DonationStreet supplies all the details, again simplifying the technological maintenance of the site. Another important aspect of the site, unlike similar sites, is that shoppers do NOT need to register to access the shopping mall.
No one likes to ask for money – even for a good cause so this is the perfect way for patrons to support their favorite charities by simply buying what they were going to buy anyway. With the economy hitting everyone so hard, charities are looking for new sources of money.
Charities can enroll by using an enrollment form available at DSCoupons.com.
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