Raising Money for Non-Profit Organizations is No Problem With DSCoupons
In response to non-profit fundraising donations hitting all-time lows, comes DonationStreet, a web portal (dscoupons.com) that allows non-profit organizations to create personalized virtual shopping malls, thereby tapping into the multi-billion dollar online retail sales market. Jupiter Research estimates that this market will reach $117 billion by 2008. DonationStreet works with over 900 top merchants – from Macy’s to Land’s End, REI to Gap, Hammacher Schlemmer to Best Buy and Wal-Mart, to provide the ‘shopping experience’ for the non-profit patrons.
In addition, the website employs a proprietary application that scours the internet for coupon codes, special sales and the like, from their base of retailers. These offers are constantly updated, insuring an incentive for repeat visitors. Customers access DSCOUPONS.COM through the non-profit organization’s website, saving the non-profit thousands of dollars in setup fees. For every purchase made through DSCOUPONS.COM, the non-profit organization receives a percentage and a portion goes to the company. This fee is paid by the online retailer.
With the online marketplace growing exponentially and the non-profit donation base sliding, this could be a great alternative revenue generating opportunity for non-for-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 virtual mall to their constituency and supporters. DonationStreet has made it simple to make the portal accessible to all non-profits, 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 the link code, again simplifying the technological maintenance of the site. Another important aspect of the site, unlike similar sites, is that shoppers don’t need to register to access the site.
No one likes to ask for money – even for a good cause so this is the perfect way for supports to support their causes by simply buying what they were going to buy anyway. With the economy hitting everyone so hard, Non-Profits are always looking for new sources of revenue.
Non-profit organizations can enroll by using an online form available at DSCoupons.com.
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