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 this year. DonationStreet works with over 600 top merchants - from Expedia to Land’s End, REI to Gap, Circuit City to Best Buy and Wal-Mart, to provide the ‘shopping experience’ for the non-profit supporters.
In addition, the website uses a proprietary application that searches the internet for promo codes, special deals and the like, from their base of retailers. These promotions are constantly 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 setup fees. For every purchase made through the site, the non-profit receives a portion and a portion goes to the company. This fee is paid by the online retailer.
With the online marketplace growing by leaps and bounds and the non-profit donation base sliding, this is a great alternative fundraising opportunity for charities. 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 obligation to the non-profit is to promote the web site to their constituency and supporters. DonationStreet has made it simple to make the portal accessible to all charities, regardless of their technical sophistication.
Once an organization has become a member, 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.
No one likes to ask for money - even for a good cause so this is the perfect way for people to support their charities by simply buying what they were going to buy anyway. With the economy hitting everyone so hard, charities are always looking for new sources of donations.
Not for profit organizations can sign-up by using an online form available at DSCoupons.com.
