Did you know some School Fundraisers offer cheap Magazine subscriptions?

Magazine Fundraiser

I know that fundraisers offer cheap magazines.  It's because they do.  I've compared and the prices for buying magazine subscriptions from students school fundraisers do not differ from retailer prices such as Amazon and others. 

I'm not talking about newstand price vs. subscription.  I'm talking one-year subscription prices being the same as a retailer, yet, a significant amount of the profits goes right back to the school or group doing the fundraising. That's value!

So, when a product is the same exact product offered anywhere at the same price, but it helps your school, why not buy?

This post was inspired by this...

School Fundraisers = cheap “All You” Magazines!

Direct link: http://www.moneysavingamanda.com/school-fundraisers-cheap-all-you-magazines/

Ok, until next time!

______________

magazine fundraisers

School Fundraising Mall Criticism

There's a passive fundraiser called a 'school mall'.  Basically, companies like Amazon have an affiliate relationship with the mall.  These companies pay a commission of sales referred by the program.  Some of this commission is paid back to the group fundraising.

There has been some criticism of information sharing and such.  I just wonder though, are schools finding a school mall fundraiser worth the time and effort it takes to promote?

I guess without knowing more personally, I shouldn't judge.  What I do know is that the income to a school from this fundraiser is a shadow of the funds raised by a traditional catalog, cookie dough or magazine fundraiser.

If you promote a 'mall' fundraiser before your main Fall fundraiser, you may just find that you lose sales on the main fundraiser as a result.

Ok, until next time...
_______________

Source PTO Today:  TOPIC: School Mall