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 this year. DonationStreet works with over 700 top merchants - from Expedia to Land’s End, REI to Gap, Joe’s Sports to Best Buy and Wal-Mart, to provide the ‘shopping experience’ for the non-profit patrons.
In addition, the company employs a proprietary system that searches the internet for discount coupons, special promotions and the like, from their base of retailers. These deals are continuously updated, insuring an incentive for repeat visitors. Shoppers access DSCOUPONS.COM through the non-profit website, saving the non-profit thousands of dollars in web set-up fees. For every purchase made through DSCOUPONS.COM, the non-profit organization receives a percentage and a percentage goes to the company. This fee generated from the online merchant.
With the online marketplace growing tremendously and the non-profit donation base declining, this is a great alternative revenue generating 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 obligation to the non-profit is to market the virtual mall to their constituency and supporters. DonationStreet has made it easy to make the portal accessible to all non-profits, regardless of their technical sophistication.
Once non-profit 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 necessary code, again simplifying the technological maintenance of the site. Another important feature, unlike similar sites, is that patrons do NOT need to register to access the virtual mall.
No one likes to ask for money - even for a good cause so this is the perfect way for people to support their favorite causes by simply buying what they were going to buy anyway. With the economy hitting everyone so hard, Non-Profits are constantly looking for new sources of money.
Non-profit organizations can sign-up by using an enrollment form available at DSCoupons.com.