General Question About Fundraisers

[Jessamary]

My friend is raising money for a walk later this year, and we're going to do a fundraiser for her. This will be my first one and I'm a little confused.

1.) The charity gets 15% of the show, right?
2.) What happens if someone books off the fundraiser show?
3.) How do I indicate where the money goes to and all that jazz?

Thanks so much!

 

[etteluap70PC]

My friend is raising money for a walk later this year, and we're going to do a fundraiser for her. This will be my first one and I'm a little confused.

1.) The charity gets 15% of the show, right? for sales less than $600 the % is 10%. Sales over $600 it is 15%
2.) What happens if someone books off the fundraiser show? $3 per booking goes to organization
3.) How do I indicate where the money goes to and all that jazz? When you open P3 and put it in as a FR it will ask you this
Thanks so much!

Hope that helps!

 

[cwinter474]

I really wish they would revamp the fundraiser program. The 15% kills us. Something like 15% on catalog item but at least say 30%+ on select items and/or a fund-raiser line of like products (say differant colors).

I know I have lost at least 3 fundraisers since I've been selling.

 

[chefann]

We used to have a couple of different FR programs, but they had limited appeal because they were special cookbooks or a limited selection of products. And once people had bought them, there was nothing for them to buy the next time an organization had a FR with us. It's really in how you sell it. "Our entire catalog of useful and practical kitchen tools is available with no mark-up for fundraisers. Customers will spend more (especially in this economy) on useful items than on frills like candy bars, candles and wrapping paper. Your organization can, with a little effort, make just as much with PC as with other, more traditional, FRs." In regards to the whole catalog being available with no mark up, I'm thinking specifically of Tupperware. They have a small catalog of items available on FRs, and they're all marked WAY up, which is how they can give 50%. The customer is paying that much more above the regular retail. And customers can't get the monthly special- ours can.FRs are also only a miniscule percentage of PCs business.

 

[scottcooks]

Fundraisers are more of a community service, than much of a business - for me, or for Pampered Chef. I see them as a business builder for re-orders, and a means of exposure. I like the flexibility in being able to do them at all - not every company has them!

 

[thecougchef]

And customers can't get the monthly special- ours can.

i have a fundraiser in august - so my guests will be able to get the august guest special?? i just want to clarify that before i start offering it to people